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Michael A. Taylor led off the eighth inning with a walk and
Nicky Lopez bunted Taylor to second. After Whit Merrifield
struck out, Witt pulled a hanging slider into left field to
drive in Taylor with the go-ahead run. Witt then scored an
insurance run on a single up the middle by Andrew Benintendi.
Scott Barlow picked up the win for the Royals with two scoreless
innings. Triston McKenzie took the loss despite three solid
innings of relief for the Guardians.
The Indians got on the board first in the fourth inning when
Jose Ramirez drove in Myles Straw with a double to short
left-center field. The Royals responded in the fifth when Nicky
Lopez drove in Hunter Dozier with a two-out drive to left
center.
Astros 3, Angels 1
Los Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani made history, but it was
Framber Valdez who stole the show while leading Houston over the
Angels in Anaheim, Calif.
Ohtani, the defending American League MVP, became the first
player in major league history to make his team's first pitch of
the season and also lead off. Ohtani made 80 pitches in 4 2/3
innings, allowing only a two-out RBI single by Alex Bregman in
the third inning. He struck out nine, the most by an Angels
starter on Opening Day since Jered Weaver struck out 10 in 2012.
Valdez threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing just two
hits. He struck out six and walked one. Bregman and Yordan
Alvarez hit back-to-back homers to begin the eighth against Ryan
Tepera. David Fletcher's RBI triple in the bottom of the inning
accounted for the Angels' only run of the game.
Diamondbacks 4, Padres 2
Seth Beer smacked a three-run homer with no outs in the bottom
of the ninth inning to give Arizona a dramatic victory over San
Diego in Phoenix.
The Diamondbacks had just two hits entering the inning and
needed only one during the four-run uprising. Two walks, a hit
by pitch and a run-scoring wild pitch preceded Beer's second
career homer, a 386-foot blast off Craig Stammen (0-1).
San Diego reliever Robert Suarez made his major league debut to
start the ninth and walked Christian Walker and Pavin Smith,
then plunked Carson Kelly with a pitch before being lifted.
Stammen's first pitch to Beer was wild, allowing Walker to
score. His next pitch went soaring over the right-field wall.
Joe Mantiply (1-0) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth for the
win.
Cubs 5, Brewers 4
Ian Happ finished with three hits, including the tiebreaking,
two-run double in the seventh inning that sparked host Chicago
to a win over Milwaukee.
Jason Heyward had two hits for the Cubs while Seiya Suzuki,
making his U.S. debut after nine seasons as a star in his native
Japan, went 1-for-2 with two walks. Chris Martin (1-0) earned
the win despite blowing a seventh-inning lead. David Robertson
earned the save by working around a hit in the ninth.
Lorenzo Cain drove in two runs while Willy Adames, Rowdy Tellez
and Andrew McCutchen had two hits each for the Brewers.
Cardinals 9, Pirates 0
Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run home run and drove in five runs to
power St. Louis to a win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer and Tommy Edman added a solo
blast for the Cardinals. Adam Wainwright (1-0) pitched six
scoreless innings.
Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes left in the first inning
after he tried to make a diving catch on Dylan Carlson's
wind-whipped pop-up double down the left-field line. Hayes, who
agreed to a reported eight-year, $70 million extension before
the game, missed time last season with a left wrist injury.
Reds 6, Braves 3
For the first time since 1990, Cincinnati opened the season on
the road, and the Reds defeated defending World Series champion
Atlanta.
Newcomer Brandon Drury connected for a three-run homer in
support of starter Tyler Mahle (1-0), who limited the Braves to
three hits and one unearned run over five innings. Tony
Santillan pitched a perfect ninth inning to record his first
career save.
Max Fried (0-1) took the loss after allowing eight hits and five
runs over 5 2/3 innings.
Mets 5, Nationals 1
Tylor Megill tossed five shutout innings and New York opened the
tenure of new manager Buck Showalter with a win at Washington.
With ace Jacob deGrom on the injured list and Max Scherzer's
debut with the Mets pushed back to Friday, Megill stepped in and
allowed three hits and no walks while striking out six. Four
Mets had two hits each among 12 for the team.
Juan Soto homered for the Nationals, and Keibert Ruiz had two
hits, including a double. Washington starter Patrick Corbin
(0-1) gave up two runs on five hits in four-plus innings.
--Field Level Media
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