CARDINALS 6, PIRATES 5, 11 INNINGS
PITTSBURGH -- Paul DeJong scored
on a passed ball in the top of the 11th inning as St. Louis rallied past
Pittsburgh to spoil the Pirates' home opener.
The Cardinals came back twice against Pittsburgh's erratic
bullpen, tying it in the eighth and again in the ninth.
DeJong put St. Louis in front for the first time when he
singled off Steven Brault (0-1)
with two outs in the 11th, moved to third after a hit by pitch and a walk and
then raced home when Nick Kingham's
fastball squirted past Pirates catcher Francisco
Cervelli.
Jordan Hicks (1-1)
worked two scoreless innings. John Gant picked
up the save despite issuing a one-out walk to finish a sloppy 4-hour, 53-minute
marathon that featured 16 pitchers, 16 walks, four hit batters, three errors
and two home plate umpires. Crew chief Jerry Layne left in the seventh after
taking a ball off the mask and was replaced by Vic Carapazza.
YANKEES 3, TIGERS
1
NEW YORK -- Domingo
German overcame control problems on a chilly night to win for
the first time since last June, Gary Sanchez and Brett Gardner homered
and the banged-up New York
Yankees beat the punchless Detroit
Tigers 3-1 Monday.
Aaron Judge made
a sprawling, backhand catch on Niko Goodrum's
hard-hit liner after Adam Ottavino walked
the first two batters in the eighth inning, a drive that would have tied the
score if it had gotten by the right fielder.
New York lost two more regulars to the 10-day injured list
before the game after they got hurt a day earlier, outfielder Giancarlo
Stanton with a strained left biceps and third baseman Miguel
Andujar with a small labrum tear in his right shoulder.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Andujar, runner-up for AL
Rookie of the Year last season, will be treated conservatively with a rehab
program and there is some optimism he will respond well. But if not, he could
need season-surgery.
They joined a group of sidelined Yankees that includes
pitchers Luis Severino, Dellin
Betances and Jordan
Montgomery, shortstop Didi
Gregorius and outfielder Jacoby
Ellsbury; pitcher CC Sabathia is
set to join them Wednesday, after he completes a suspension for hitting a batter
with a pitch last September.
German (1-0) pitched five scoreless innings, striking out
seven and walking five. Aroldis
Chapman got his first save.
Tyson Ross (0-1)
allowed three runs, two earned, in five innings.
ORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 5
TORONTO -- David Hess was
pulled after 6 1/3 hitless innings, but Baltimore's bullpen couldn't see the
bid through in a win over Toronto.
Hess struck out eight and walked one before first-year
manager Brandon Hyde pulled him after 82 pitches. Reliever Pedro Araujo walked Justin Smoak,
and then allowed a two-run homer to Randal
Grichuk for Toronto's first hit.
Jonathan
Villar and Trey Mancini homered
for Baltimore, which won its third straight, including the last two of its
season-opening series against the New York Yankees. Left-hander Richard
Bleier picked up his first save of the season.
It was the second time this season the Blue Jays have been
no-hit into the seventh inning. Detroit right-hander Jordan
Zimmermann retired 20 Toronto batters on opening day
before Teoscar
Hernandez singled to end his perfect game.
After a team-record 24 consecutive scoreless innings from
the Blue Jays starters to begin the season, things unraveled early for Sean
Reid-Foley (0-1). Recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to make his
eighth career start, he endured a rough outing, giving up five hits and five
runs, three earned, while walking two and striking out three in two innings.
ATHLETICS 7, RED SOX 0
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Khris Davis hit
his fifth home run over Oakland's first seven games, Ramon
Laureano connected and also saved a run with a perfect throw
home from center field, and the Athletics scored their first five runs via
homer to beat struggling Boston.
Davis led the majors with 48 homers last season, and he went
deep again leading off the second against David Price (0-1),
who then struck out three straight before giving up Laureano's leadoff drive
the next inning.
