Rockies rough up Kershaw, Dodgers in opening win
On an afternoon Cody Bellinger had a homer negated due to a baserunning mistake, the host Colorado Rockies played plenty of small ball to beat the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5, scoring runs courtesy of a squeeze play, two wild pitches, a groundout, an error and three RBI singles.
Bellinger lined what appeared to be a two-run homer to left-center in the third inning. The ball hit off the glove of outfielder Raimel Tapia and bounded over the fence. Justin Turner was on first base and believing the ball was caught, retreated back to the bag. Bellinger passed Turner in the confusion and was ruled out.
Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw had a rare rocky season opener, allowing 10 hits and six runs, five earned, over 5 2/3 shaky innings.
PADRES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 7, 10 INNINGS >> Eric Hosmer had a homer among his three hits and drove in three runs, newcomer Victor Caratini also had three RBIs and San Diego gave up four long balls in the fifth inning to blow a five-run lead before beating Arizona.
Arizona’s Ketel Marte had four hits, including one of Arizona’s four homers in the six-run fifth that got Madison Bumgarner off the hook.
PHILLIES 3, BRAVES 2 >> Jean Segura hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning to lift Philadelphia over Atlanta.
After Nate Jones intentionally walked Did Gregorius, Segura hit a bouncer down the third-base line to score Bryce Harper, who began the inning as the automatic runner at second base and advanced to third on a grounder.
BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 2, 10 INNINGS >> Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double and Toronto took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat New York.
Teoscar Hernández hit a tying homer in the sixth off the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole.
ROYALS 14, RANGERS 10 >> Michael A. Taylor homered, drove in three runs and threw out two runners at the plate from center field, leading Kansas City past Texas.
Each team scored five times in the first inning of a game that took 4 hours, 26 minutes. The first seven Rangers batters reached safely — on six hits and a walk — but Kansas City roared back.
PIRATES 5, CUBS 3 >> Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a tworun homer and six Pittsburgh relievers combined for six innings of one-run ball.
CARDINALS 11, REDS 6 >> Paul Goldschmidt and newcomer Nolan Arenado combined for six hits in a boosted St. Louis lineup, which roughed up Cincinati’s Luis Castillo for six runs in the first inning to beat Cincinnati.
TIGERS 3, INDIANS 2 >> Miguel Cabrera homered through the snow in Detroit in his first at-bat of the season. It was home run No. 488 of his career.