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NEW YORK (AP) -- Alek Manoah (1-0), the No. 11 overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, dominated with six innings of two-hit ball to win his major league debut and lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 2-0 Thursday in a doubleheader opener.
Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette hit back-to-back homers in the third inning off Domingo German (4-3), and Toronto improved to 6-3 against the Yankees this season by winning the makeup of Tuesday night's rainout.
Manoah is a West Virginia University product.
Jordan Romano worked a 1-2-3 seventh for his second save.
METS 1, ROCKIES 0
METS 4, ROCKIES 2
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Peraza homered off German Marquez (3-5) starting the third inning of the opener and singled off Antonio Senzatela (1-5) to break a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning of the second game.
Peraza went 2 for 4 with three RBIs in the doubleheader sweep after hitting .156 (5 for 32) with a homer and four RBIs in his previous 11 games.
Marcus Stroman (4-4) ended a six-start winless streak, allowing three hits over six innings in the first game, and Edwin Diaz got three straight outs for his ninth save. Aaron Loup (2-0) pitched a one-hit fifth inning to win the second game, and Jacob Barnes got his second save.
PHILLIES 3, MARLINS 2
MIAMI (AP) -- Odubel Herrera tripled leading off the ninth inning and broke a 2-2 tie on Ronald Torreyes' comebacker as Yimi Garcia (3-3) threw to second base in a failed attempt for an inning-ending double play.
Garrett Cooper's RBI single off Jose Alvarado (4-0) had tied the score in the eighth.
BREWERS 6, PADRES 5
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Jackie Bradley Jr.'s two-out hit off the right-field wall against Miguel Diaz (2-1) brought home Omar Narvaez in the 10th inning.
Willy Adames hit a three-run homer with four hits and four RBIs to help the Brewers earn a four-game split. The shortstop, acquired from Tampa Bay last week, also threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate in the eighth inning.
RAYS 7, ROYALS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Austin Meadows hit a two-run triple in the first Brady Singer (2-4) and connected on a third-inning two-run homer.
Shane McClanahan (2-0) allowed three hits in five scoreless innings.
Tampa Bay has won two straight after Kansas City stopped the Rays' 11-game winning streak in the series opener Tuesday night.
NATIONALS 5, REDS 3
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trea Turner and Josh Bell hit run-scoring singles in the sixth inning in the completion of a suspended game.