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 Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez each hit two homers for Boston,
with the second by Ramirez a ninth-inning grand slam off reliever
Jake Diekman. Mookie Betts went deep of Phillies starter Cole Hamels
(0-1).
Buchholz, making his first Opening Day start after going 8-11 with a
5.34 ERA in 2014, did not allow a hit until Ryan Howard doubled on
an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the fourth. Philadelphia's Carlos Ruiz
and Grady Sizemore also lashed back-to-back singles in the seventh,
though Buchholz escaped the inning unscathed.
Red Sox relievers Junichi Tazawa and Tommy Layne each worked a
scoreless inning in relief.
A's 8, Rangers 0
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sonny Gray took a no-hitter into the eighth
inning, and Ben Zobrist belted a two-run home run on his first swing
for Oakland, helping the Athletics snap a 10-year losing streak on
Opening Day.
Gray retired 21 of the first 23 batters he faced before Rangers left
fielder Ryan Rua laced a two-strike single to right field to open
the eighth. Playing with an entirely new cast behind him than in the
2014 opener with the exception of second baseman Eric Sogard, Gray
was pulled with a 7-0 lead after he threw 98 pitches in eight
innings. He allowed just the one hit and one walk while striking out
three.
Stephen Vogt added a three-run, eighth-inning homer to boost
Oakland's lead to 7-0.
Tigers 4, Twins 0
DETROIT -- David Price retired the first 13 batters he faced and
fell one out shy of a complete-game five hitter, getting home run
support from J.D. Martinez and Alex Avila in pacing Detroit to a
victory over Minnesota.
Manager Brad Ausmus was booed when he came out to visit Price after
the left-hander gave up a two-out single in the ninth, and he got
booed again when he yanked the starter for closer Joe Nathan
following an infield single by the Twins first baseman Joe Mauer.
Nathan got formers Tiger right fielder Torii Hunter to look at a
called third strike to end the game and record the save.
Dodgers 6, Padres 3
LOS ANGELES -- Shortstop Jimmy Rollins hit a go-ahead three-run home
run in the eighth inning, and Los Angeles rallied for a victory over
San Diego.
Rollins, who was making his Dodgers debut, tagged reliever Shawn
Kelly (0-1) by driving a pitch over the wall in right with one out
in the eighth.
Dodgers reliever Joel Peralta (1-0) tossed a scoreless inning for
the win. Chris Hatcher earned his first career save. First baseman
Adrian Gonzalez also homered for Los Angeles.
Padres center fielder Matt Kemp, a former Dodger, went 2-for-4 and
drove in all three San Diego runs.
Marlins 2, Braves 1
MIAMI -- Right fielder Nick Markakis drove in two runs, including
the game-winner, as Atlanta defeated Miami.
Jason Grilli, Atlanta's new closer after Craig Kimbrel was traded
Sunday, got the save, his first with the Braves. Grilli struck out
Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton and first baseman Michael
Morse in a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Atlanta pushed across the winning run in the sixth, breaking a 1-1
tie. Center fielder Eric Young Jr. led off with a double, advanced
on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Markakis' ground out to second
baseman Dee Gordon. The speedy Young slid under the tag of catcher
Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1
NEW YORK -- Right-hander Drew Hutchison pitched six outstanding
innings, and Toronto opened the season with a victory over New York.
Hutchison, the youngest Opening Day starter in franchise history,
allowed a solo home run to left fielder Brett Gardner among three
hits. After going 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four spring training
appearances, the 24-year-old struck out three, walked two and threw
57 of 93 pitches for strikes.
Former Yankees catcher Russell Martin had a two-run single, and
first baseman Edwin Encarnacion slugged a two-run home run for
Toronto, which scored five times in the top of the third inning
against right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (0-1). Blue Jays rookie second
baseman Devon Travis added his first career home run.
Rockies 10, Brewers 0
MILWAUKEE -- Corey Dickerson and Nolan Arenado homered, and Kyle
Kendrick threw seven shutout innings as Colorado cruised to an
Opening Day victory over Milwaukee.
Kendrick, a veteran right-hander in his first season for Colorado,
scattered seven hits struck out six without a walk. He even chipped
in on offense, scoring a run and accounting for a pair of the
Rockies' 16 hits on the day.
Colorado wasted no time getting to Brewers right-hander Kyle Lohse,
who gave up three first-inning doubles and found himself in a 4-0
hole after left fielder Dickerson smacked a 1-2 slider into the
picnic area in right.
