PIRATES 2, REDS 0
PITTSBURGH -- Joe Musgrove allowed
three hits in seven efficient innings to outduel Sonny Gray as
the Pittsburgh
Pirates handed the Cincinnati
Reds their third straight shutout.
Musgrove (1-0) struck out eight and walked one in his first
start as Pittsburgh sent Cincinnati to its sixth loss in a row, including two
blankings at PNC Park.
Cincinnati's scoreless streak reached 28 innings, the
longest drought by the Reds since they went 30 innings without crossing the
plate in 2015.
Jung Ho Kang broke
a scoreless tie in the seventh with an RBI double. Vazquez worked a perfect
ninth for his second save.
Gray (0-2) dazzled in his second start for Cincinnati,
retiring 16 straight at one point.
DODGERS 10,
ROCKIES 6
DENVER -- Max Muncy, Cody
Bellinger and Russell
Martin homered as the Los Angeles
Dodgers kept up their longball barrage, beating Colorado 10-6 Friday
in the Rockies' home opener.
After hitting a franchise-record 235 home runs last year,
the NL champion Dodgers have connected a whopping 21 times in only eight games
this season. They've homered in every game so far.
Bellinger hit his sixth of the year, breaking the game open
with a three-run drive in the fifth. Muncy finished a double shy of a cycle,
walking in the ninth.
Trevor Story homered
twice for the Rockies.
Kenta Maeda (2-0)
threw five sharp innings and cruised through a scuffling Colorado lineup. He
allowed four hits and his only run on Nolan Arenado's
sacrifice fly.
Tyler
Anderson (0-2) couldn't find his groove in allowing six runs
over four innings.
RED SOX 15, DIAMONDBACKS 8
PHOENIX -- Ketel Marte homered
from both sides of the plate, including a grand slam, and Arizona won its home
opener by keeping Boston in a funk.
Adam Jones homered
and doubled for the Diamondbacks, who scored seven times in the sixth inning
for a 14-1 lead. Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez came
in to pitch the eighth and gave up a home run to Alex Avila.
Mookie Betts,
who had three hits, and Mitch
Moreland homered for Boston.
The defending World Series champions are 2-7 on an 11-game
road trip.
Rick Porcello (0-2)
gave up 10 hits and seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. He flung a water cooler
against the back wall of the Red Sox dugout after being removed in the fifth.
Zack Godley (1-1)
gave three hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings.
ANGELS 3, RANGERS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout hit
two home runs to lead Los Angeles over Texas and snap a five-game losing streak.
Trout -- who signed a $426.5 million, 12-year contract
before the end of spring training -- has homered in the Angels first two home
games for the first time in his career. It is also the 15th multi-homer game of
his career.
Trout hit a Lance Lynn (0-1)
fastball to center field in the sixth inning to give the Angels a 2-1 lead. He
added a solo shot to center in the eighth off Jesse Chavez.
Five Angels pitchers combined for a season-high 12
strikeouts. Felix Pena started
and allowed one run and four hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in 4 2/3
innings.
Justin
Anderson (1-0) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless
relief and Cody Allen picked
up his second save.
BREWERS 13, CUBS 10
MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Braun and Eric Thames hit
three-run homers and the Milwaukee
Brewers connected five times in all, sending Chicago to its sixth
straight loss.
Hernan Perez, Yasmani
Grandal and Orlando Arcia also
homered for the defending NL Central champions, who improved to 7-1. They have won
nine of their last 12 games against the Cubs, including the division tiebreaker
in October.
Jason Heyward, Daniel
Descalso and Willson
Contreras homered for the Cubs, who fell to 1-6.
Milwaukee roughed up Jose Quintana (0-1)
and led 8-0 in the third. Chase
Anderson (1-0) allowed one hit in three innings.
PHILLIES 10, TWINS 4
PHILADELPHIA -- Rhys Hoskins had
three hits and drove in four runs, including Bryce Harper
from first base on a single, and the Philadelphia
Phillies beat Minnesota despite Jorge Polanco
hitting for the cycle.
Nick Pivetta (1-0)
got the win.
Polanco tripled in the first, singled in the third, hit a
solo homer in the fifth and lined a double off Adam Morgan leading
off the seventh to complete his first cycle. He added another single in the
ninth for his first five-hit game.
