mlb roundup | Monday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tigers 4, Twins 0

DETROIT

David Price left no doubt about his worthiness as Detroit’s opening day starter, coming within one out of a shutout. Price retired the first 13 Minnesota batters and allowed five hits before being pulled with two on and two out in the ninth. Joe Nathan struck out Torii Hunter for the save. The Twins lost in their first game under new manager Paul Molitor. J.D. Martinez and Alex Avila homered off Phil Hughes, and Yoenis Cespedes tripled and scored in his Detroit debut.

Royals 10, White Sox 1

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Yordano Ventura pitched six solid innings before leaving with a thumb cramp, and Alex Rios had a three-run homer among his three hits for the defending AL champions. Rios, who was making his Kansas City debut, homered in a five-run seventh with Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon aboard.

Orioles 6, Rays 2

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Chris Tillman pitched into the seventh inning, and Baltimore hit three homers while spoiling Tampa Bay’s debut under rookie manager Kevin Cash. Tillman allowed one run and four hits, struck out four and walked three in 6 2/3 innings. He was working on a shutout in his second career opening day start before Evan Longoria led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run.

Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1

NEW YORK

Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer off Masahiro Tanaka. Without retired Derek Jeter in the lineup, an opening day crowd at Yankee Stadium reserved its biggest cheers for Alex Rodriguez in his first game back from a year-long drug suspension. Batting seventh, his lowest spot in a regular-season game since 1996, A-Rod singled, walked, and lined out. Drew Hutchison (1-0) allowed three hits, including Brett Gardner’s homer in the sixth inning, to help Toronto improve to 20-19 in openers, including 1-2 vs. the Yankees.

Mariners 4, Angels 1

SEATTLE

Felix Hernandez struck out 10 and allowed only two hits over seven innings, Seth Smith had three extra-base hits and two RBIs in his Seattle debut. Mike Trout hit a solo homer in the first inning and Erick Aybar singled leading off the fifth. That was all the Angels could do against Hernandez.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rockies 10, Brewers 0

MILWAUKEE

Kyle Kendrick pitched seven sharp innings and also got two hits for Colorado. Corey Dickerson and Nolan Arenado each homered and drove in four runs. Troy Tulowitzki doubled twice, singled and scored three times.

Braves 2, Marlins 1

MIAMI

Two Atlanta relievers combined to escape a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the seventh, and new closer Jason Grilli pitched a perfect ninth to help the Braves. The Marlins have hopes of ending an 11-year playoff drought following an uncharacteristic offseason spending spree, but little went right for the home team. The sellout crowd’s mood briefly turned sour in the second inning when the game was halted for 16 minutes because of rain — a first at 3-year-old Marlins Park, which has a retractable roof. The showers were unexpected, and fans booed when play was halted while the roof closed.

Mets 3, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON

Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of his Washington debut but was unable to overcome two costly errors by shortstop Ian Desmond. Bartolo Colon pitched six clean innings for the Mets, giving up only Bryce Harper’s third opening-day homer. Lucas Duda hit a two-run single with two outs in the sixth, putting New York ahead with its first hit of the year. At 41, Colon (1-0) was the oldest opening-day starter in Mets history — and in the majors since 2006. He struck out eight and allowed only three hits. One, though, sailed over the out-of-town scoreboard in the fourth off the bat of Harper, who homered twice in Game 1 in 2013.

Dodgers 6, Padres 3

LOS ANGELES

New addition Jimmy Rollins hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, rallying Los Angeles to victory over re-tooled San Diego. Rollins took a curtain call in the dugout for his drive into the lower right-field seats off Shawn Kelley (0-1). Rollins and Howie Kendrick joined the team in the offseason to improve the Dodgers’ infield defense, but their offensive prowess delivered the victory. Kendrick’s RBI double with two outs in the seventh tied it at 3. Rollins went 2 for 4.

INTERLEAGUE

Red Sox 8, Phillies 0

PHILADELPHIA

Boston newcomer Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia each hit two home runs while Clay Buchholz threw three-hit ball over seven innings. Buchholz (1-0) showed the Red Sox they don’t need to trade for any ace — namely Cole Hamels (0-1). Buchholz struck out nine. Ramirez made quite an impression in his first game since the free agent signed an $88 million, four-year contract. He hit a solo homer in the fifth and a grand slam off Jake Diekman in the ninth.

Associated Press