Orioles 6, Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Tillman took a shutout into the
seventh inning, and Baltimore hit three home runs on the way to a
win over Tampa Bay in the season opener.
Alejandro De Aza scored as the first batter of the season, then
added a two-run home run. Steve Pearce and Ryan Flaherty also went
deep for the Orioles. Tillman lasted 6 2/3 innings, giving up one
run on four hits.
It was a disappointing debut for new Rays manager Kevin Cash, whose
team committed an error on its first fielding chance and didn't get
a hit until the fourth inning. Tampa Bay got a solo home run by Evan
Longoria.
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Mets 3, Nationals 1
WASHINGTON -- Bartolo Colon allowed one run in six innings, and New
York beat Washington Nationals on Opening Day.
Colon allowed just three hits while striking out eight. He outdueled
Washington starter Max Scherzer, who did not allow a hit in the
first five innings. However, the Mets scored three unearned runs off
Scherzer, as Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond committed two errors.
Mets first baseman Lucas Duda struck a two-run single in the sixth
with two outs to give his team a 2-1 lead on New York's first hit of
the season.
Royals 10, White Sox 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Yordano Ventura limited Chicago to one run in
six-plus innings before leaving with a cramping right thumb as
Kansas City beat the White Sox. The Royals snapped a six-game
Opening Day losing streak.
Ventura allowed four hits -- one a solo homer Jose Abreu to lead off
the seventh -- walked one and struck out two. He went down in agony
after throwing a strike to Adam LaRoche in the seventh. He will be
evaluated later in the week, but the Royals do not believe the
injury is serious.
The Royals' offense included a three-run home run by Alex Rios, who
went 3-for-4 in his Kansas City debut.
Mariners 4, Angels 1
SEATTLE -- Felix Hernandez turned in yet another dominating Opening
Day performance, leading Seattle past Los Angeles. Hernandez
improved to 6-0 with a 1.49 ERA in eight career openers, all with
the Mariners.
Hernandez allowed two hits and one run over seven innings while
striking out 10, walking one and hitting a batter. It marked the
third time the Venezuela native recorded at least 10 strikeouts in
an Opening Day start.
The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when center
fielder Mike Trout, the reigning American League Most Valuable
Player, hit a solo homer off Hernandez on the eighth pitch of the
at-bat. In a matchup of two All-Stars, Hernandez went on to strike
out Trout the next two times they faced.
Reds 5, Pirates 2
CINCINNATI -- Todd Frazier's tiebreaking, three-run home run in the
eighth inning lifted Cincinnati past Pittsburgh on Opening Day.
Right fielder Jay Bruce also homered for the Reds.
Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto allowed just four hits in seven
scoreless innings and fanned 10, a career high for Opening Day.
Cueto was denied the victory when Pirates center fielder Andrew
McCutcheon hit a two-run, game-tying homer in the eighth off
right-hander Kevin Gregg.
However, with runners on first and third in the bottom of the
eighth, Frazier crushed a 1-1 pitch from Pirates left-hander Tony
Watson (0-1) and sent it sailing 432 feet to left field.
Astros 2, Indians 0
HOUSTON -- Dallas Keuchel worked seven shutout innings, and a
revamped bullpen preserved his effort in Houston's win over
Cleveland.
Keuchel allowed three hits and three walks while recording four
strikeouts, including a critical whiff of Brandon Moss after Carlos
Santana and Yan Gomes stroked consecutive singles to open the
seventh inning. After he fanned Moss, Keuchel coaxed a pair of
grounders back to the mound to strand Santana and Gomes, close the
inning, and preserve his one-run lead.
Cleveland's Corey Kluber, the reigning American League Cy Young
Award winner, gave up two runs on three hits and two walks with
seven strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. George Springer's sixth-inning
single knocked in the first run, and Jake Marisnick's eighth-inning
sacrifice fly capped the scoring.
Giants 5, Diamondbacks 4
PHOENIX -- Left-hander Madison Bumgarner gave up one run in seven
innings, and center fielder Angel Pagan had three hits and two RBIs
as San Francisco beat Arizona in the season opener for both teams.
Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP, gave up six hits, struck out
three and walked one in the first Opening Day start of his career.
Pagan had two doubles and a single, driving in runs in the third and
fifth innings against Arizona right-hander Josh Collmenter (0-1).
Giants second baseman Joe Panik had three hits and scored two runs,
and shortstop Brandon Crawford had two hits and drove in two runs,
helping the Giants take a 5-1 lead in the fifth.
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