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Ohtani wins MLB pitching debut as Angels beat A's 7-4

By The Associated Press Enrique Hernandez added against Berrios over the first
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — two hits, including a two- eight innings — No. 9 hitter
Shohei Ohtani won his ma- run double. Chance Sisco, whose third-
jor league pitching debut, Hill (1-0) allowed five hits inning double whisked by
throwing three-hit ball over and walked three, striking the raised glove of left field-
six innings and leading the out five. er Eddie Rosario at the wall.
Los Angeles Angels past Chris Stratton (0-1) was Berrios then retired 17
the Oakland Athletics 7-4 charged with three runs in straight before Sisco bunt-
on Sunday. 5 1/3 innings for the slump- ed down the third-base
The two-way star from Ja- ing Giants, who became line against the shift for a
pan took the mound three the first major league team one-out single in the ninth.
days after he was the des- since the 1988 Baltimore A walk and a single loaded
ignated hitter in the open- Orioles to total no more the bases before Berrios
er. Reaching the upper- than two runs in the first four retired Jonathan Schoop
90s (mph) with his fastball games of a season. and Adam Jones.
and showing a nifty splitter, It's the first time the Giants Berrios (1-0) struck out six
Ohtani struck out six and re- have failed to score more and walked one in his 40th
tired 14 of his final 15 bat- than one run in any of their career start. He threw 107
ters. Ohtani didn't hit while first four games. pitches.
pitching. Albert Pujols was After losing the first two 1-0, Miguel Sano and Eduardo
the DH and went 0 for 5. the Dodgers turned the Escobar also connected
Ohtani (1-0) pounded his tables with two shutouts for the Twins, who won
glove following a 1-2-3 of their own and scored a two of three in the season-
shutdown fifth. He walked combined 14 runs. opening series.
one, and the only damage The home run by Bellinger, Orioles starter Kevin Gaus-
against him came on Matt last season's NL Rookie of man (0-1) allowed three
Chapman's three-run hom- the Year, ended an 0-for-11 home runs and lasted only
er in the second. start to his season. four innings.
Mike Trout hit a tying dou- MARINERS 5, INDIANS 4 CARDINALS 5, METS 1
ble in the fifth and Justin SEATTLE (AP) — Dee Gordon NEW YORK (AP) — Paul
Upton followed with a go- and Mitch Haniger hom- DeJong had the first mul-
ahead sacrifice fly. Keynan ered, Mike Leake pitched tihomer game of his big
Middleton earned his first Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani works against the Oakland seven strong innings and league career, Luke Weav-
Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday,
save. Daniel Gossett (0-1) April 1, 2018 in Oakland, Calif. Seattle topped Cleveland. er held the Mets to one run
allowed four runs in four in- Associated Press Edwin Encarnacion went in five innings and St. Louis
nings for Oakland. deep twice for the Indians, avoided an opening three-
ASTROS 8, RANGERS 2 three RBIs, including a pair er Dave Martinez. his 29th career multihomer game sweep.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — of run-scoring doubles. The Nationals are 3-0 for the game. DeJong went deep in the
Gerrit Cole struck out 11 BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 4 fourth time in their history. Gordon and Haniger con- second inning, making him
over seven innings in his TORONTO (AP) — Justin They last swept an opening nected in the seventh, 3 for 3 with two homers in his
Houston debut, and the Smoak hit a two-run homer series in 2014. when the Mariners broke a career against Steven Matz
defending champion As- in the seventh inning and Eaton returned from a knee 2-all tie on the way to win- (0-1). DeJong hit his second
tros finished a solid open- a go-ahead grand slam in injury that wiped out most ning the series. solo homer in the eighth
ing weekend with a victory the eighth to rally Toronto of his 2017 season and fig- Leake (1-0) gave up two against Jacob Rhame.
over Texas. The hard-throw- past New York. ured prominently in all three runs and five hits. He has al- DeJong hit .285 with 25
ing right-hander, acquired After connecting off re- victories, going 8 for 13 with lowed three runs or fewer in home runs and 65 RBIs as
in an offseason trade after liever Tommy Kahnle in the two doubles, two homers, all six starts since joining the a rookie last year, earning
he was the opening day seventh, Smoak brought five RBIs and six runs. Mariners late last season. a $26 million, six-year con-
starter for Pittsburgh last the crowd of 29,091 to its Anthony Rendon homered Gordon led off the seventh tract. Marcell Ozuna broke
year, allowed two hits to feet with his second career off Sal Romano (0-1). with a tiebreaking shot off out of an 0-for-9 start with
help the Astros take three slam, a drive against David Gio Gonzalez (1-0) gave up Dan Otero (0-1). A few bat- three hits, including an RBI
of four from their state rivals. Robertson (0-1). five hits and one run while ters later, Haniger added double and a run-scoring
The first hit off Cole (1-0) Smoak went 3 for 4 with a pitching into the seventh a two-run drive off reliever single. Yadier Molina also
was slugger Joey Gallo's walk and six RBIs as Toronto inning. Sean Doolittle al- Tyler Olson to give Seattle a homered for the Cardinals.
opposite-field homer just gained a series split, win- lowed Phil Gosselin's two- 5-2 lead. They were the first Weaver (1-0) struggled
over the tall wall in left field ning the final two games. run homer in the ninth be- runs Olson has allowed with through a 27-pitch first in-
in the first inning against a Smoak's other grand slam fore earning his second Cleveland — last year he ning but settled in and
four-man outfield. also came against the Yan- save. threw 20 scoreless innings wound up allowing five hits,
Derek Fisher had a tying kees, in 2015. DODGERS 9, GIANTS 0 in 30 appearances for the four of them singles.
triple in the fifth and scored Tyler Clippard (1-0) pitched LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cody Indians. RED SOX 2, RAYS 1
the go-ahead run on a scoreless inning, and Bellinger hit the Dodgers' Edwin Diaz struck out all ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)
George Springer's sacrifice Seung Hwan Oh finished for first home run of the season three batters in the ninth for — Hector Velazquez con-
fly against Mike Minor (0- his first save. and Rich Hill threw six spot- his second save. tinued a season-opening
1), making his Texas debut NATIONALS 6, REDS 5 less innings as Los Angeles TWINS 7, ORIOLES 0 stretch of strong starting
and first major league start CINCINNATI (AP) — Bryce gained a series split with ri- BALTIMORE (AP) — Jose pitching by Boston, working
since 2014. Harper hit two home runs, val San Francisco. Berrios pitched a three- into the sixth inning.
Carlos Correa doubled leadoff man Adam Eaton All four games in the sea- hitter for his first career The first four Red Sox start-
home two runs in the sev- capped his big opening son-opening set were shut- complete game, and Min- ers — Chris Sale, David
enth, and AL MVP Jose Al- series with a two-run drive outs. nesota got two home runs Price, Rick Porcello and
tuve had three hits to finish and Washington beat Cin- Yasiel Puig had an RBI dou- from Brian Dozier in a rout Velazquez — combined to
9 for 16 in the series. Evan cinnati for a three-game ble and two singles for the of Baltimore. give up two runs over 24 in-
Gattis had three hits and sweep under new manag- defending NL champions. Only one batter reached nings. q