MLB-Highlights of Thursday's MLB games

April 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games: Mets 9, Marlins 8 Travis d'Arnaud blasted an upper-deck solo home run in the top of the 16th inning to lead the New York Mets to a wild 9-8 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night at Marlins Park. The game, which ended at 12:51 a.m. EST, was tied for the fourth longest in Marlins history. Yankees 3, Rays 2 Aaron Hicks homered from both sides of the plate, and his two-run shot in the seventh inning provided the victory for New York. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1 Kevin Gausman pitched six effective innings, Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy had fifth-inning RBIs, and Baltimore sent Toronto to its sixth straight loss. The Blue Jays (1-8) are off to their worst start in franchise history. White Sox 10, Indians 4 Chicago scored seven runs in the first two innings and rolled to an easy victory. Tim Anderson and Matt Davidson homered for the White Sox, who won the last two games of the three-game series. Michael Brantley and Yan Gomes homered for the Indians. Reliever Anthony Swarzak (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the win. Brewers 5, Reds 1 Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run, Eric Thames added a solo shot, and Jimmy Nelson allowed one run and five hits through seven innings to lead Milwaukee. Nelson (1-0) struck out five and did not walk a batter while helping snap the Reds' four-game winning streak. Thames went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Orlando Arcia had three hits to pace the Brewers' offense. Rangers 8, Angels 3 Texas starter Yu Darvish, who was winless in his first two starts of the season for the first time in his major league career, struck out 10 while shutting out Los Angeles on five hits over seven innings. All but one Rangers hitter in the starting lineup had at least one of the club's 11 hits. Backup catcher Robinson Chirinos had two hits, drove in three and scored twice. Carlos Gomez and Nomar Mazara each homered for Texas, which won two of three in the series. Red Sox 4, Pirates 3 Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, and Xander Bogaerts knocked Ramirez in with the go-ahead run as Boston beat Pittsburgh. Ramirez scored on Bogaerts' opposite-field single to right. Cubs 4, Dodgers 0 Brett Anderson pitched five innings of shutout ball to help Chicago get the win. Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell each slugged a solo homer while Anderson scattered three hits over five innings and worked out of two jams. The Cubs took two of three from the Dodgers and claimed their third straight series triumph. Twins 11, Tigers 5 Max Kepler and Miguel Sano blasted three-run homers to power Minnesota to its victory. Robbie Grossman added a two-run shot as the Twins salvaged the finale of a three-game series. Phil Hughes (2-0) recorded the win while giving up four runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings. Royals 3, Athletics 1 Jason Vargas pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings as Kansas City snapped an eight-game losing streak against Oakland. Vargas (2-0), who missed most of last season after rehabbing from 2015 Tommy John surgery, limited the Athletics to four hits while walking one and striking out eight. Rockies 3, Giants 1 Trevor Story hit his first home run of the season, and left-hander Chris Rusin rescued injured Jon Gray with 3 1/3 innings of lead-protecting relief to lead Colorado to a victory in the opener of a four-game series. Story's home run, a two-run shot in the fourth inning, came off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner (0-2), who remained winless in three starts despite striking out eight in six innings. He allowed all three of Colorado's runs on six hits.