Jays shut out Yankees in their home opener
Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement had a tiebreaking solo home run off Caleb Ferguson leading off the seventh inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 3-0 Friday in New York's home opener.
Juan Soto went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts in his pinstripes debut, slamming his bat and helmet after making the final out of the eighth.
He bowed to fans in right field in the top of the first and was greeted with a standing ovation when he came to the plate in the bottom half. Soto is in a 1-for-16 slide after a 9-for17 start.
Marcus Stroman matched Yusei Kikuchi with shutout ball before the bullpens took over.
Clement, a 28-year-old who appeared in just 35 major league games over the previous two seasons, drove the second pitch from Ferguson (0-1) into the left-field seats for his first career pinch homer.
Travis d'Arnaud singled off the left-field wall to drive home the winning run in the 10th inning and Atlanta, who scored twice in the ninth, rallied late to beat Arizona.
The hit by d'Arnaud off Scott McCough (0-2) knocked in pinch-runner Forrest Wall from second base. Wall scored easily as d'Arnaud began celebrating after rounding first.
The Braves trailed 5-3 before scoring two runs off Kevin Ginkel in the ninth. Matt Olson's double drove in Austin Riley, who reached on shortstop Blaze Alexander's fielding error. Pinch-hitter Jarred Kelenic's bloop double to shallow left field drove in Olson to tie the game.
Olson also homered for Atlanta.
Pierce Johnson (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for Atlanta.
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.
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 tworun triple on a windy, sunsplashed afternoon, and Nick Madrigal had two hits.
Suzuki got the better of Ohtani in the opener of a weekend series that features four of the majors' best Japanese players. Ohtani hit a two-run homer in his first career game at Wrigley Field, but
Suzuki lined a two-run double during Chicago's five-run second and a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Adolis García homered and drove in four runs, Texas left-hander Cody Bradford allowed only two singles pitching into the eighth inning and World Series champion Texas beat Houston in the first meeting of the instate rivals since last year in the American League Championship Series.
The Rangers led 5-0 in the second after Garcia's three-run shot, his AL-leading fourth homer in seven games this season. He pushed his RBI total to 10 with a two-out single that made it 7-0 in the fifth, an inning before Marcus Semien also hit a three-run homer.
Bryce Harper, still hearing boos at Nationals Park all these years later, doubled twice and singled in a run to back Aaron Nola's 5 2/3 scoreless innings, helping Philadelphia beat Washington.
Another former player for the Nationals, Kyle Schwarber, contributed a two-run single in the second inning for the visitors.
ORIOLES 5, PIRATES 2 Ryan O'Hearn, Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered, Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 strong innings and Baltimore beat Pittsburgh to spoil a their 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.
Ryan McMahon hit a walk-off grand slam after committing an error in the ninth inning that allowed Tampa to score the go-ahead run, and Colorado rallied for a victory in their home opener.
METS 3, REDS 2 Edwin Díaz pitched out of trouble in the ninth inning to earn his first save since October 2022, and the New York Mets held off Cincinnati.
Jeff McNeil hit his first home run of the season and Jose Quintana provided a solid start as the Mets won their second straight one-run game after opening 0-5.
MJ Melendez broke an eighthinning tie with a single to help Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox.
Andrés Muñoz walked four batters in the ninth inning to bring home the winning run in Milwaukee's victory over Seattle.