HOUSTON -- Andrew Vaughn's tiebreaking, two-run double in the ninth inning lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 win over the defending World Series champion Houston Astros in their season opener Thursday night.
The game was tied 1-all after a homer by Chicago's Yasmani Grandal in the eighth. Ryan Pressly (0-1) walked Tim Anderson with one out in the ninth before a single by Luis Robert Jr.
Vaughn then belted a double on a line drive that sailed over the head of leaping second baseman Mauricio Dubón and into center field to put the White Sox on top.
Pedro Grifol got the win in his managerial debut after spending the last 10 seasons as a coach in the Royals organization. It snapped a streak of 10 straight wins for the Astros in openers.
White Sox ace Dylan Cease allowed two hits and a run with 10 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings in his first opening-day start. Kendall Graveman (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.
Reynaldo Lopez allowed a soaring solo home run to the second deck in right field to Yordan Alvarez with one out in the ninth but finished for the save.
Cease had retired 19 in a row, with Houston's only baserunner coming on a leadoff single by Jeremy Peña, when he plunked Alvarez on the foot with one out in the seventh.
José Abreu, who spent his entire nine-year career with the White Sox before signing with the Astros this offseason, followed with a single to chase Cease.
YANKEES 5, GIANTS 0
NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge followed his record-setting 2022 by homering on his first swing as Yankees captain, starting New York to a 5-0 opening day win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.
Gerrit Cole (1-0) struck out 11 in six scoreless innings, a Yankees record for an opener. Judge also had an RBI single and Gleyber Torres added a two-run homer.
Logan Webb (0-1) struck out 12, the most for the Giants in an opener.
On the first day of the pitch clock, there was just one violation, on J.D. Davis at the plate in the ninth inning. The game was played in a brisk 2 hours, 33 minutes before a sellout crowd of 46,172 on a sunny, 39-degree afternoon.
Judge hit 62 home runs last year to break the American League record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961.
ORIOLES 10, RED SOX 9
BOSTON -- Adley Rutschman became the first catcher in major league history with five hits on opening day, and Baltimore survived a wild ninth inning to beat Boston.
Rutschman homered in his first at-bat and finished 5-for-5 with a career-best four RBIs and a walk on a chilly day at Fenway Park. Ramon Urias hit a two-run homer for Baltimore, which finished with 15 hits, nine walks and five stolen bases.
Kyle Gibson (1-0) allowed four runs and six hits over five-plus innings.
Leading off the eighth, Boston's Rafael Devers became the first player in major league history to be called out on a pitch clock violation. Orioles reliever Bryan Baker still allowed three runs in the eighth and closer Félix Bautista gave up two more -- one unearned -- in the ninth before he struck out Adam Duvall to earn the save.
Corey Kluber (0-1) struggled in his Fenway debut, surrendering five runs on six hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings.
BLUE JAYS 10, CARDINALS 9
ST. LOUIS -- George Springer had five hits and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as Toronto won its fourth straight opener despite the Cardinals' Tyler O'Neill tying a major league record by homering on opening day for the fourth straight season.
Making his Cardinals debut, catcher Willson Contreras left after the eighth inning because of an injured knee sustained when he was hit by a 102.7 mph Jordan Hicks pitch.
Springer combined with Baltimore's Adley Rutschman to become the first pair of players with five hits each on opening day since at least 1901.
Bo Bichette had four hits and Matt Chapman three for the Blue Jays, who outhit the Cardinals 19-15 and set a team record for hits in an opener.
Toronto overcame a 9-8 deficit in the ninth against Ryan Helsley (0-1). Springer tied the score with an RBI single and Guerrero followed with a sacrifice fly.
Yimi García (1-0) won and Jordan Romano struck out two in a perfect ninth for the save.
CUBS 4, BREWERS 0
CHICAGO -- Dansby Swanson had three hits in his Chicago debut and Marcus Stroman worked six scoreless innings, breezing past baseball's first pitch-clock violation.
