Braves rally, win in extras:
Marcell Ozuna hit a tying homer off shaky closer Edwin Diaz with two outs in the ninth inning, Dansby Swanson scored automatic runner Adam Duvall with a leadoff single in the 10th and the Braves beat the host Mets 5-3.
The Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th with no outs against Luke Jackson (1-0). Pinch-hitter Dominic Smith managed a sacrifice fly, but Jackson recovered and retired Wilson Ramos to end it.
Ozuna, signed to a one-year, $18 million, free agent deal in January, energized a struggling offense with his opposite-field drive against Diaz. Ozuna went with a 3-2 fastball just off the outside corner and roped it out to right field for his first home run with the Braves.
Mets reliever Hunter Strickland (0-1) was charged with an unearned run on Swanson’s RBI in MLB’s second game featuring an unpopular, new extra-innings rule that gives teams a free baserunner on second from the 10th on, less than 24 hours after the Athletics defeated the A’s 7-3 on Matt Olson’s grand slam in the 10th.
Anthony Santander and Renato Nunez each drove in two runs and the Orioles held off the Red Sox 7-2 to even their seasonopening series.
Alex Cobb (1-0) was steady in his first start since April 2019 after missing most of last season with a hip injury that required surgery. After the Red Sox pounded out 17 hits in its 13-2 win Friday, Cobb mostly kept the Red Sox off balance, allowing just four hits and one run while striking out six in 5 1⁄ innings of work.
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Miguel Cabrera passed two superstars with a homer Saturday night, and JaCoby Jones hit a two-run shot in the ninth off Raisel Iglesias, rallying the Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the Reds.
Cabrera salvaged his fourstrikeout day with a seventhinning, two-run homer to break a tie with Adrian Beltre for 30th place with his 478th career home run and pass Cal Ripken Jr. for 25th place on the career RBI list with 1,696.
Lance McCullers Jr. was solid in his return from Tommy John surgery, Yuli Gurriel and George Springer homered and the Astros beat the Mariners for the 15th straight time, 7-2. McCullers (1-0) yielded five hits and two runs over six innings in his first game since the 2018 playoffs. ... Christian Yelich and Justin Smoak hit long runs, umpires intervened before a shouting match between the teams got too serious and the Brewers powered past the host Cubs 8-3. ... Phil Gosselin homered twice, Didi Gregorius went deep again and new dad Zack Wheeler won his Phillies debut in a 7-1 victory over the Marlins. ... Daniel Bard won in his first major league game in more than seven years, pitching 1 1⁄ scoreless in
3 nings in relief in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Rangers. ... Brandon Lowe’s two-run triple snapped an eighth-inning tie and sent the Rays over the Blue Jays 4-1. ... Dylan Bundy pitched shutout ball into the seventh in his Angels debut and Justin Upton homered in a 4-1 win over the Athletics.