MLB ROUNDUP Friday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rays 13, Yankees 4

NEW YORK — Pinch-hitter Shawn Riggans hit a three-run double, Carlos Pena a three-run homer in a seven-run eighth inning, and Tampa Bay roughed up New York’sIan Kennedy for six runs. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was not in the dugout to watch the Rays batter New York pitching and hear the surly crowd serenade his team with repeated choruses of boos. Girardi missed his first game as New York’s manager because of an upper respiratory infection. The Rays took advantage of wildness from Kennedy (0-1) to score six times in the first three innings — five in the third. In all, the Rays had 15 hits off six Yankees pitchers. The Yankees, who scored just eight runs in the first three games of the season, hit Andy Sonnanstine (1-0) hard in the bottom of the third and plated four runs on five hits. But he gave up only one other hit and struck out.

White Sox 8, Tigers 5

DETROIT — A.J. Pierzynski drove in five runs with three hits, including a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning that led Chicago over Detroit. The Tigers, the only winless team in the major leagues, are 0-4 for the first time since dropping their first nine games in 2003. That year, they lost an AL-record 119 times. Ivan Rodriguez had three hits and drove two runs for Detroit. Carlos Quentin also homered for Chicago.

Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 3

TORONTO — Frank Thomas doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Shaun Marcum struck out eight and Toronto improved to 24-8 in home openers before a sellout crowd of 50,171. Marcum (1-0) allowed three runs and three hits and walked just one over seven innings. The right-hander is 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA in four career starts against Boston. Left-hander Brian Tallet worked the eighth and right-hander Jeremy Accardo finished it in the ninth for his second save in as many opportunities. Matt Stairs hit a solo homer for Toronto.

Orioles 7, Mariners 4

BALTIMORE — Ramon Hernandez broke out of a hitless funk by going 3-for-4 with a home run, and Baltimore also got homers from Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora. Luis Hernandez drove in two runs for the Orioles (2-1), who climbed over .500 for the first time since last April 25, when they were 11-10. Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson each hit two-run homers for the Mariners. Former Mariners reliever George Sherrill, now Baltimore’s closer, got the final two outs for his second save.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 1

DENVER — Arizona right-hander Micah Owings struck out a career-best nine batters and allowed just one run and two hits over 62‚Ñ3 splendid innings, and the Diamondbacks pounded Colorado. Chad Qualls and Juan Cruz completed the two-hitter, and Mark Reynolds homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Diamondbacks. Owings (1-0) at one point retired 17 straight batters.

Astros 4, Cubs 3

CHICAGO — J.R. Towles homered in the fourth, Miguel Tejada added a go-ahead triple in the eighth and the Astros sent the Cubs to their third loss in four games. Towles’ two-run drive off Rich Hill gave Houston a 2-0 lead, and that held until Geovany Soto’s tying, two-run single in the seventh. Houston immediately got two runs in the eighth off Jon Lieber (0-1), thanks to some shoddy defense. Mark DeRosa homered in the ninth off Jose Valverde, who earned his first save of the year after leading the major leagues last season with 47 for Arizona.

Brewers 13, Giants 4

MILWAUKEE — Bill Hall homered twice and had a career-high six RBIs, leading the Brewers to a rout of San Francisco in their home opener. Prince Fielder went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs, and Gabe Kapler drove in a pair of runs. The Brewers have won three of their first four games after taking two out of three from Chicago in their season-opening series at Wrigley Field. Carlos Villanueva (1-0) tied a career high with six strikeouts, going 51‚Ñ3 innings. Salomon Torres pitched three innings for his first save. San Francisco starter Jonathan Sanchez (0-1) set a career high with eight strikeouts. But it wasn’t much of a day otherwise for Sanchez, who gave up seven runs in four-plus innings.

Associated Press