Swanson's first hit with his new team was an RBI single that sparked a four-run third. He tacked on two more singles and played his usual solid defense at shortstop.
Swanson signed a $177 million, seven-year contract with Chicago in free agency, leaving the Atlanta Braves after seven seasons.
Stroman (1-0) struck out eight and walked three. Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes (0-1) gave up four runs on four hits and three walks in five innings.
METS 5, MARLINS 3
MIAMI -- Brandon Nimmo broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double, sending Max Scherzer and New York past Miami.
Scherzer (1-0) coughed up a three-run lead but threw six solid innings in a matchup with NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara. New York improved to 41-21 on opening day -- the best record in baseball.
Garrett Cooper tied it 3-all in the sixth with a two-run homer off Scherzer. Marlins newcomer Luis Arraez hit an RBI double.
Nimmo had three RBIs from the leadoff spot after re-signing with the Mets in the offseason for $162 million over eight years. His double off reliever Tanner Scott (0-1) put the Mets ahead 5-3 in the seventh, propelling them to their 41st win in the past 53 openers.
BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 2
WASHINGTON -- Travis d'Arnaud had four hits and Atlanta beat error-prone Washington.
Braves starter Max Fried departed in the fourth inning with left hamstring discomfort. He gave up one run in 3 1/3 innings. Lucas Luetge (1-0), one of five Braves relievers, was credited with the win.
Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams made three errors.
Washington lefty Patrick Corbin (0-1) picked up right where he left off the past two seasons, lasting just one batter into the fourth and departing with a 6.00 ERA after giving up four runs, two earned.
TWINS 2, ROYALS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pablo Lopez and four Minnesota relievers combined on a two-hitter to beat Kansas City at breezy Kauffman Stadium.
Trevor Larnach and pinch-hitter Donovan Solano each drove in a run. Lopez (1-0) allowed both Royals hits while striking out eight in 5 1/3 innings, outpitching former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke (0-1).
Jhoan Duran worked the ninth for a save.
RAYS 4, TIGERS 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Shane McClanahan pitched six sharp innings, Jose Siri and Wander Franco homered and Tampa Bay opened its silver anniversary season with a win.
Miguel Cabrera, beginning what he has said will be his last season, had a double for Detroit that moved him into a tie with Ichiro Suzuki for 23rd on the all-time hit list with 3,089.
McClanahan (1-0) gave up four hits, struck out six and walked one.
Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley drove in runs charged to Eduardo Rodriguez (0-1).
PIRATES 4, REDS 3
CINCINNATI -- Oneil Cruz homered shortly after a pitch clock violation helped him and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for Pittsburgh.
There were two pitch-clock violations, committed by Reds starter Hunter Greene in the third and Pirates starter Mitch Keller in the fourth. Both at-bats ended with home runs.
Greene committed the Reds' first clock violation, turning an 0-2 count to 1-2 against Cruz leading off the third. Cruz hit a tying, solo homer on a 3-2 pitch.
Rob Zastryzny (1-0) was the winner and David Bednar got the save. Buck Farmer (0-1) took the loss.
Chicago White Sox's Andrew Vaughn hits a two-run double off Houston Astros relief pitcher Ryan Pressly during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson and Luis Robert Jr. celebrate after scoring on a double by Andrew Vaughn during the ninth inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Chicago White Sox's Yasmani Grandal celebrates after hitting a solo home run off Houston Astros relief pitcher Rafael Montero during the eighth inning of a baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Smoke clears as the national anthem is played before the Houston Astros' season-opening baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease tosses the ball to first baseman Andrew Vaughn for the out on Houston Astros' Jose Abreu during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker Jr. (12) waves as he, team owner Jim Crane and his wife, Whitney, stand with the Astros' two World Series trophies before the baseball team's season opener against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson throws out Houston Astros' Mauricio Dubon on a ground ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)
Houston Astros first baseman Jose Abreu fields a ground ball from Chicago White Sox's Yasmani Grandal, who was out at first during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)