Snow, flurry of home runs highlights opening day at PNC Park in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH David Freese and Francisco Cervelli hit back-to-back home runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates won their home opener in snow flurries, beating the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Friday.

Freese and Cervelli went deep off reliever Josh Collmenter leading off the fifth inning. That gave Ivan Nova the cushion he would need at PNC Park, where the game time temperature was 37 degrees.

Nova (1-0) allowed just an unearned run over six innings in his first start since signing a three-year deal in the off-season to stay with the Pirates, who acquired him from the New York Yankees last summer.

TIGERS 6, RED SOX 5

DETROIT — JaCoby Jones capped a wild eighth inning with a bases-loaded walk, and the Detroit Tigers outlasted the flu-bitten Boston Red Sox to win their ninth straight home opener.

PADRES 7, GIANTS 6

SAN DIEGO — Rookie Manuel Margot hit his first two big league homers and Yangervis Solarte had a go-ahead tworun double in the seventh inning, helping San Diego beat San Francisco in the Padres’ home opener.

ORIOLES 6, YANKEES 5

BALTIMORE — Manny Machado and Seth Smith homered, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied from a fourrun deficit to beat the New York Yankees.

ROCKIES 2, DODGERS 1

DENVER — Kyle Freeland allowed one run in six solid innings in his major league debut, leading hometown Colorado past Los Angeles.

NATIONALS 7, PHILLIES 6

PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth hit homers to back Max Scherzer and Washington held on to spoil Philadelphia’s home opener.

MARLINS 7, METS 2

NEW YORK — Zack Wheeler lasted just four innings in his return from Tommy John surgery, giving up Derek Dietrich’s go-ahead, two-run triple and Christian Yelich’s two-run homer in the New York Mets’ loss to the Miami Marlins.

RANGERS 10, ATHLETICS 5

ARLINGTON, Texas — Nomar Mazara hit his first grand slam and had a career-high six RBIs to lead the Texas Rangers over the Oakland Athletics for their first victory of the season.

ROYALS 5, ASTROS 1

HOUSTON — Jason Vargas got his first win in nearly two years and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros.