NL leaders
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Braves 19-17 in 10 innings to set a major league record for most runs scored by two clubs on opening day. The Braves scored nine runs in the ninth inning to put the game into extra innings.
Al Schacht, who later became the “Clown Prince of Baseball,” was all business in pitching the Senators to a 7-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
1938: Emmett Mueller of the Phillies and Ernie Koy of the visiting Dodgers each homered in their first major league at-bats as Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 12-5.
1949: The New York Yankees unveil a granite monument to Babe Ruth.
1956: The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings at Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium, the first major league game held in New Jersey.
1960: Roger Maris makes his New York Yankees debut.
1981: In an International League night game, the Rochester
Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox played to a 2-2 tie through 32 innings before play was suspended at 4:07 a.m. The game was completed later in the season with Pawtucket scoring the winning run in the 33rd inning of the longest game in professional baseball history.
1987: Rob Deer hit a three-run homer to tie the score and Dale Sveum won the game with a two-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 and set an American League record with their 12th straight victory to start the season.
1996: Juan Gonzalez homered and drove in six runs as Texas beat Baltimore 26-7. The Rangers scored 16 runs in the eighth inning — one short of the modern major league mark — and scored the most runs by an AL team in 41 years.
2002: Jeff Cirillo of the Seattle Mariners ties a major league record with 99 consecutive errorless games played at third base.
2004: Seattle became the third team since 1974 to win a game on a balk in extra innings, edging Oakland 2-1. With runners on first and third and two out in the bottom of the 14th inning A's reliever Justin Duchscherer was called for a balk to score Quentin McCracken from third.
2012: Curtis Granderson hit three home runs in the first four innings and matched a career high with five hits, sending the New York Yankees to a 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
2012: The Houston Astros set a franchise record by hitting three triples in a five-run first inning on the way to an 11-4 victory over Washington. Jose Altuve, Brian Bogusevic and Matt Downs had the triples off Edwin Jackson.
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Mullins cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Rtschmn c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .323 Mntcstle dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .219 Santandr rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .200 McKenna rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Frazier 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Hays lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .344 Hendrsn 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Mateo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .370 O'Hearn 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .429
Totals 30 1 5 1 4 7 WashingtonAB R H BI BB SO Avg
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .303 Smith 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 Meneses dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Candlrio 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 García 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 1-Call 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Ruiz c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Garrett lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .526 Abrams ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Robles cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Totals 0 5
BAL WAS
000 100 000 — 1 000 000 000 — 0
5 5
1 0
1-ran for García in the 9th.
E: Henderson (4); LOB: Baltimore 6, Washington 6; 2B: Santander (5), Mateo (4); RBI: Hays (7); SB: Mullins (9), Call (1); CS: Frazier (1). Runners left in scoring position:
Baltimore 4 (Henderson, Mateo, Mountcastle, Santander). Washington 3 (Meneses 2, Ruiz); RISP:
Baltimore 1 for 10. Washington 0 for 4; Runners moved up: Frazier; GIDP: Meneses; DP: Baltimore 1 (Frazier, Mateo, O'Hearn). Washington 1 (Ruiz, García, Ruiz).
Kremer Coulombe Cano Bautista
62/3 4 0 0 0 6 95 6.16 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.29 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 1.04
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Hoerner 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .329 Swanson ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 .344 Happ lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .311 Suzuki rf 2 1 2 0 3 0 .350 Wisdom 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .281 Bellinger cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .302 Gomes c 3 0 0 1 1 1 .238 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Torrens dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 1-Madrgl dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 .320
Totals 36 4 8 3 5 7 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Ruiz cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Noda 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .227 Díaz dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .164 Rooker lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .324 Wade lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Petrson 3b 1 0 0 0 3 0 .200 Kemp 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .156 Pérez c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .474 Capel rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .257 K.Smith ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Totals
CHC OAK
000 000 040 — 4 000 000 000 — 0
8 2
Olson, Atlanta, 20; Lindor, New York, 17; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, 17; Bohm, Philadelphia, 16; Muncy, Los Angeles, 15; B.Anderson, Milwaukee, 15; Alonso, New York, 15; Murphy, Atlanta, 14; Gorman, St. Louis, 14; Albies, Atlanta, 14.
1 1
1-ran for Torrens in the 7th.
E: Swanson (2), Capel (1); LOB:
Chicago 11, Oakland 6; 2B:
Hoerner (4), Wisdom (3), Capel (2); RBI: Bellinger (11), Gomes (8), Madrigal (2); Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 5 (Torrens, Wisdom, Swanson, Bellinger 2). Oakland 4 (Kemp 2, Capel, Ruiz); RISP: Chicago 3 for 11. Oakland 0 for 5; Runners moved up: Hosmer 2, Gomes, Díaz, Kemp; GIDP: Kemp; DP: Chicago 1 (Hoerner, Swanson, Hosmer).
Stroman Leiter Jr. Fulmer Rucker
6 2 0 0 2 5 100 0.75 1 0 0 0 1 2 18 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.38 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 3.52
Waldichuk 5 5 0 0 3 5 102 7.65 Moll 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 2.70 Kaprielian 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 11.3 May 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 19 12.0 Lovelady 1/3 1 1 0 0 0 15 0.00 Oller 11/3 0 0 0 1 0 24 8.10 W: Leiter Jr. 1-0; L: May 2-3. Inherited runners-scored: Lovelady 1-1, Oller 1-0; HBP: Kaprielian (Torrens); Umpires: Home, Nick Mahrley. First, Adam Hamari. Second, Brock Ballou. Third,
Vic Carapazza; T: 2:54; A: 5,196 (46,847).
