Braves ‘sink’ Padres in debut at SunTrust Park

Sellout crowd at baseball’s newest stadium

ATLANTA, April 15, (AP): Ender Inciarte hit the first home run in baseball’s newest stadium and local product Nick Markakis drove in the first two runs as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 Friday night in the regular-season debut for SunTrust Park.

Before a sellout crowd of 41,149 that included former President Jimmy Carter, Commissioner Rob Manfred and one-time home run king Hank Aaron, the Braves won their second straight game after a 1-6 start.

Julio Teheran (1-0) was a bit wild but lasted six innings. He gave up both San Diego runs, working around four walks and two hit batters. Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his second save.

Markakis, who grew up in nearby Woodstock, put the Braves ahead in the first with a two-run double off Jhoulys Chacin (1-2). Inciarte gave Atlanta some breathing room in the sixth with a two-run shot to right.

Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 1 In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw outpitched former teammate Zack Greinke, leading Dodgers to the win.

Kershaw (2-1) allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked one in 8 1/3 innings. The left-hander lost his bid for a shutout when Chris Owings doubled in a run in the ninth.

Greinke (1-1), who left Los Angeles for a big free-agent deal with Arizona after the 2015 season, lasted just five innings. He was charged with five runs and 10 hits.

Mariners 2, Rangers 1 In Seattle, Felix Hernandez pitched 7 1/3 innings for Seattle, and Mitch Haniger settled for a match-winning RBI single instead of an apparent home run.

With the score 1-1 in the seventh, Haniger hit a drive that appeared to clear the left-field wall for a three-run homer, before bouncing back into the field of play.

After an umpire review of more than two minutes, the call was overturned, giving Haniger a single off Jose Leclerc (0-1), scoring Jarrod Dyson to put Seattle up 2-1.

Yankees 4, Cardinals 3 In New York, Masahiro Tanaka pitched into the seventh inning before Aroldis Chapman escaped his own jam for his third save in three days as the Yankees earned their fifth straight win.

Chapman allowed a two-out walk to Randal Grichuk and a double to pinchhitter Jose Martinez before Dexter Fowler the closer’s teammate on the World Series champion Cubs last year grounded out to second.

Tanaka (1-1) entered with an 11.74 ERA over his first two starts, but recovered nicely after Matt Carpenter’s two-run homer in the first. The Japanese right-hander was charged with three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Orioles 6, Blue Jays 4 In Toronto, Home plate umpire Dale Scott sustained a concussion when hit in the face mask by a foul tip from Baltimore slugger Mark Trumbo, casting a shadow over the Orioles’ victory.

Scott recoiled after the ball struck the bottom of his mask and staggered backward before going down on one knee in the eighth inning. Once his neck was immobilized on a spinal board, Scott was lifted onto a cart and driven off the field.

The Blue Jays relayed information from Major League Baseball that Scott would miss the rest of the series.

Giants 8, Rockies 2 In San Francisco, Johnny Cueto pitched seven effective innings for San Francisco, while Brandon Crawford and Chris Marrero homered.

Cueto (3-0) allowed two runs and six hits while winning his third straight start to begin the season. The righthander struck out six and walked one. Tampa Bay Rays players (from left), Corey Dickerson, Peter Bourjos and Steven Souza Jr celebrate after they defeated the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game in Boston, on April 14. (AP)

The Giants jumped in front on Marrero’s first career homer in the second, a drive to left off Tyler Anderson (1-2) after Eduardo Nunez walked with two out.

Rays 10, Red Sox 5 In Boston, Logan Morrison hit a grand slam for Tampa Bay and Shane Peterson homered in his first big league at-bat since 2015. These were two of the career-high four homers allowed by Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello.

Chris Archer (2-0) gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings, ending his 11-game losing streak against the Red Sox.

Brad Miller and Steven Souza Jr. also homered for the Rays, who were coming off losing three straight at Yankee Stadium.

