Schwarber returns as Washington beats St. Louis 5-2

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<p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Kyle Schwarber doubled in a run in his delayed Washington debut, Andrew Stevenson had a pinch-hit homer and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Monday night. </p>
<p>Schwarber, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison were in the starting lineup after being sidelined for Washington’s first six games by a coronavirus outbreak that prompted the postponement of the team’s season-opening series and left the club short-handed. The Nats ended a five-game skid, while the Cardinals have lost three straight. </p>
<p>Stevenson hit his first homer of the season into St. Louis’ bullpen in right field to lead off the seventh, putting Washington ahead 4-2. </p>
<p>Kyle Finnegan (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win. Brad Hand got three outs for his first save.</p>
<p>Yadier Molina homered for St. Louis. John Gant (0-1) allowed three runs in five-plus innings.</p>
<p>BREWERS 6, CUBS 3</p>
<p>MILWAUKEE &mdash; Pinch-hitter Luis Urías drove in three runs with a go-ahead double, part of a six-run sixth inning for the Brewers.</p>
<p>Freddy Peralta (2-0) struck out 10 over six innings of two-hit ball for the victory. Josh Hader got two outs for his first save of the season.</p>
<p>Milwaukee has won five of six, while Chicago lost for the fifth time in six games.</p>
<p>Kris Bryant homered for the Cubs in the fourth, and Javier Báez added a two-run double in the ninth. Adbert Alzolay (0-2) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>The Cubs announced before the game that bullpen coach Chris Young had tested positive for COVID-19. First base coach Craig Driver was already away from the team following his positive test.</p>
<p>Relievers Brandon Workman, Jason Adam and Dan Winkler were placed on the COVID-19-related injured list. There was no word on whether their designation was the result of a positive test or contact tracing.</p>
<p>RAYS 1, RANGERS 0</p>
<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &mdash; Tyler Glasnow struck out a career-high 14 in 7 2/3 innings and Willy Adames homered in the seventh, lifting Tampa Bay to the victory.</p>
<p>Glasnow (1-0) allowed two hits and walked one. Diego Castillo worked the ninth for his third save.</p>
<p>Adames homered off Taylor Hearn (0-1) with two outs in the seventh.</p>
<p>Glasnow improved to 6-0 over his last 11 regular-season games, and the AL champions have gone 10-1 in the those games.</p>
<p>Texas was shut out for the third time in four games.</p>
<p>PADRES 6, PIRATES 2</p>
<p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Yu Darvish pitched seven dominant innings, Wil Myers drove in five runs and San Diego earned its fourth straight win.</p>
<p>Darvish (1-0) permitted one run and three hits in a crisp performance. Myers hit a two-run homer off Luis Oviedo (0-1) in the sixth, putting San Diego in front to stay. </p>
<p>Phillip Evans had an RBI double for the Pirates and Trevor Cahill worked five effective innings but Pittsburgh’s modest two-game winning streak ended. </p>
<p>YANKEES 3, BLUE JAYS 1</p>
<p>DUNEDIN, Fla. &mdash; Kyle Higashioka homered twice to support Gerrit Cole, leading the Yankees to the win.</p>
<p>Cole (2-0) allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked one.</p>
<p>Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his first save, finishing a five-hitter.</p>
<p>Robbie Ray (0-1) didn’t allow a hit before Rougned Odor singled with one out in the fifth and Higashioka followed with a 416-foot opposite-field shot to right-center for a 2-1 lead.</p>
<p>Higashioka made it 3-1 in the eighth on a 427-foot solo shot to left off Ryan Borucki.</p>
<p>MARLINS 5, BRAVES 3, 10 INNINGS</p>
<p>ATLANTA &mdash; Garrett Cooper hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning and finished with three RBIs, leading Miami to the road win.</p>
<p>Brian Anderson tacked on an RBI double in the 10th. Yimi García (1-1) got four outs for the win.</p>
<p>The teams were facing each other for the first time since Atlanta swept Miami in their NL Division Series last year.</p>
<p>Adam Duvall homered for the Marlins.</p>
<p>Ozzie Albies drove in two runs for Atlanta, and Ronald Acuña Jr. tripled and scored two runs. Jacob Webb (0-1) got the loss.</p>
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