Brewers 3, Reds 2, 10 innings
At Milwaukee, Rickie Weeks singled home the winning run in the 10th inning and Milwaukee beat Cincinnati after Gagne blew his second save in three chances.
Corey Patterson hit a homer just over right fielder Corey Hart’s leap to tie the game in the ninth.
Eric Gagne, who signed a one-year, US$10 million contract this offseason to close for the Brewers after Francisco Cordero cashed in with a US$46 million contract with the Reds, also blew a save on opening day against the Cubs yesterday.
Rockies 4, Braves 3
At Denver, Ubaldo Jimenez overcame a shaky start and Matt Holliday hit two run-scoring singles in Colorado’s second-straight one-run win over Atlanta.
Each of the Braves’ five losses so far have come by one run. The Rockies have won three games so far, each by a run as well.
The Rockies still haven’t busted out of their offensive funk, but they finally topped the three-run mark in a game. Coming in, they had scored just 12 times in their first seven games, the lowest run production in the majors and half the number of runs that they had scored in their previous worst start, in 2002.
Diamondbacks 10, Dodgers
At Phoenix, Doug Davis, pitching two days before his scheduled surgery for thyroid cancer, allowed two runs in six innings, and Arizona trounced Los Angeles for its fifth straight win.
Cardinals 5, Astros
At Houston, Troy Glaus hit a two-run double in the eighth inning off Geoff Geary (0-1) to give St. Louis a win over Houston Anthony Reyes (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of one-hit ball.
Giants 3, Padres 2, 11 innings
At San Francisco, Bengie Molina hit his second homer of the game with one out in the 11th inning off Cla Meredith (0-1), and San Francisco edged San Diego to snap a four-game skid.
Brad Hennessey (1-0) threw two shutout innings for the win.
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