CARDINALS 9,
BREWERS 5
MILWAUKEE -- Paul
Goldschmidt hit three home runs and then was intentionally
walked in the ninth inning with a chance to tie the major league record, and
the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the Milwaukee
Brewers 9-5 Friday night.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell signaled for the free pass
with one out and a runner on second. Cardinals fans behind the visiting dugout
cheered as Goldschmidt approached the plate and booed loudly when Counsell made
the move.
Just 18 players have hit four homers in a game,
including J.D. Martinez and Scooter
Gennett in 2017.
Goldschmidt had four hits and drove in five in his second
game with St. Louis. The six-time All-Star was 0 for 3 with three strikeouts in
his first game Thursday after an offseason trade from Arizona. Set to test free
agency after this season, Goldschmidt instead signed a $130 million deal to
stay with St. Louis through 2024 last weekend.
John Gant (1-0)
pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Christian
Yelich and Ryan Braun homered
for Milwaukee. Trevor
Williams (0-1) relieved and allowed Goldschmidt's second homer.
RAYS 4, ASTROS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Charlie
Morton was solid in his debut for Tampa Bay, pitching five
innings and striking out eight against his former team.
The 35-year-old right-hander, two seasons removed from
helping Houston win a World Series, allowed two runs and three hits in his
first start since signing a $30 million, two-year contract as a free agent.
Yandy Diaz lined
an impressive solo homer off Astros starter Gerrit Cole (0-1),
who also yielded three unearned runs in the third, when shortstop Aledmys Diaz's
throwing error paved the way for Tampa Bay. Diaz has two errors in two games
filling in for injured regular Carlos Correa.
Four relievers combined to pitch four scoreless innings for
the Rays, with Jose Alvarado striking
out Tony Kemp with
two runners on in the ninth for his first save.
RED SOX 7, MARINERS 6
SEATTLE -- Pinch hitter Mitch
Moreland connected for a three-run homer in the ninth inning
and World Series champion Boston rallied for its first win of the season.
A day after losing their opener 12-4, Boston bounced back.
The Mariners had started off 3-0.
It was 6-4 when Rafael Devers opened
the ninth with a double off closer Hunter
Strickland (0-1), moved to third on a passed ball and pinch
hitter Blake Swihart was
hit by a pitch. Strickland got a huge out when Devers was nailed at the plate
on Jackie
Bradley Jr.'s groundball, but Moreland didn't miss a 2-0 fastball in
the middle of the plate and lined into over the right field wall.
Matt Barnes pitched
the bottom of the ninth to close out the victory for his first save since
2017. Brian Johnson (1-0)
struck out the side in the eighth.
PADRES 4, GIANTS 1
SAN DIEGO -- Manny Machado got
his first two hits with San Diego and Ian Kinsler homered
to lift San Diego to 2-0 for the first time since 2011.
The Padres came within three outs of their second straight
shutout before Evan Longoria
homered leading off the ninth against Phil Maton. Kirby Yates came
on and earned his second straight save the hard way, loading the bases with one
out before striking out Parra and Brandon Belt.
The 17 scoreless innings to start the season by San Diego
are the most in team history, bettering the 14 to open the 2008 season.
Left-hander Joey Lucchesi (1-0)
allowed three hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out seven and walked one.
Machado went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in his Padres debut
on Thursday. He struck out in his first two at-bats Friday night before lining
a single to left off Derek Holland (0-1)
in the fifth.
ANGELS 6, ATHLETICS 2
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Matt Harvey pitched
solidly in his first game with Los Angeles, Andrelton
Simmons hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the
Angels got their first victory under new manager Brad Ausmus.
Mike Trout doubled
in two runs, Kole Calhoun had
an RBI single and Justin Bour drew
a bases-loaded walk to spark an Angels offense that failed to score over the
first 16 innings of the season.
Oakland's Khris Davis homered
for the second straight day, but the A's normally reliable bullpen didn't hold
the lead. Davis, who led the majors with 48 home runs in 2018, has three in
four games.
Jonathan
Lucroy and Brian Goodwin singled
off reliever Joakim Soria (0-1).
After Calhoun doubled in Lucroy, Trout was intentionally walked to load the
bases. Ryan Buchter replaced
Soria and walked Bour to force in a run. Simmons, who was hitless in the opener
Thursday, followed with a sharp single to right-center off Liam Hendriks to
drive in Calhoun and Trout.
Hansel Robles (1-0)
retired three batters. Ty Buttrey pitched
a scoreless eighth and Cody Allen
worked the ninth.
BLUE JAYS 6, TIGERS 0
TORONTO -- Matt
Shoemaker (1-0) pitched seven sharp innings to win his Toronto
debut, giving Charlie Montoyo his first victory as a major league manager. The
Blue Jays gave Montoyo, an 18-year minor league manager, a beer shower to
celebrate.
Justin Smoak and Freddy Galvis each
drove in two runs, a day after the Blue Jays were blanked in a 10-inning loss.
Combined with Marcus
Stroman's seven scoreless innings Thursday, Shoemaker gave the Blue
Jays a team record for consecutive shutout innings by starting pitchers to open
the season. Toronto's previous best was eight innings, set by Jack Morris in
1992.
Matt Boyd (0-1) struck out 10 in five innings.
ROCKIES 6, MARLINS 1
MIAMI -- Charlie
Blackmon had three hits and drove in two, German
Marquez struck out seven in six innings and Colorado pulled
away late to beat Miami.
Nolan Arenado and Tony Wolters each
had two hits and an RBI for the Rockies. Colorado scored four times in the
ninth to blow the game open, disappointing the few fans that remained from the
6,503 paid attendance for Miami's second game of the season.
Marquez (1-0) allowed two hits and one run. Adam Conley (0-1),
the second of five Miami pitchers, gave up two hits and the go-ahead run in the
seventh. Marlins starter Trevor
Richards gave up four hits and one run in six innings.
Curtis
Granderson hit his first homer for Miami, which has four runs
this season -- all off solo homers. Lewis Brinson nearly
tied it for Miami in the eighth, but his fly to nearly straightaway center
field in cavernous Marlins Park was caught near the top of the wall by a
leaping Ian Desmond.
