Minus fireworks, LA outlasts Astros in 13

Colorado beats Oakland, extends winning streak to 4

HOUSTON — The Dodgers and Astros showed no carry-over Wednesday night from a fracas in the series opener that led to suspensions, and Edwin Ríos hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning to lift Los Angeles over Houston 4-2.

No pitches were thrown above or behind any batters, nobody made any ugly faces and everyone remained in their respective dugouts, even as the game became the longest one in this pandemic-shortened season.

All was quiet aside from the fake crowd noise that was ratcheted up a couple of notches for the national television audience. The loudest noise was the crack of Ríos’ bat when he took Cy Sneed (0-1) deep for a leadoff homer — a two-run drive under the new extra-innings rule that starts with an automatic runner on second base.

ROCKIES 5, ATHLETICS 1: In Oakland, Calif., German Márquez struck out eight over six innings to bounce back after losing on opening day at Texas as Colorado wrapped up a season-opening 4-1 trip by beating Oakland.

Charlie Blackmon delivered an insurance run with an RBI double in the eighth, then reached on an error in the ninth that led to two runs for Colorado’s fourth straight win.

NATIONALS 4, BLUE JAYS 0 (10): In Washington, Adam Eaton’s bases-loaded chopper broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning on a close play and Asdrúbal Cabrera followed with a three-run triple, helping the Nationals

snap a three-game losing streak.

In a quirky game befitting this pandemic- altered, upside-down season, Toronto’s team played its “home opener” at Washington — batting in the bottom half of each inning, wearing its white uniforms, playing its players’ walk-up music and even blaring the song “OK Blue Jays,” the club’s traditional seventh-inning stretch staple.

TIGERS 5, ROYALS 4: In Detroit, JaCoby Jones hit a tie-breaking solo homer in the seventh inning as Detroit beat Kansas City.

Detroit rallied from a 4-0 deficit thanks in large part to Jones, who doubled twice before his blast off Ian Kennedy.

YANKEES 9, ORIOLES 3: In Baltimore, the New York Yankees stepped in for the Miami Marlins and ruined Baltimore’s home opener, hitting three home runs to back Gerrit Cole.

The O’s were originally slated to launch the home portion of the schedule against Miami, but the Marlins were ordered to take a hiatus after several players and coaches contracted COVID-19 over the weekend. New York was scheduled to play Philadelphia on Wednesday, but the Phillies’ season was put on hold as a precaution because they were Miami’s opponent in the opening series.

RED SOX 6, METS 5: In New York, Christian Vázquez hit a tying home run off Seth Lugo in the seventh inning and a two-run single against Justin Wilson in a three-run eighth, rallying Boston.

BRAVES 7, RAYS 4: In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman homered and drove in three runs on a four-hit night, leading Atlanta in its home opener.

BREWERS 3, PIRATES 0: In Pittsburgh, Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff allowed one

hit and struck out 10 while working into the seventh inning.

REDS 12, CUBS 7: In Cincinnati, Mike Moustakas and Nick Senzel homered in their returns from a COVID-19 scare, and Nick Castellanos added a grand slam as Cincinnati ended a four-game losing streak.

TWINS 3, CARDINALS 0: In Minneapolis, Rich Hill pitched five scoreless innings in his Minnesota debut, backed by Eddie Rosario’s homer and Nelson Cruz’s RBI double.

WHITE SOX 4, INDIANS 0: In Cleveland, Yasmani Grandal and Eloy Jiménez hit sacrifice flies and Chicago scored four runs in the ninth inning to beat the Indians.

RANGERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4: In Arlington, Texas, Joey Gallo hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning and Texas scored three more runs after that to snap a threegame losing streak with a win over Arizona.

Notes

MCNAMARA DIES: John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to within one strike of a World Series victory in 1986, has died at age 88 at his home in Tennessee, his wife, Ellen, said. The death was unexpected and the cause was not yet known, she said.

REYES RETIRES: José Reyes has retired from baseball, almost two years after playing his final game. The 37-year-old, a four-time All-Star shortstop, made the announcement on Twitter. Reyes played briefly with the Albuquerque Isotopes in 2016 as he attempted to rebuild his career following a domestic violence incident involving his wife. Reyes was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball, then suspended without pay and wound up missing 59 days.