MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROUNDUP

TIGERS 6, RED SOX 5 >> JaCoby Jones capped a wild eighth inning with a bases-loaded walk, and the Detroit Tigers outlasted the flu-bitten Boston Red Sox 6-5 on Friday to win their ninth straight home opener.

Red Sox stars Hanley Ramirez and Mookie Betts were ill and out of the lineup. Boston also was without shortstop Xander Bogaerts and reliever Matt Barnes, who are on the bereavement list.

The Tigers blew a 4-0 lead in the eighth, when Pablo Sandoval gave the Red Sox the lead with a three-run homer off Francisco Rodriguez (1-0).

But what the Detroit bullpen had squandered, the Boston relievers quickly gave back. PIRATES 5, BRAVES 4 >> David Freese and Francisco Cervelli hit back-toback home runs and Pittsburgh won its home opener in snow flurries, beating Atlanta.

Freese and Cervelli went deep off reliever Josh Collmenter leading off the fifth inning. That gave Ivan Nova the cushion he would need at PNC Park, where the game time temperature was 37 degrees.

Nova (1-0) allowed just an unearned run over six innings in his first start since signing a three-year deal in the offseason to stay with the Pirates, who acquired him from the New York Yankees last summer. Tony Watson worked the ninth for his first save. Mike Foltynewicz (0-1) walked three in 3 2/3 innings to end a fivegame winning streak dating to last season. ROCKIES 2, DODGERS 1 >> Kyle Freeland allowed one run in six solid innings in his major league debut, leading hometown Colorado past Los Angeles.

The Denver native became the first starting pitcher to make his big league debut in his team’s home opener in the state in which he was born since 1966. Freeland (1-0) gave up four hits with a pair of walks and struck out six, including the first batter he faced, Logan Forsythe.