Arraez, Miami, .458; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, .368; Stott, Philadelphia, .363; Marsh, Philadelphia, .358; J.Rojas, Arizona, .352; Bogaerts, San Diego, .347; J.Davis, San Francisco, .347; E.Díaz, Colorado, .345; Swanson, Chicago, .344; Bohm, Philadelphia, .343.
Wisdom, Chicago, 8; Alonso, New York, 8; Muncy, Los Angeles, 7; Olson, Atlanta, 6; Soler, Miami, 5; Tellez, Milwaukee, 5; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, 5; 15 tied at 4.
Arizona AB R H BI BBSO Avg
Marte 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Rojas dh 5 1 2 1 0 1 .352 Gurriel Jr. lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .279 Carroll lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 C.Walker 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .203 Longoria 3b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .303 McCarthy rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .157 Ahmed ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 .316 Moreno c 3 2 2 3 1 0 .244 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .170
Totals 40 8 14 8 1 7 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Nootbaar rf 3 1 1 1 2 1 .231 Gldscmt 1b 5 2 2 1 0 2 .328 Burleson dh 5 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Contreras c 5 2 2 3 0 1 .254 Gorman 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .315 a-Arenado 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 O'Neill lf 3 2 2 0 2 1 .278 Carlson cf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .212 Motter 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188 Edman ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241
Totals 8 7
ARI STL
001 600 100 — 8 14 110 001 103 — 7 8
0 0
a-lined out for Gorman in the 9th. LOB: Arizona 6, St. Louis 9; 2B:
Moreno (4), C.Walker (3), Ahmed (3), O'Neill (2), Carlson (2), Goldschmidt (6); 3B: Marte (1); HR: Moreno (1), off Montgomery. Goldschmidt (2), off Jameson. Contreras (1), off Mantiply. Contreras (2), off Chafin; RBI:
Rojas (7), C.Walker (10), Ahmed 2 (6), Moreno 3 (8), Longoria (3), Goldschmidt (9), Nootbaar (3), Carlson (1), Contreras 3 (8), Burleson (7); Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 2 (C.Walker 2). St. Louis 4 (Carlson, Goldschmidt 3); RISP: Arizona 5 for 14. St. Louis 2 for 9; Runners moved up: C.Walker, Burleson; GIDP: McCarthy; DP: St. Louis 1 (Edman, Goldschmidt).
Jameson K.Nelson Ginkel Mantiply McGough Chafin Castro
32/3 3 2 2 4 3 71 2.25 11/3 0 0 0 1 3 22 1.12 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 14 6.43 11/3 1 1 1 0 1 17 6.75 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 13 7.50 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 13 3.68 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.25
Montgomery 410 7 7 0 2 79 4.84 Stratton 21/3 2 1 1 0 1 48 3.38 Romero 12/3 1 0 0 1 1 21 0.00 Hicks 1 1 0 0 0 3 16 10.8 W: K.Nelson 3-0; L: Montgomery 2-2; SV: Castro 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Mantiply 2-0, Romero 2-1; Umpires: Home, Quinn Wolcott. First, Junior Valentine. Second, Adrian Johnson. Third, Manny Gonzalez; T: 3:06; A: 36,028 (44,494).
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Hayes 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .212 Reynolds lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .319 Joe 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .310 Santana dh 3 1 1 1 1 1 .246 Suwinski cf 3 2 2 3 1 0 .265 St-Njgb rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .138 a-R.Cstro ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Bae ss-cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .226 Marcano 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .111 Hedges c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .136
Totals 33 5 9 4 6 7 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Profar lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .224 Bryant rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .314 Blackmn dh 3 0 2 0 2 0 .300 Cron 1b 5 1 1 0 0 3 .242 McMahn 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .217 Díaz c 4 0 2 2 0 1 .345 Daza cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .258 Trejo 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Tovar ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 b-Moustks 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 H.Castro 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148
Totals
PIT COL
010 400 000 — 5 9 300 000 000 — 3 10
1 1
a-grounded out for Smith-Njigba in the 8th. b-lined out for Tovar in the 8th.
E: Bae (2), Cron (3); LOB:
Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 10; 2B:
Joe (4), Santana (6), Reynolds (3), McMahon 2 (5), Díaz (5), Blackmon 2 (5); 3B: Marcano (1), Joe (2); HR: Suwinski 2 (4), off Ureña. Bryant (3), off Velasquez; RBI: Suwinski 3 (8), Santana (10), Bryant (6), Díaz 2 (10); SB: Hayes (3); CS: Bae (1), Hayes (2); S: Daza; Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 5 (Joe, Santana, Reynolds, Smith-Njigba 2). Colorado 6 (Cron 2, Moustakas, Profar, Tovar, Daza); RISP:
Pittsburgh 2 for 7. Colorado 2 for 11; GIDP: Bae, Bryant; DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Hayes, Marcano, Joe). Colorado 1 (Trejo, Tovar, Cron).
Velasquez 6 5 3 3 3 7 95 5.12 Underwood Jr.1 2 0 0 0 1 13 4.32 Stephenson 1 2 0 0 0 1 22 0.00 Bednar 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 1.12
Ureña 42/3 7 5 5 2 2 70 9.82 Suter 11/3 0 0 0 2 1 27 1.54 Lamet 1 1 0 0 1 2 19 5.62 Hand 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.35 Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 1 24 5.40 W: Velasquez 2-2; L: Ureña 0-3; SV: Bednar 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Suter 2-0; WP: Ureña; Umpires: Home, Dan Iassogna. First, Adam Beck. Second, Clint Vondrak. Third, Gabe Morales; T: 2:39; A: 19,495 (50,144).
Gray J.López Thielbar Jax Jh.Duran Moran