All-Star shortstop Jimmy Rollins made a key error as the New York Mets rallied for seven runs in the eighth inning to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-5 in the National League on Monday.
Carlos Delgado had three hits and two RBIs in the home opener for the Mets, who overcame Ryan Howard's three-run homer and dropped the Phillies to 1-6.
Rollins, who said during spring training that Philadelphia was the team to beat in the NL East, hit an inning-ending, double-play grounder with the bases loaded in the fourth and booted Jose Reyes' grounder in the eighth as the tying run scored.
Geoff Geary (0-1) threw a run-scoring wild pitch, Carlos Beltran added a sacrifice fly and David Wright followed with a two-run double off Jon Lieber, making his first relief appearance since 1998.
Pedro Feliciano (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth.
Cardinals 3, Pirates 0
At Pittsburgh, Albert Pujols doubled and scored the only run needed by Braden Looper (1-1), who allowed two hits over seven innings in only his second start in 574 career appearances.
Pinch-hitter Preston Wilson added a two-run double in the eighth off Damaso Marte after Ian Snell (0-1) limited St. Louis to one run over seven innings.
Astros 5, Cubs 3
At Chicago, Adam Everett broke a 3-3, eighth-inning tie with a two-run homer off Bob Howry (0-2) in the Wrigley Field home debuts of manager Lou Piniella and center fielder Alfonso Soriano.
Astros starter Woody Williams allowed two runs and six hits in six innings before the Cubs tied it with the unearned run in the seventh off Chad Qualls (1-1). Dan Wheeler pitched a perfect ninth for his first save in two chances.
Rockies 6, Dodgers 3
At Los Angeles, Jeff Francis allowed two runs in six-and-two-thirds innings to help Colorado spoil Los Angeles' home opener.
Garrett Atkins homered and drove in his first three runs of the season as Colorado snapped the Dodgers' four-game winning streak.
Marlins 5, Brewers 3
At Miami, Miguel Cabrera hit his third homer and drove in three runs, and the Marlins beat Milwaukee for the ninth time in a row.
Anibal Sanchez (1-0) allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings for Florida. Rookie Henry Owens pitched the ninth for his first career save.
Free-agent acquisition Jeff Suppan (0-2) lost for the second time in as many starts. He allowed eight hits and five runs in six innings.
Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run homer for Milwaukee.
Padres 1, Giants 0
At San Diego, pinch-hitter Geoff Blum hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and San Diego beat former manager Bruce Bochy and San Francisco despite getting just two hits.
Chris Young (1-0), Cla Meredith and Trevor Hoffman combined on a five-hit shutout. San Diego's bullpen extended its season-opening scoreless streak to 20-and-two-thirds innings.
The Giants lost their fourth straight and dropped to 1-6. It was the third time since the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958 that they lost six of their first seven games. The other two times were 1967 and 1980.
Diamondbacks 3, Reds 2
At Phoenix, Orlando Hudson hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Arizona won its fifth straight game.
With two outs, Hudson hit a 2-1 pitch from Kirk Saarloos (0-1) into the left-field bleachers to break a 2-2 tie.
Daniel Cabrera allowed two runs in seven-and-two-thirds innings, Kevin Millar homered in a four-run third inning, and the Baltimore Orioles began the home portion of their schedule by defeating the Detroit Tigers 6-2 in the American League on Monday.
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