AROUND THE HORN

Rays: Tyler Glasnow looked like an ace, and Austin Meadows looked like a slugger again. Meadows’ home run with two outs in the eighth provided all the scoring, Glasnow breezed through six shutout innings and the reigning AL champion Rays started their season with a 1-0 win over the Marlins on Thursday. Meadows — who hit 33 homers for the Rays two years ago, then only four in 36 games last season — connected off Miami reliever Yimi Garcia (0-1) on a drive that cleared the 387-foot sign in left-center with ease.

Rockies: On an afternoon Cody Bellinger had a homer negated due to a baserunning mistake, the Rockies played plenty of small ball to beat the defending World Series champion Dodgers 8-5 Thursday in their season opener. The Rockies scored runs courtesy of a squeeze play, two wild pitches, a groundout, an error and three RBI singles. Colorado started off on the right foot against Clayton Kershaw and the perennial NL West-champion Dodgers, who owned a 22-7 record over the Rockies the last two seasons. Reliever Chi Chi Gonzalez picked up the win in allowing three runs over two innings. Daniel Bard pitched a shaky ninth but got Mookie Betts to line out with the bases loaded to pick up the save as 20,570 fans were allowed into Coors Field. This marked the first time Colorado opened in Denver since 2011.

Padres: Eric Hosmer had a homer among his three hits and drove in three runs, newcomer Victor Caratini also had three RBIs and Padres gave up four long balls in the fifth inning to blow a five-run lead before beating the Diamondbacks 8-7 on Thursday to open one of the most anticipated seasons in franchise history. Jake Cronenworth hit a leadoff triple in the seventh off Alex Young (0-1) and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly in front of an announced crowd of 8,773, about 20% of Petco Park’s capacity as allowed under state coronavirus guidelines. Emilio Pagán (1-0) pitched one inning for the win and newcomer Mark Melancon breezed through a perfect ninth on seven pitches for the save. Arizona’s Ketel Marte had four hits, including one of Arizona’s four home runs in the wild six-run fifth that got Madison Bumgarner off the hook for what would have been his third straight opening day loss to San Diego. Asdrubal Cabrera, pinch-hitter Tim Locastro and Stephen Vogt also homered for the Diamondbacks in the fifth, which cost Yu Darvish the decision in his Padres debut.

Cardinals: Paul Goldschmidt and newcomer Nolan Arenado combined for six hits in a boosted St. Louis lineup, and the Cardinals roughed up Luis Castillo for six runs in the first inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-6 Thursday in a chilly opener. With snow flurries and a game time temperature of 37 degrees, the Cardinals scored all their runs in the first four innings. Dylan Carlson hit a three-run homer and Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run shot.

Brewers: Travis Shaw began his second stint in Milwaukee eager to play in front of Brewers fans again, particularly because he knew how much they missed going to games last season. Shaw made sure those fans went home happy by sparking a rally that marked the latest chapter in his own comeback story. Lorenzo Cain scored the winning run in the 10th to give the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Twins on Thursday after Shaw’s two-out double capped a three-run rally in the ninth. “It just wasn’t the same last year,” Shaw said. “For me personally, after a tough ending my first time here, it was nice to hear the roar again.”

Tigers: Miguel Cabrera hit his 488th career home run and Matthew Boyd beat reigning Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber to lead the Tigers to a 3-2 win over the Indians.