OAKLAND, Calif.-Marcus Semien singled
into an empty center
field with one out in the 11th inning, beating Los Angeles' five-man
infield.
Shohei Ohtani connected on the first pitch he saw for a single in a
much-hyped major league debut for the Japanese two-way star.
Batting eighth as
designated hitter, Ohtani swung at the first pitch and grounded a hard single to right
field off Kendall Graveman in the second
inning. He grounded out his next three times up before a strikeout in the
11th.
Boog Powell hit a
one-out triple off Noe Ramirez (0-1) to start the winning rally. Matt
Joyce was intentionally walked to bring up Semien, who delivered his first career game-ending
RBI.
Chris Hatcher (1-0) got the win.
METS 9, CARDINALS 4
NEW YORK-Yoenis Cespedes drove in three runs and newcomer Adrian Gonzalez hit a go-ahead double.
Noah Syndergaard (1-0) struck out 10 and walked none in six innings after missing most of last season with a torn lat muscle. Leadoff man Brandon Nimmo, subbing for injured All-Star Michael Conforto, reached safely four times and scored twice as the Mets chased a furious Carlos Martinez (0-1) in the fifth inning to make Mickey Callaway a winner in his first game as a
manager.
RAYS 6, RED SOX 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Denard Span made a huge splash in his debut
for his hometown team on opening day, lining a bases-loaded triple to highlight a six-run rally in the eighth that sent Alex Cora to a loss in his first game as a major league
manager.
Span's triple was only Tampa Bay's third hit of the day and gave the
Rays a 5-4
lead.
Adeiny Hechavarria followed with an infield single off Carson Smith (0-1), providing a two-run cushion for closer Alex Colome to earn
a save.
Chris Sale allowed one hit and struck out nine in six scoreless innings. Boston built a 4-0 lead against Chris Archer, with Eduardo Nunez hitting a two-run, inside-the-park
homer
ORIOLES 3,
TWINS 2, 11 INNINGS
BALTIMORE-Adam Jones homered on the first pitch from Fernando Rodney (0-1) starting the bottom of the 11th inning, and Baltimore won its eighth straight
opener.
Richard Bleier (1-0) worked one inning for the Orioles, who made the most of five hits.
Minnesota has lost nine of its last 10 openers, including three against
Baltimore.
BREWERS 2,
PADRES 1, 12 INNINGS
SAN DIEGO-Orlando Arcia singled in Ji-Man Choi with two
outs in the 12th off Adam Cimber (0-1), who was making his big league
debut.
Jeremy Jeffress (1-0) pitched two innings
for the win. Jacob Barnes struck out the side in the 12th for the
save.
Eric Hosmer, signed to a $144 million, eight-year contract early in spring
training, went 0 for 4 with a walk and two strikeouts in his Padres
debut.