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Thursday 7 April 2016
Worth the wait: Price wins debut, Ortiz HRs for Red Sox
The Associated Press claiming Jose Bautista vio- Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against
CLEVELAND (AP) — David lated the new “Chase Ut- the Cleveland Indians, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Cleveland.
Price struck out 10 and won ley Rule” governing slides
his weather-delayed debut on potential double plays. Associated Press
for Boston, and David Ortiz Replay umpires in New
hit a two-run homer Tues- York ruled Bautista’s slide the fair side of the foul line, the eighth off new Astros with a triple, but then Syn-
day to lead the Red Sox to was not directly into the causing Betances (0-1) to reliever Ken Giles. Luke Gre- dergaard struck out the
a 6-2 win over the Cleve- bag and it illegally hin- throw the ball over Teixeira gerson got three straight next three batters and
land Indians, who pushed dered Forsythe. The call for an error. outs for a save. retired 12 straight before
back their season opener was changed to a game- After the four umpires con- The temperature was 36 Kendrys Morales’ double
a day because of wintry ending double play that ferred, the call was upheld degrees at game time, the opened the fifth.
conditions. preserved Tampa Bay’s and Girardi played the re- coldest for a regular-sea- Syndergaard allowed three
Price (1-0) gave up two victory. mainder of the game un- son Yankees game in the hits, walked one and struck
runs and five hits in six in- Blue Jays manager John der protest. Luis Valbuena Bronx since their 2003 home out nine. He pitched out of
nings, giving the Red Sox Gibbons argued with um- added a two-run single on opener. a bases-loaded jam in the
an immediate payoff after pires on the field before Betances’ 30th and final METS 2, ROYALS 0 sixth, striking out Morales
they signed the left-hander finally heading toward the pitch for a 5-2 lead. KANSAS CITY (AP) — Noah on three swings. The Roy-
to a $217 million, seven- clubhouse. Dallas Keuchel dominated, Syndergaard pitched six als, who held on to beat
year contract. Forsythe hit a two-run hom- but not quite as much as dominant innings, Neil New York 4-3 in their season
Ortiz began his farewell er in the eighth off Brett in last October’s AL wild- Walker hit his first homer opener Sunday night, went
season with a bang, con- Cecil (0-1) that ended the card game. Keuchel (1-0) with the Mets and New 0 for 7 with runners in scor-
necting for his 504th homer reliever’s run of 38 straight allowed Starlin Castro’s York beat Kansas City after ing position.
in the ninth. Big Papi tied appearances without al- two-run double in the sec- the Royals were given their Walker, acquired in a De-
Hall of Famer Eddie Murray lowing an earned run, ond, which ended the AL 2015 World Series rings. cember trade with Pitts-
for 26th place on the ca- dating to June 24. The left- Cy Young Award winner’s Syndergaard (1-0) was the burgh, homered off Chris
reer list. Ortiz also doubled. hander’s stretch was tied 29-inning scoreless streak only pitcher to beat the Young (0-1) in the fourth
Boston’s Mookie Betts hom- with Craig Kimbrel (2011 against New York. The left- Royals in the World Series after Yoenis Cespedes
ered in the second off Co- with Atlanta) for the lon- hander gave up three hits last year, winning Game 3 walked.
rey Kluber (0-1), tagged gest in the majors since in seven innings. after intentionally throwing Jeurys Familia, saddled with
with a loss in the opener for earned runs became an Correa also homered off his first pitch above Alcides three blown saves in the
the second straight year. official stat in 1912 in the Masahiro Tanaka and Escobar’s head, which an- 2015 World Series, pitched
Cleveland’s ace gave up National League and one drove in two runs. gered the Royals. a spotless ninth for his first
four runs and nine hits in year later in the American Didi Gregorius homered in Escobar started this one save this season.q
5 1-3 innings. Boston’s win League. Corey Dickerson
was also meaningful to also homered for the Rays.
manager John Farrell, who Alex Colome (1-0) went the
left the club last season af- final two innings to get the
ter he was diagnosed with win.
cancer. ASTROS 5, YANKEES 3
RAYS 3, BLUE JAYS 2 NEW YORK (AP) — A freez-
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida ing opening day at Yankee
(AP) — Baseball’s new rule Stadium turned on a play
on breaking up double that caused a hot argu-
plays gave Logan Forsythe ment.
and Tampa Bay a disputed Carlos Correa reached on
victory over Toronto. an eighth-inning dribbler
With the bases loaded and that Dellin Betances threw
one out in the ninth inning, over first baseman Mark
Toronto slugger Edwin En- Teixeira as Jose Altuve
carnacion hit a grounder scored the tiebreaking run,
to third. After taking a throw and Houston beat New
from Evan Longoria for the York to win four straight
force at second, Forsythe openers for the first time in
made an errant relay to first franchise history.
that appeared to allow the Yankees manager Joe Gi-
go-ahead run to score for rardi argued with plate
the Blue Jays. umpire Dana DeMuth that
Rays manager Kevin Cash Correa should have been
asked for a replay review, called out for running on