Chad Pinder added
a two-run homer in the sixth for the A's to back Aaron Brooks (1-0).
The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and a walk to
continue a stretch of stellar outings by A's starters. They have given up just
one run over 30 innings the past five games since the team returned from an 0-2
trip to Tokyo, all allowing three hits or fewer. There has been a pair of
shutouts, too.
METS 7, MARLINS 3
MIAMI -- Rookie slugger Pete Alonso hit
his first major league homer, a three-run shot to cap a four-run ninth inning,
and New York overcame 16 strikeouts by its hitters to rally past Miami.
Juan Lagares hit
his first homer since Sept. 7, 2017 and sparked the ninth-inning rally when he
was hit by a two-strike pitch trying to bunt.
Mets starter Steven Matz allowed
three runs, one earned, in 5 1/3 innings. Three relievers blanked Miami over
the final 3 2/3 innings, and Jeurys
Familia (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth.
The Marlins loaded the bases with none out in the ninth
against closer Edwin Diaz,
who struck out the next three batters.
Starlin
Castro hit a two-run homer for Miami, his first, and added an
RBI single.
With the score 3-all, Mets pinch hitter Dominic Smith singled
to start the ninth. Drew
Steckenrider (0-1) then came inside on Lagares as he squared to
bunt, hitting him on the right hand. Lagares missed most of last season due to
a toe injury.
MARINERS 6, ANGELS 3
SEATTLE -- Felix
Hernandez allowed one earned run and pitched into the sixth
inning for his first victory since last June, and Seattle beat Los Angeles.
Hernandez (1-0) allowed seven hits and overcame four errors
by his defense. He struck out four and didn't issue a walk in earning his first
victory since June 30, 2018. Hernandez went his final 11 starts of last season
without a win. He was charged with two unearned runs.
Seattle's bullpen was also solid, throwing 3 2/3 scoreless
innings, allowing only two baserunners -- including an intentional walk
to Mike Trout. Roenis Elias pitched
the ninth for his first save.
Jay Bruce homered
for the third straight game, and Seattle has 16 homers over its first seven
games.
Seattle scored four times in the first inning off
starter Chris
Stratton (0-1).
BREWERS 4, REDS 3
CINCINNATI -- Christian
Yelich failed to homer for the first time this season, ending
his record-tying streak, but he doubled in the ninth and scored on Ryan Braun's
double as Milwaukee rallied for a victory before the smallest crowd in Great
American Ball Park history.
Yelich had homered in each of Milwaukee's first four games,
tying the major league record shared by Willie Mays (1971), Mark McGwire
(1998), Nelson Cruz (2011), Chris Davis (2013)
and Trevor Story (2016).
On Monday, his only hit set up the Brewers' fourth win in five games.
The NL MVP doubled with two outs in the ninth off Raisel
Iglesias (0-1) and came around on Braun's second double of the
game.
Alex Wilson (1-0)
allowed one hit over 1 2/3 innings. Josh Hader gave
up a double in the ninth before getting his third save in three chances.
ASTROS 2, RANGERS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Brad Peacock allowed
two hits while pitching into the seventh inning, Robinson
Chirinos looped a go-ahead double in his first game against his
former team and Houston beat Texas.
Houston's George
Springer connected for his 25th career leadoff homer
against Drew Smyly,
who was making his first major league start since the end of the 2016 season.
Peacock (1-0) pitched without a baserunner through six
innings, allowing only Ronald Guzman's
first homer leading off the third. Rougned Odor reached
on an infield single to start the seventh, but was thrown out trying to steal
by Chirinos. Peacock struck out five in 6 2/3 innings.
Roberto Osuna pitching
a perfect ninth for his first save. The Astros bounced back after the two-time
defending AL West champions lost three of four at Tampa Bay to open the season.
Adrian
Sampson (0-1) allowed four hits and a run over the final six
innings for the Rangers.
