D-Backs batter Red Sox, who remain in early funk
PHOENIX — Ketel Marte homered from both sides of the plate, including a grand slam, and Arizona kept the Boston Red Sox in a seasonopening funk with a 15-8 romp Friday night in the Diamondbacks' home opener.
Adam Jones homered and doubled for the Diamondbacks, who scored seven times in the sixth inning for a 14-1 lead. Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez came in to pitch the eighth and gave up a home run to Alex Avila.
Mookie Betts, who had three hits, and Mitch Moreland homered for Boston.
The defending World Series champions have lost seven of their first nine on an 11game road trip, the longest to open a season in franchise history. They are off to their worst start since 2011, when they began 2-10 before finishing 92-70 and missing the playoffs by one game.
Rick Porcello (0-2) gave up 10 hits and seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. He flung a water cooler against the back wall of the Red Sox dugout after being removed in the fifth.
Porcello has given up 16 runs, 11 earned, in 7 1/3 innings in his first two starts. Boston has yielded doubledigit runs three times, and its starting rotation has given up 43 earned runs in 40 1/3 innings.
DODGERS 10, ROCKIES 6
DENVER — Max Muncy, Cody Bellinger and Russell Martin homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers kept up their longball barrage, beating Colorado in the Rockies' home opener.
After hitting a franchiserecord 235 home runs last year, the NL champion Dodgers have connected a whopping 21 times in only eight games this season. They've homered in every game so far.
Bellinger hit his sixth of the year, breaking the game open with a three-run drive in the fifth. Muncy finished a double shy of a cycle, walking in the ninth.
Trevor Story homered twice for the Rockies.
Kenta Maeda (2-0) threw five sharp innings and cruised through a scuffling Colorado lineup. He allowed four hits and his only run on Nolan Arenado's sacrifice fly.
BREWERS 13, CUBS 10
MILWAUKEE — Ryan Braun and Eric Thames hit three-run homers and Milwaukee connected five times in all, outslugging the Cubs and sending Chicago to its sixth straight loss.
Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Orlando Arcia also homered for the defending NL Central champions, who improved to 7-1. They have won nine of their last 12 games against the Cubs, including the division tiebreaker in October.
BRAVES 4, MARLINS 0
ATLANTA — Kevin Gausman allowed only two hits in seven innings, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Tyler Flowers homered.
The Braves escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and won their fourth in a row. Miami has lost four straight, and nine consecutive games in Atlanta.
PADRES 5, CARDINALS 3
ST. LOUIS — Rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. and pinch-hitter Hunter Renfroe homered as the San Diego Padres overcame another home run by Paul Goldschmidt and beat St. Louis.
Goldschmidt drew a standing ovation in his first at-bat at Busch Stadium since being traded to St. Louis. He hit his fifth home run in seven games this season, connecting in the eighth inning off Trey Wingenter.
The 20-year-old Tatis, whose father — Fernando Sr. — played three seasons for the Cardinals, hit a tworun drive in the seventh off Alex Reyes (0-1). Tatis' second homer of the year helped the Padres score three times in the inning for a 5-2 lead.
RAYS 5, GIANTS 2
SAN FRANCISCO — Yandy Diaz and Kevin Kiermaier hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Tampa Bay spoiled the San Francisco Giants' home opener.
The Rays (6-2) got four straight two-out hits in the first against Dereck Rodriguez (1-1). Given a 4-0 cushion, Tyler Glasnow (2-0) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out six.
WHITE SOX 10, MARINERS 8
CHICAGO — Yoan Moncada hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox won a wild home opener.
A day after their home opener was postponed because of inclement weather, the White Sox ended Seattle's four-game winning streak. The Mariners had been off to a franchise-best 7-1 start.
ORIOLES SIGN STRAILY
Seeking to boost a thin starting rotation, the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a $575,000, one-year contact with Dan Straily.
The 30-year-old righthander's deal was announced Friday. He would get a $250,000 assignment bonus if traded.