ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols hit his 592nd career home run and a tying two-run single in the ninth inning before Cliff Pennington’s drive to the wall capped the Los Angeles Angels’ rally from a six-run deficit for a 10-9 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Pennington’s single drove in Mike Trout to end a preposterous comeback by the Angels, who trailed 8-1 in the seventh and 9-3 before Pujols hit his home run to lead off the ninth against Casey Fien.
Yunel Escobar trimmed Seattle’s lead with a two-out, two-run double off closer Edwin Diaz (0-1), who gave up three hits. Diaz walked Kole Calhoun and Trout before Pujols and Pennington delivered back-to-back singles.
Robinson Cano had a three-run home run and a two-run double for the Mariners, who fell to 1-6.
Pujols was off to a 4-for-27 start to the season before hitting his first home run of the year. He is ninth in baseball history behind Sammy Sosa, who hit 609 home runs.
TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 1 Miguel Sano and Jorge Polanco hit home runs to back Ervin Santana’s six scoreless innings as Minnesota beat Chicago for its best start since 2010. Santana (2-0) held the White Sox to two singles and lowered his ERA to 0.69.
RED SOX 7, TIGERS 5 Sandy Leon broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single, part of a four-run rally that lifted Boston over Detroit. The Red Sox rallied four times from one-run deficits, finally taking the lead against the Detroit bullpen. YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 3 Aaron Judge hit a tying home run, Starlin Castro’s RBI single keyed a four-run ninth inning and New York rallied to defeat Baltimore and avert a three-game sweep. ASTROS 5, ROYALS 4, (12) Jake Marisnick hit a tying home run off Kelvin Herrera in the ninth inning and Evan Gattis drew a bases-loaded walk from Matt Strahm in the 12th to help Houston beat Kansas City, halting a three-game losing streak.
RANGERS 8, ATHLETICS 1 Joey Gallo had a home run and a career-high five RBI to back Martin Perez in Texas’ victory over Oakland. Gallo hit a three-run shot for the last of three consecutive hits in the second inning.
RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 2 Steven Souza Jr. hit a three-run home run and was involved in a scrum after a slide during Tampa Bay’s victory over Toronto. Corey Dickerson and Jesus Sucre also hit home runs for the Rays.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PIRATES 6, BRAVES 5, (10) Starling Marte hit a two-run home run off Jose Ramirez in the 10th inning to lift Pittsburgh over Atlanta. The Braves took the lead in the top of the inning, but Adam Frazier doubled leading off the 10th for Pittsburgh and Marte drove the next pitch into the visitors’ bullpen.
PHILLIES 4, NATIONALS 3 Cesar Hernandez hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give Philadelphia a victory over Washington. Ryan Zimmerman hit a tying, three-run home run with two outs in the ninth, but the Phillies answered to take two of three from the Nationals. CUBS 7, BREWERS 4 Kyle Schwarber and Ben Zobrist hit home runs, Jake Arrieta threw seven strong innings and Chicago took the weekend series from Milwaukee. Arrieta (2-0) allowed three hits and struck out 10.
REDS 8, CARDINALS 0 Scott Feldman allowed 4 hits and struck out 6 in 6-plus innings as Cincinnati beat St. Louis to take 2 of 3 from the Cardinals. Adam Duvall had three hits, including a home run, and two RBI for the Reds.
DODGERS 10, ROCKIES 6 Corey Seager hit a two-run home run and Los Angeles scored seven runs with two outs, avoiding a sweep by beating Colorado on a blustery afternoon. Justin Turner added a two-run double for the Dodgers. GIANTS 5, PADRES 3 Hunter Pence and Buster Posey hit consecutive home runs, and Johnny Cueto struck out seven in seven innings as San Francisco beat San Diego.
METS 5, MARLINS 2 Noah Syndergaard allowed 2 runs — 1 earned — and 5 hits in 7 innings while striking out 9 to carry the New York Mets past Miami.
INTERLEAGUE
DIAMONDBACKS 3, INDIANS 2 Patrick Corbin pitched six scoreless innings, Chris Owings had a home run among his three hits, and Arizona completed a three-game sweep of Cleveland to improve to 6-1.
Sports on 04/10/2017