CINCINNATI -- Aroldis Chapman made his first major league appearance since being hit above the eye by a line drive during spring training, striking out the side in the ninth inning with his 100 mph fastball to close out Cincinnati's 4-1 victory over Colorado.
Todd Frazier hit his second 400-foot home run in three days to back Homer Bailey (3-2) as the Reds won the rubber match of the three-game series.
Chapman was greeted by a standing ovation from the crowd of 33,143. He reached 100 mph with his first pitch and topped out at 102 mph in earning the save. Chapman had been out since a frightening injury March 19.
Skip Schumaker drove in two runs and the Reds capitalized on two throwing errors to send the Rockies to their third loss in four games. Charlie Blackmon hit his ninth home run for Colorado.
Bailey allowed four hits in 7 1/3 innings.
Juan Nicasio (4-2) gave up 4 runs -- 2 earned -- in 6 innings.
GIANTS 7, DODGERS 4 Pablo Sandoval and Hector Sanchez hit RBI singles with the bases loaded in the 10th inning after San Francisco closer Sergio Romo gave up a tying home run in the ninth to Hanley Ramirez, and the visiting Giants beat Los Angeles.
METS 5, PHILLIES 4 (11) New York suddenly rallied for three runs in the ninth inning against Philadelphia's improvised bullpen, then ended a five-game skid by beating the visiting Phillies on Ruben Tejada's single in the 11th. Down 4-1, the punchless Mets fought back in the ninth, sparked by Daniel Murphy's two-run home run.
BRAVES 5, CUBS 2 Evan Gattis hit a tiebreaking home run, Jason Heyward added a two-run shot and host Atlanta beat Chicago to complete a three-game sweep. Gattis gave the Braves a 3-2 advantage with his homer off Edwin Jackson in the fourth inning. Heyward added to the lead with his first home run since April 9.
PADRES 5, MARLINS 4 - Will Venable hit a leadoff home run and host San Diego beat Miami for its first three-game winning streak of the season. The resurgent Padres offense, which has scored 24 runs in three games, also got two hits and two RBI from Chris Denorfia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RED SOX 5, RANGERS 2 A.J. Pierzynski and Mike Napoli had run-producing hits in the first inning against their former team and Boston got above .500 for the first time since three games into the season with a series-clinching victory at Texas. John Lackey (5-2) struck out 9 while allowing 2 runs over 7 innings.
ROYALS 9, MARINERS 7 Alcides Escobar hit a grand slam and Johnny Giavotella added a three-run shot to give the visiting Royals a comeback victory over the Mariners. Louis Coleman (1-0), who worked a scoreless sixth, earned the victory.
INDIANS 6, RAYS 5 Josh Tomlin won his second consecutive start, Nyjer Morgan and Michael Bourn both drove in two runs and the visiting Indians beat the Rays. Tomlin (2-0), who pitched just once in the big leagues last season after right elbow surgery in 2012, allowed 2 runs and 6 hits over six innings in his second outing this year.
ASTROS 5, ORIOLES 2 Jason Castro and Marc Krauss homered to account for all of Houston's runs, and the visiting Astros beat the Orioles to avoid a three-game sweep.
ANGELS 9, BLUE JAYS 3 Jered Weaver won his fourth consecutive decision, Hank Conger hit a three-run home run and had a career-high five RBI, and the visiting Angels beat Toronto for their seventh consecutive victory over the Blue Jays. Conger went 3 for 4 with a walk. He hit an RBI double in the fourth, homered in the sixth and added an RBI single in the ninth.
TWINS 4, TIGERS 3 Eduardo Nunez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and visiting Minnesota rallied for a victory over the Tigers. The Twins took advantage of poor defense by the Tigers in the late innings. Minnesota scored three runs in the eighth, spoiling another fine start by Detroit rookie Robbie Ray.
INTERLEAGUE
ATHLETICS 9, NATIONALS 1 Derek Norris hit a pair of three-run home runs to back Scott Kazmir's fifth victory and the host Athletics beat the Nationals to complete a series sweep. Both of Norris' home runs came on identical two-out, 3-0 pitches from Washington starter and former Oakland pitcher Gio Gonzalez (3-3).
DIAMONDBACKS 5, WHITE SOX 1 Chase Anderson won his major league debut, Gerardo Parra and Miguel Montero homered, and the visiting Diamondbacks beat the White Sox.
BREWERS 6, YANKEES 5 Mark Reynolds hit a game-ending single with two outs in the ninth inning, and host Milwaukee overcame Francisco Rodriguez's first blown save of the season to beat New York. Rickie Weeks doubled just inside first base with one out before going to third on a wild pitch by reliever Adam Warren (1-2).
Sports on 05/12/2014