Martini homers twice, Montas pitches 6 shutout innings and Reds beat Nationals 8-2 in opener
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by MITCH STACY, AP Sports Writer
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Nick Martini homered twice and drove in five runs in his first opening-day start, Frankie Montas pitched six shutout innings in his Cincinnati debut and the Reds cruised to an 8-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Martini hit a two-run homer in the second inning and a three-run shot in the third for a 7-0 lead off Josiah Gray. Montas joined the Reds with a $16 million, one-year deal as a free agent and allowed four hits in six innings, striking out four and walking none. Josiah Gray matched his career high by allowing seven runs ..read more
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Skubal pitches 3-hit ball over 6 innings as Tigers open with 1-0 win over White Sox
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by ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer
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Tarik Skubal pitched six innings of three-hit ball and the Detroit Tigers opened a promising season on a winning note, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0. Skubal and three relievers combined to retire the final 17 batters. The White Sox did not advance past first base and wasted a terrific start by Garrett Crochet. Javier Báez singled and scored on Andy Ibáñez’s sacrifice fly in the third. Skubal picked up right where he left off last year. The 27-year-old left-hander struck out six without a walk in his first opening-day start, after going 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA in his final five outings a year a ..read more
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Shohei Ohtani reaches 3 times in home debut as the Dodgers rout the Cardinals 7-1
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by GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer
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Shohei Ohtani reached three times in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 in the Dodger Stadium opener to a season of sky-high expectations. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman homered in the third inning, and Tyler Glasnow pitched six innings of two-hit ball for the Dodgers. No offseason addition to the Dodgers' star-studded lineup was bigger than Ohtani, who showed no signs of distraction after a tumultuous week in which he emphatically denied betting on sports after the firing of his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara ..read more
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Triolo hits RBI single in 12th inning, Pittsburgh bullpen shines as Pirates beat Marlins 6-5
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by ALANIS THAMES, AP Sports Writer
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Jared Triolo hit a RBI single in the top of the 12th inning to finish the Pittsburgh Pirates’ rally and beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 on opening day. Triolo’s line drive single against Marlins reliever Declan Cronin scored automatic runner Ke’Bryan Hayes. Pirates reliever Jose Hernandez got the save on Thursday, retiring 2023 NL batting champion Luis Arraez, Josh Bell and Bryan De La Cruz in his only inning of relief. Luis Ortiz recorded the win for the Pirates. After Pirates starter Mitch Keller gave up seven hits over 5.2 innings, Pittsburgh’s bullpen held the Marlins to just one hit ..read more
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Lopez shuts down Royals as Twins begin defense of AL Central title with 4-1 win
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by DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer
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Pablo Lopez pitched seven sparkling innings, Royce Lewis homered before leaving with an injury, and the Twins beat the Royals 4-1 to begin defense of their AL Central crown. Carlos Correa added three hits and two RBIs for Minnesota. That was plenty of support for Lopez, who gave up a homer to Maikel Garcia, the first batter he faced, but little else on a warm and sunny afternoon. He allowed four hits and struck out seven without a walk. Cole Ragans struck out nine, a Royals record for opening day, but still took the loss after pitching six strong innings ..read more
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Burnes brilliant in Baltimore debut, allows 1 hit as the Orioles rout the Los Angeles Angels 11-3
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by NOAH TRISTER, AP Baseball Writer
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Corbin Burnes allowed one baserunner in a dominant debut for Baltimore, and Anthony Santander and Cedric Mullins both homered as the Orioles began defending their AL East title with an 11-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Trout hit a first-inning home run off Burnes, but the Angels managed nary a peep against the new Baltimore ace after that. He struck out 11 in six innings in his first start after the Orioles acquired the right-hander from Milwaukee in an offseason trade ..read more
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Springer, Biggio, Guerrero Jr. homer on opening day, leading Blue Jays over Rays 8-2
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by FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer
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George Springer, Cavan Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to support the pitching of right-hander José Berríos and lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a season-opening 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Alejandro Kirk and Bo Bichette drove in two runs apiece for the Blue Jays, who scored five times in the sixth inning after being limited to one hit off Rays starter Zach Eflin through five innings. Berríos made his second opening-day start for the Blue Jays, fourth overall. The right-hander gave up a leadoff homer to Yandy Díaz on his fifth pitch of the day and also yielded a RBI double to D ..read more
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Cronenworth's big hit helps lift the Padres to a 6-4 win over Melvin's Giants
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by BERNIE WILSON, AP Sports Writer
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Jake Cronenworth’s two-run double highlighted the four-run seventh inning for the San Diego Padres, who beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Thursday to spoil Bob Melvin’s return to San Diego. While it was opening day for the Giants, the Padres opened the season by splitting a two-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Seoul last week. Melvin managed the Padres for the last two seasons before leaving for the Giants with a year left on his contract. He skippered the Padres into the 2022 NL Championship Series and then presided over a disappointing season that included reports of an irrepar ..read more
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'I'll pop in and out': Michael Brantley says new Astros role is fluid
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by Leah Vann
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The 36-year-old spoke about fatherhood and his fluid involvement with former franchise ..read more
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A new era in Baltimore: Orioles eye bright future as David Rubenstein takes over as owner
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by NOAH TRISTER, AP Baseball Writer
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BALTIMORE (AP) — David Rubenstein took over the Baltimore Orioles at a particularly optimistic moment for the franchise — and the new owner seems well aware of what this team could accomplish in the immediate future. “Today is an easy day to say everything is great, and hopefully we'll win opening day, but I don't want this to be the high-water mark,” Rubenstein said Thursday, a day after Major League Baseball's owners unanimously approved his purchase of the Orioles. “I want the high-water mark to be in the fall, when we go to the World Series and we show that we are a city that supports a gr ..read more
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