Blue Jays spoil Yankees’ home opener

NEW YORK — 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-for-17 start.

BRAVES 6, ARIZONA 5, 10 INNINGS

ATLANTA — 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.

CUBS 9, DODGERS 7

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.

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, sun-splashed afternoon, and Nick Madrigal had two hits.

RANGERS 10, ASTROS 2

ARLINGTON, Texas — 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.

Semien had three hits and walked twice for the Rangers, who finished with 16 hits and six walks.

PHILLIES 4, NATIONALS 0

WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper, still hearing boos at Nationals Park all these years later, doubled twice and singled in a run to back Aaron Nola’s 52/3 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.

Nola (1-1) allowed a pair of hits in the third inning and a total of four walks and otherwise was in command after allowing six earned runs in his first start of the season — so his ERA went way down, from 14.54 to 5.40.

ORIOLES 5, PIRATES 2

PITTSBURGH — Ryan O’Hearn, Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered, Grayson Rodriguez pitched 61/3 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.

Jones (1-1) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in his second career start. He struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings against Miami last Saturday.

GIANTS 3, PADRES 2

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 their 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.

TIGERS 5, ATHLETICS 4

DETROIT — Gio Urshela’s two-out double in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run and Detroit defeated Oakland in their home 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.

Detroit starter Tarik Skubal gave up four runs and struck out nine in 61/3 innings.

Jason Foley (2-0) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief and Alex Lange got the last out to record his first save.

ROCKIES 10, RAYS 7

DENVER — 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.

McMahon sent the first pitch he saw from reliever Jason Adam over the fence in right-center to set off a roar from the sellout crowd at Coors Field.

After leading 6-2 in the ninth, the Rockies let the Rays take a 7-6 lead as Ben Rortvedt scored the tiebreaking run when McMahon made a throw in the dirt from third base that converted first baseman Kris Bryant couldn’t scoop.

METS 3, REDS 2

CINCINNATI — 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.

New York avoided its first 0-6 start since 1963 by scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth to beat Detroit 2-1 in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader. The Mets were hitless through seven inning in that game.

ROYALS 2, WHITE SOX 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — MJ Melendez broke an eighth-inning tie with a single to help Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox.

With one out, Melendez hit a soft liner to left off Michael Kopech (0-1) to score pinch-runner Dairon Blanco. Chris Stratton (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the victory, and James McArthur got a game-ending double-play grounder for his first save.