AROUND THE HORn

AROUND THE HORn

Monday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Orioles 3, Blue Jays 2

BALTIMORE

Mark Trumbo homered with two outs in the 11th inning, and Baltimore beat Toronto for their seventh straight opening-day victory. Trumbo connected off Jason Grilli (0-1) on a 1-2 slider. When he reached the plate, the reigning major league home run king was drenched in water by teammates and cheered heartily by those remaining from a sellout crowd of 45,667. The game was rematch of last year’s AL wild card playoff, won by Toronto 5-2 on an 11th-inning home run by Edwin Encarnacion.

Twins 7, Royals 1

MINNEAPOLIS

Miguel Sano homered and drew the third bases-loaded walk for Minnesota during a dreadful seventh inning for Kansas City’s bullpen as the Ervin Santana and the Twins beat the Royals for their first opening victory in nine years. Santana (1-0) gave up just two hits and two walks while striking out three over seven innings, aided by two diving catches of sinking line drives by center fielder Byron Buxton that highlighted a stellar afternoon of defense by the Twins.

Astros 3, Mariners 0

HOUSTON

Dallas Keuchel allowed two hits over seven innings, Luke Gregerson and Ken Giles completed the three-hitter and Houston beat Seattle in their opener. George Springer became Houston’s first player since Terry Puhl in 1980 to lead off the first game with a home run. Carlos Correa homered and drove in two runs as Houston won on opening day for the fifth straight year. Keuchel (1-0) went 9-12 with a 4.55 ERA last year after winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2015.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nationals 4, Marlins 2

WASHINGTON

Adam Lind’s first swing as a member of the Nationals resulted in a pinch-hit, go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Bryce Harper went deep on opening day for the fifth time in his young career, leading Washington past Miami. Stephen Strasburg (1-0) earned the win, allowing two runs and six hits in seven innings, pitching out of the stretch the whole way. It was his return to action after missing last September and the playoffs with a right elbow injury.

Mets 6, Braves 0

NEW YORK

Asdrubal Cabrera snapped a scoreless tie with a seventh-inning single and New York broke through following a pivotal replay reversal to beat Atlanta. Noah Syndergaard struck out seven in his first opening day start for New York, the only blemish a blister on the top of his right middle finger that ended his outing after six sharp innings. Atlanta starter Julio Teheran throttled the Mets as usual, throwing six scoreless innings before a sellout crowd of 44,384 at Citi Field.

Rockies 7, Brewers 5

MILWAUKEE

Bud Black won his debut as Colorado manager, and Greg Holland got a save in his first game with the Rockies. Mark Reynolds homered, had three RBIs and scored the tying run in a two-run seventh following two defensive lapses by Milwaukee, and the Rockies beat the Brewers. Tony Wolters scored from third with two outs in the seventh after Jett Bandy threw to second trying to catch Charlie Blackmon stealing. The ball short-hopped second baseman Jonathan Villar and trickled away on the infield dirt, allowing Wolters to go home.

Phillies 4, Reds 3

CINCINNATI

Cesar Hernandez opened the Phillies’ season with a homer, Jeremy Hellickson drove in a run with his first career triple and Philadelphia beat Cincinnati. Hernandez connected on Scott Feldman’s eighth pitch, and the Phillies held on for their first opening day victory in three years. Freddy Galvis — who had a career-high 20 homers last season — added a solo shot in the second. The Reds gave up the most homers in the majors last season.

Dodgers 14, Padres 3

LOS ANGELES

Joc Pederson launched a grand slam and the Dodgers hit a franchise-record four home runs on opening day, leading Clayton Kershaw and Los Angeles over San Diego. Pederson drove in five runs, Yasmani Grandal homered twice and Corey Seager added a three-run shot. Kershaw (1-0) allowed two runs — one earned — and two hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked none in his seventh consecutive opening day start. He tied the team mark for most opening day starts in matching Don Sutton.

Associated Press