Cobb strong in return to mound
Pitcher out most of last year leads O’s past Red Sox, 7-2
Anthony Santander and Renato Nunez each drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles held off the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Saturday to even their seasonopening series.
Hanser Alberto finished with three hits. Austin Hays, and Jose Iglesias added two apiece.
Alex Cobb (1-0) was steady in his first start since April 2019 after missing most of last season with a hip injury that required surgery. After Boston pounded out 17 hits in its 13-2 win on Friday, Cobb mostly kept the Red Sox off balance, allowing just four hits and one run while striking out six in 51/3 innings of work.
Giants 5, Dodgers 3: Wilmer Flores homered and the Giants beat the Dodgers to give Gabe Kapler his first win as San Francisco manager. After getting outscored 17-2 in the first two games, the Giants took advantage of Dodgers starter Alex Wood’s struggles to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2012.
Phillies 7, Marlins 1: Phil Gosselin homered twice, Didi Gregorius went deep again and new dad Zack Wheeler won his Phillies debut. Wheeler (1-0) tossed five-hit ball and struck out four over seven innings after signing a $118 million, fiveyear deal in free agency. The 30-year-old Wheeler, who spent his first seven seasons with the Mets, pitched only days after his wife gave birth to their son.
Astros 7, Mariners 2: Lance Mccullers Jr. was solid in his return from Tommy John surgery, Yuli Gurriel and George Springer homered and Houston beat Seattle for the 15th straight time.
Angels 4, Athletics 1: Dylan Bundy pitched shutout ball into the seventh in his Angels debut and Justin Upton homered for manager Joe Maddon’s first win.
Rays 4, Blue Jays 1: Brandon Lowe’s two-run triple snapped an eighth-inning tie and sent Tampa Bay over Toronto.
Brewers 8, Cubs 3: Christian Yelich and Justin Smoak hit long home runs, umpires intervened before a shouting match between the teams got too serious and Milwaukee powered past Chicago.
Cardinals 9, Pirates 1: Paul Goldschmidt homered and Adam Wainwright pitched six solid innings for St. Louis.
White Sox 10, Twins 3: Leury Garcia homered from both sides of the plate, helping Dallas Keuchel and Chicago pound Minnesota.
Royals 3, Indians 2 (10): Greg Holland struck out the top of Cleveland’s order to strand the tying run at second base and Maikel Franco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give Kansas City a win in just the third major league game decided by the debated extra-inning runner rule.
Rockies 3, Rangers 2: Daniel Bard won in his first major league game in more than seven years, pitching 11⁄3 scoreless innings in relief for Colorado. Bard (1-0), whose control troubles ran him out of baseball, got the Rockies out of a jam when he took over for starter Jon Gray with two on and two outs in the fifth.
Tigers 6, Reds 4: Miguel Cabrera passed two superstars with a homer and Jacoby Jones hit a two-run shot in the ninth off Raisel Iglesias, rallying Detroit past Cincinnati. Cabrera passed Adrian Beltre in home runs with his 478th and the two RBIS give him 1,696, one more than Cal Ripken Jr.