The Phillies jumped ahead 5-0 in the first against Jake Odorizzi (0-1)
and never looked back.
ASTROS 3, ATHLETICS 2
HOUSTON -- Carlos Correa homered
and Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman added
two hits each to help Houston top Oakland.
The game was tied in the fourth when Correa connected
off Frankie
Montas (1-1) for his first home run of the season.
Collin McHugh (1-1)
allowed three hits and a run in six innings to help the Astros win for only the
second time in the past seven games. Roberto Osuna allowed
an RBI single to Ramon
Laureano with two outs in the ninth, before retiring
pinch-hitter Chad Pinder for
his second save.
INDIANS 3, BLUE JAYS 2
CLEVELAND -- Carlos
Santana homered with one out in the ninth inning and made a
familiar trot around the bases, leading Cleveland over Toronto in a game that
featured little hitting and 24 combined strikeouts.
Santana, who returned to the Indians via trade this season
after signing with Philadelphia as a free agent last year, connected on a 1-0
pitch off Joe Biagini (0-1)
to give the Indians their first walk-off win of 2019.
Earlier this week, Santana passed a test to become a U.S.
citizen.
Adam Cimber (1-0)
struck out two and picked up the win, and Kevin
Plawecki hit his first homer for Cleveland.
BRAVES 4, MARLINS 0
ATLANTA -- Kevin Gausman allowed
only two hits in seven innings, Ronald Acuna
Jr. and Tyler Flowers homered
and Atlanta beat Miami.
The Braves won their fourth in a row. Miami has lost four
straight, and dropped nine consecutive games in Atlanta.
Gausman combined with relievers Jesse Biddle and Arodys
Vizcaino on a three-hitter.
Vizcaino walked Peter O'Brien to
open the ninth. Pinch-hitter Martin Prado doubled
down the left field line and Neil Walker walked
with two outs to load the bases. Vizcaino closed out the game on Starlin
Castro's fly ball to deep left field.
Gausman (1-0), who began the season on the 10-day injured
list with right shoulder tendinitis, was impressive in his 2019 debut.
Pablo Lopez (1-1)
gave up four runs in the fourth.
WHITE SOX 10, MARINERS 8
CHICAGO -- Yoan Moncada hit
a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning and the Chicago White
Sox won a wild home opener.
The White Sox ended Seattle's four-game winning streak. The
Mariners had been off to a franchise-best 7-1 start.
Chicago took advantage of three errors by shortstop Tim Beckham in
the first inning for an early lead, and then rallied when the Seattle bullpen
couldn't find the strike zone. The White Sox drew three walks in the seventh,
with Moncada's single off Zac Rosscup making
it 9-8 after Cory Gearrin (0-1)
hit Welington
Castillo with the bases loaded.
Ryan Burr (1-0)
worked a scoreless 1 1/3 innings in relief. Alex Colome retired
all three batters in the ninth for his second save in as many opportunities.
PADRES 5, CARDINALS 3
ST. LOUIS -- Rookie Fernando
Tatis Jr. and pinch-hitter Hunter
Renfroe homered as the San Diego
Padres overcame another home run by Paul
Goldschmidt and beat St. Louis in its home opener.
Goldschmidt drew a standing ovation in his first at-bat at
Busch Stadium since being traded to St. Louis. He later hit his fifth home run
in seven games.
The 20-year-old Tatis, whose father -- Fernando Sr. --
played three seasons for the Cardinals, hit a two-run drive in the seventh
off Alex Reyes (0-1).
Reliever Robert Stock (1-0)
picked up the win despite giving up the tying run on an RBI single by Marcell Ozuna in
the sixth. Kirby Yates closed
for his fourth save.
RAYS 5, GIANTS 2
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yandy Diaz and Kevin
Kiermaier hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and
Tampa Bay spoiled San Francisco's home opener for the best start in Rays'
franchise history.
The Rays (6-2) got four straight two-out hits in the first
against Dereck
Rodriguez (1-1). Given a 4-0 cushion, Tyler Glasnow (2-0)
pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out six.
Jose Alvarado finished
for his third save, getting former Tampa Bay star Evan Longoria on
a flyball with two runners on.
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