BRAVES 8, CUBS 0
ATLANTA -- Brian McCann made
the most of his Atlanta homecoming by hitting a two-run single in a four-run
first inning, and the Braves took advantage of six Chicago errors.
After being swept in their first series at Philadelphia, the
Braves became the final major league team to win a game. Ender
Inciarte and Ronald Acuna
Jr. homered off Kyle
Hendricks (0-1).
Hendricks gave up seven runs, two earned, on 10 hits and
three walks in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander's 2019 debut came after he
agreed to a four-year extension last week that added $55.5 million to his
contract through 2023.
Wes Parsons (1-1)
threw one perfect inning in relief of Sean Newcomb for
his first career win.
GIANTS 4, DODGERS 2
LOS ANGELES -- Brandon Belt hit
a go-ahead, two-run double off Scott
Alexander in the seventh inning, and San Francisco rallied for
a victory over rival Los Angeles.
Belt homered on the first pitch from struggling
reliever Joe Kelly leading
off the sixth that left the Giants trailing 2-1.
Pinch-hitter Yangervis
Solarte reached on an infield single to third leading off the
seventh. Two outs later, Solarte scored on Pablo
Sandoval's single that took one bounce off the mound and sailed into
center field. Fans lustily booed Kelly (0-1).
Steven Duggar followed
with a double to center, and boos again rang in Kelly's ears as he walked to
the dugout after being removed.
Trailing 4-2 in the ninth, Dodgers pinch-hitter Max Muncy walked.
But Cody
Bellinger and Chris Taylor struck
out to end the game, wasting a stellar start from young left-hander Julio Urias. Trevor Gott (1-0)
earned the victory and Will Smith recorded
his second save.
DIAMONDBACKS 10, PADRES 3
SAN DIEGO -- Merrill Kelly won
his big league debut at age 30 by throwing six strong innings and benefiting
from an offensive outburst started by Adam Jones'
leadoff homer to lead Arizona over San Diego.
Padres rookie shortstop Fernando
Tatis Jr. hit his first big league homer, a two-run shot in the
sixth that landed at the base of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in left
field.
Kelly (1-0), who grew up in Arizona, joined the Diamondbacks
on a two-year contract in December after spending four seasons with the SK
Wyverns in Korea. Kelly held San Diego to three runs and five hits while
striking out three and walking two.
Matt Strahm (0-1)
had a rough season debut for the Padres, allowing five runs and eight hits
while walking two in just 2 2/3 innings.
INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 3
CLEVELAND -- Roberto Perez drew
a bases-loaded walk on four pitches from Dylan Covey in
the eighth inning as Cleveland rallied for a chilly win in its home opener.
The Indians scored four runs in the eighth after nearly
wasting starter Mike
Clevinger's dominant performance. Clevinger allowed one hit in seven
innings, striking out 12.
After the dreadful outing by Covey (0-1), Caleb Frare came
in and walked pinch-hitter Greg Allen on
five pitches to force in another run and give the Indians a 5-3 lead.
Cleveland's Jon Edwards (2-0)
picked up the win despite giving up a two-run homer to White Sox rookie Ryan Cordell in
the eighth. Brad Hand worked
the ninth for his second save.
RAYS 7, ROCKIES 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Brandon Lowe and Kevin
Kiermaier homered to back a strong performance by Tampa Bay's
bullpen.
Employing the opener strategy for the first time this
season, the Rays won for the fourth straight time since a season-opening loss
to Houston -- matching the best five-game start in franchise history.
Opener Ryne Stanek got
it started before a crowd of 10,860, with Ryan
Yarbrough (1-0) following and allowing one run and three hits
over 4 2/3 innings. Relievers Wilmer Font, Jalen Beeks, Jose Alvarado and Diego
Castillo finished up.
Lowe hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Kiermaier added a
three-run shot in the sixth to inflict most of the damage against Colorado
starter Chad Bettis (0-1),
who allowed six runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
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