CINCINNATI (AP) – Matt Adams delivered his first home run of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Cincinnati Reds’ season-opening winning streak at four with a 4-1 win on Saturday.
Kolten Wong had a sacrifice fly, Jhonny Peralta and Yadier Molina added ninth-inning run-scoring singles and Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning to get the win in his first appearance of the season.
Wacha (1-0) shook off Todd Frazier’s first-inning home run to go 6 1-3 innings, allowing five hits and one run with a walk and two strikeouts.
Adams’ homer is the only earned run allowed by Reds starter Johnny Cueto in 14 innings this season – a 0.64 ERA. Cueto (0-1) gave up four hits and two runs in seven innings.
TIGERS 9, INDIANS 6
CLEVELAND (AP) – Ian Kinsler hit an RBI single and Yoenis Cespedes doubled in two runs during Detroit’s four-run ninth as the Tigers stayed unbeaten with a win over the Indians.
Kinsler’s fourth hit – a single off closer Cody Allen (0-1) – snapped a 5-all tie and helped the Tigers improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2006. The Tigers had to rally twice after Cleveland’s Jerry Sands delivered a pair of clutch doubles.
Miguel Cabrera also had four hits for Detroit, which has now outscored its opponents 39-11.
Ian Krol (1-0) got the win despite giving up an eighth-inning double to Sands.
MARINERS 5, ATHLETICS 4, 11 INNINGS
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Nelson Cruz hit his first home run for Seattle and Brad Miller threw out a runner at the plate in the 10th inning and doubled in the go-ahead run in the 11th, lifting Seattle over the Athletics. Cruz hit a three-run drive in the eighth off Dan Otero to put the Mariners in front 4-2. Oakland tied the score in the bottom half on RBI doubles by Ben Zobrist off Danny Farquhar and Brett Lawrie against Carson Smith.
Tyler Olson (1-0) pitched around two hits and two walks in the 10th.
Fernando Abad (0-1) was the loser.
RED SOX 8, YANKEES 4
NEW YORK (AP) – Joe Kelly pitched one-hit ball for seven innings and the Red Sox ran over the Yankees, hours after winning their own New York City marathon.
Bleary-eyed, the teams started at 1:08 p.m. following Friday night’s game that took 19 innings and finished at 2:13 a.m. Brock Holt, the only position player on either side who didn’t get into that 6-5 Boston victory, had four hits and drove in three runs.
Kelly (1-0) came off the 15-day disabled list and saved Boston’s bullpen. He retired his final 17 batters, and struck out eight.
Adam Warren (0-1) gave up one earned run in 5 1-3 innings. Chris Young homered off reliever Alexi Ogando in the eighth.
RAYS 2, MARLINS 0
MIAMI (AP) – Chris Archer pitched seven crisp innings, and the Rays beat the Marlins.
Archer (1-1) allowed one hit and one walk, with the latter runner erased trying to steal, while throwing only 84 pitches. Two relievers completed the two-hitter, with Brad Boxberger pitching the ninth for his second save in two chances.
Pinch-hitter Tim Beckham hit his first career homer leading off the seventh, and Evan Longoria doubled home the other run for the Rays.
Jarred Cosart (0-1), making his first start of the season, lost despite allowing only one run in six innings.
WHITE SOX 5, TWINS 4
CHICAGO (AP) – Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck had a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to give the White Sox their first win of the season.
Shuck lined a 1-1 pitch from Twins reliever Blaine Boyer (0-1) with two outs, scoring Alexei Ramirez. Conor Gillaspie was thrown out at the plate as he tried to score from second.
Former Yankees closer David Robertson struck out the side in the ninth for his first save with Chicago. The White Sox lost their first four games.
Left-hander Zach Duke (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.
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