Baseball roundup: Dodgers get off schneid vs. Giants

Chris Taylor scored twice, including the Los Angeles Dodgers' first run of the season, and right-hander Kenta Maeda provided his team's third straight strong pitching outing, lifting the defending National League champs to a 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

On a night when the Dodgers received their NL championship rings in a pregame ceremony, the club finally demonstrated a pennant-worthy offense with timely hitting against Giants starter Derek Holland, who was hoping to begin San Francisco's third consecutive shutout.

The Dodgers' scoring drought lasted just three batters into its 19th inning, as Taylor opened the game with a walk, took third on a double by Enrique Hernandez and scored on Yasiel Puig's sacrifice fly.

Maeda (1-0) was pulled after throwing 90 pitches in five shutout innings. He allowed five hits and one walk and struck out 10. Holland (0-1), making his first start for the Giants, struggled through five innings, allowing five runs (three earned), three hits and three walks.

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 3

Yangervis Solarte led off the bottom of the eighth inning by hitting the tiebreaking home run as host Toronto beat New York at Rogers Centre.

Solarte snapped a 3-3 deadlock when he drove a 2-0 97-mph fastball well over the center field fence off Dellin Betances (0-1). Kevin Pillar also stole three bases on Betances in the eighth and scored Toronto's fifth run on a straight steal of home. Betances allowed four stolen bases.

Justin Smoak had three hits, including an RBI single and run-scoring double off CC Sabathia. Luke Maile added an RBI single as the Blue Jays avoided their first 0-3 start since the 2004 season.

Twins 6, Orioles 2

Kyle Gibson threw six innings of no-hit baseball and Miguel Sano homered and drove in two runs as visiting Minnesota baffled Baltimore at Camden Yards.

Gibson (1-0) threw 102 pitches and struck out six in those six innings, but walking five batters drove up his pitch count and forced manager Paul Molitor to remove him before the seventh.

Ryan Pressly came in and retired Baltimore in order in the seventh, then returned in the eighth and got two outs before walking Manny Machado. Jonathan Schoop then broke up the no-hitter with a single to center.

Cubs 10, Marlins 6 (10 innings)

Ben Zobrist stroked a tiebreaking single and Kris Bryant followed with a three-run double to lead visiting Chicago over Miami at Marlins Park.

It was the second straight extra-inning game in the series. Neither starting pitcher earned a decision. Yu Darvish, making his Cubs debut after signing a six-year, $126 million contract in the offseason, lasted just 4 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, two walks and five runs.

Marlins starter Odrisamer Despaigne, who pitched in relief late Friday night and got the win in that 17-inning marathon, came back and lasted five innings, allowing six hits, two walks and five runs (four earned).

Red Sox 3, Rays 2

Rick Porcello hurled 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball and Xander Bogaerts hit a solo home run and had two RBIs as Boston beat host Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.

Porcello (1-0) allowed six hits and a walk while striking out four for the Red Sox, whose starters have given up only one run and struck out 18 batters over the first 18 1/3 innings in the first three games of the season.

Bogaerts added an RBI double, his fifth of the year, and finished 3-for-4 to raise his early-season batting average to .667. J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4, his first hits in a Red Sox uniform, with a run scored.

Nationals 13, Reds 7

Adam Eaton went 5-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and four runs scored and Brian Goodwin hit a grand slam as visiting Washington defeated Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.

Matt Adams and Trea Turner also homered for Washington. Adams' homer gave Washington a lead it never lost, and Eaton banged out two doubles, two singles plus a solo homer during the first five-hit game of his career. The Goodwin grand slam came in the ninth off of Kevin Quackenbush.

Washington starter Stephen Strasburg (1-0) went 6 1/3 innings and allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits.

Mets 6, Cardinals 2

Todd Frazier collected three RBIs and gave New York a lead it would never relinquish with a two-run double in the first inning in a win over visiting St. Louis at Citi Field.

The Mets got on the board with one out in the first against Cardinals right hander Michael Wacha (0-1), who gave up a leadoff double to Asdrubal Cabrera and walked Yoenis Cespedes before giving up Frazier's double.

Cabrera had three hits, including an eighth-inning RBI double, while Cespedes and Travis d'Arnaud each hit solo homers for the Mets, who improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2013. Jacob deGrom (1-0), the only member of the Mets' rotation to escape injury last year, earned the win after allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings.

Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 1

Center fielder Charlie Blackmon hit two home runs and right-hander Wade Davis recorded his first save as Colorado avoided its second 0-3 start in franchise history by beating Arizona at Chase Field.

Blackmon homered off Zack Greinke to tie the game in the sixth inning and put the Rockies ahead with a one-out homer off Fernando Salas (0-1) in the eighth.

Shortstop Nick Ahmed drove in the only run for the Diamondbacks on a fielder's choice in the fourth inning. Arizona was attempting to win its first three games for the third time in franchise history, the last in 2012. Ahmed already has six RBIs.

Indians 6, Mariners 5

Yonder Alonso stunned his former teammates with a first-inning grand slam, giving Cleveland more than enough offense on the road against Seattle at Safeco Field.

Andrew Miller pitched out of jams in the seventh and eighth innings, preserving a one-run lead, and closer Cody Allen worked a perfect ninth inning for his first save, getting the Indians even with the Mariners after a 2-1 loss on Opening Day.

Alonso, who signed with Cleveland as a free agent in the offseason after finishing 2017 with the Mariners, came through with his first home run as an Indian and the third grand slam of his career following a double by Jason Kipnis and two-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Rajai Davis.

Angels 8, Athletics 3

Zack Cozart and Mike Trout provided a formidable 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup, leading the way for Los Angeles over Oakland at Oakland Coliseum.

Cozart doubled, tripled, scored twice and drove in two from the leadoff spot, while No. 2 hitter Trout doubled twice, singled, scored twice and drove in two. In all, the Angels had 12 hits, seven of which went for extra bases.

Angels starter Matt Shoemaker (1-0) got the win and was stellar through five innings before seeming to lose his command in the sixth. In the seventh, the A's sent the potential tying run to the plate when Matt Olson came to bat with the bases loaded and two out. But Angels reliever Jim Johnson, a former Athletic, struck out Olson looking to end the threat.

Astros 9, Rangers 3

Lance McCullers Jr. scattered four hits and allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings on the mound and Carlos Correa had a two-run home run among his four hits as Houston rolled past host Texas at Globe Life Park.

Reigning AL MVP Jose Altuve also had four hits for the Astros. McCullers (1-0) mostly baffled the Rangers, striking out 10, walking just one and surviving two hot shots up the middle, including one that bounced off his right ankle and knocked him to the dirt.

Texas starter Matt Moore (0-1), one of the Rangers' handful of offseason pitching acquisitions, took the loss and was lifted after four innings of work in which he allowed four runs (all earned) on seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks.

White Sox 4, Royals 3

Welington Castillo hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth inning, and Chicago held on to beat host Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.

Castillo's drive to the right field wall scored Jose Abreu and Tyler Saladino as Kansas City's bullpen failed to hold the lead. Chicago won its second game in a row to start the season.

White Sox right-hander Danny Farquhar (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning of relief to earn the win. Farquhar followed starting right-hander Lucas Giolito, who allowed three runs in six innings.

Brewers 7, Padres 3

Newcomer outfielders Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain combined for eight hits, four runs scored and four RBIs and third baseman Travis Shaw added three RBIs as visiting Milwaukee beat San Diego at Petco Park.

Yelich, whom the Brewers acquired from Florida in a trade during the offseason, went 5-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and two RBIs. It was the second five-hit game of Yelich's career.

Cain, a free-agent signee, was 3-for-4 with a stolen base, a run scored and three RBIs. Cain was 8-for-14 with three doubles and three stolen bases in his first series back as a Brewer. Shaw was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs

Braves 15, Phillies 2

Ryan Flaherty came back to haunt his former team, posting his second career four-hit game to pace Atlanta to a home win over Philadelphia at SunTrust Park.

Flaherty, signed as a free agent this spring after being released by Philadelphia, was 4-for-5 with two doubles and scored four runs. His other four-hit game came Sept. 10, 2014, when he played for Baltimore.

The Braves pounded out 19 hits, and each starting position player had at least one hit. Ender Inciarte had three hits and four RBIs, and Nick Markakis, Freddie Freeman, Preston Tucker, Dansby Swanson and Chris Stewart each had two hits.

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The second rainout of the series will be made up when Pittsburgh and Detroit play a doubleheader at Comerica Park on Sunday. The first game is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET and the second for 6:10 p.m.

--Field Level Media