Suzuki drives in 3 as Cubs fend off Dodgers

CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki had three RBIS and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday.

Dansby Swanson also connected as Chicago earned its fifth consecutive win after dropping its first two games of the season. Ian Happ added a key two-run triple on a windy, sunsplashed afternoon, and Nick Madrigal had two hits. Tigers 5, A’s 4: At Detroit, Gio Urshela’s two-out double in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run and Detroit defeated Okaland in its homer opener.

Matt Vierling and Mark Canha hit solo homers for Detroit. Spencer Torkelson doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in another for the Tigers, who are off to a 6-1 start.

Orioles 5, Pirates 2: At Pittsburgh, Ryan O’hearn, Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered, Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6⁄3

1 innings and Baltimore beat Pittsburgh to spoil a Pirates home opener that was played through occasional snow flurries.

Rodriguez (2-0) gave up solo homers to Oneil Cruz and Jared Triolo among six hits. He struck out seven and walked two in a matchup with fellow 22-year-old Jared Jones.

Giants 3, Padres 2: At San Francisco, Thairo Estrada doubled home Matt Chapman for the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and San Francisco gave new manager Bob Melvin a win in its home opener against his former franchise by beating San Diego.

Standing on second base, Estrada threw his arms into the air and pumped his arm when Chapman slid safely into home and beat the throw. It was Estrada’s second career game-winning RBI and first since Aug. 14, 2022, against the Pirates. Rockies 10, Rays 7: At Denver, Ryan Mcmahon hit a walk-off grand slam after committing an error in the ninth inning that allowed Tampa Bay to score the goahead run, and Colorado rallied for a victory in its home opener.