Marlins 3, Mets 2 In Miami, J.T. Realmuto hit a gameending RBI double with two out in the ninth inning as the Marlins snapped the Mets’ five-game win streak.

The Marlins avoided extra innings after a 16-inning loss to the Mets on Thursday.

New York’s Noah Syndergaard allowed two runs, one earned, in six innings, and his ERA soared to 0.95. Syndergaard struck out four and still hasn’t walked a batter in 19 innings this season.

Tigers 7, Indians 6 In Cleveland, Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning after being brushed back in the first, and the Tigers handed the Indians their sixth loss in seven games.

Tensions mounted three batters into the game when Cabrera yelled and gestured at the Indians dugout after an inside pitch from Trevor Bauer. Cabrera shouted at the dugout again when the inning ended, resulting in

San Francisco Giants’ Hunter Pence rounds third base to score a run on a single by Brandon Crawford against the Colorado Rockies, as umpire Jordan Baker watches during the seventh inning of a baseball game, on April 14, in

San Francisco. (AP)

warnings to both teams.

Cabrera responded in the fifth, lining a 1-1 pitch from Bauer (0-2) into the right-field seats to give Detroit a 4-0 lead.

Astros 7, Athletics 2 In Oakland, California, Japan’s Nori Aoki homered and drove in two runs to help Houston to its third straight win.

Brian McCann drove in three runs for Houston and Dallas Keuchel (2-0) pitched seven crisp innings.

Khris Davis homered his fifth of the season in his first at-bat for the A’s, who lost their second straight.

Royals 7, Angels 1 In Kansas City, Missouri, Danny Duffy pitched seven innings for Kansas City and Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer.

Duffy (2-0) gave up a run on Mike Trout’s first-inning single, but retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced. He improved to 8-0 in his past 16 Kauffman Stadium starts.

Salvador Perez also homered, his fifth of the season, and drove in two runs for Kansas City.

White Sox 2, Twins 1 In Minneapolis, Dylan Covey allowed one run while pitching into the sixth inning of his big league debut and Matt Davidson hit a solo home run in the seventh, lifting the White Sox to the road win.

Covey walked three and struck out one in 5 1-3 innings. Davidson’s third homer of the year reached the upper deck in right field off Ryan Pressly (0-1), and David Robertson picked up his second save.

Brewers 10, Reds 4 In Cincinnati, Eric Thames homered for the second straight night and drove in three runs, helping Milwaukee to its fourth straight victory.

Thames’ third home run of the season capped Milwaukee’s four-run sixth inning against a Cincinnati bullpen that went into the game with a National League-best 1.13 ERA. Blake Wood (0-1) allowed three hits and three runs, including Jonathan Villar’s tiebreaking double off the glove of right fielder Patrick Kivlehan. Thames followed with a two-run shot into the right field seats off left-hander Wandy Peralta.

Pirates 4, Cubs 2 In Chicago, David Freese and Francisco Cervelli each drove in two runs as the Pirates stopped a fourgame skid.

Pittsburgh right-hander Gerrit Cole (1-1) allowed two runs in six innings, striking out five. The Cubs loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth inning before Tony Watson retired Ben Zobrist on a bouncer to shortstop for his third save.

Freese doubled twice and scored two runs. The 33-year-old third baseman has reached safely in 12 of his last 15 plate appearances.

The Pirates trailed 2-1 in the sixth when Freese hit a tying single and Cervelli had a two-run double. Nationals 3, Phillies 2, 10 Innings In Washington, Daniel Murphy hit a game-ending RBI double, sending Washington to the win.

Bryce Harper opened the 10th with a single off Jeanmar Gomez. Murphy then hit an opposite-field double to left on his bobblehead day, and Harper came around to easily beat the throw.

The Phillies lost their fourth in a row. They took two of three from the Nationals in Philadelphia last weekend.

Shawn Kelley (1-0) pitched a perfect 10th inning. Gomez (1-1), who was removed from the closer’s role this week after filling it last season, threw a scoreless ninth before Washington broke through.

Murphy extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a third-inning single.