David Price struck out 10 and won his weather-delayed debut for Boston, while David Ortiz hit a two-run homer on Tuesday to lead the Red Sox to a 6-2 win over the Cleveland Indians.
Price (1-0) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings.
Ortiz connected for his 504th homer in the ninth. Big Papi tied Eddie Murray for 26th place on the career list. Ortiz also doubled.
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Boston’s Mookie Betts homered in the second off Corey Kluber (0-1), tagged with a loss in the opener for the second straight year. Cleveland’s ace gave up four runs and nine hits in 5-1/3 innings.
RAYS 3, BLUE JAYS 2
Baseball’s new rule on breaking up double plays gave Logan Forsythe and Tampa Bay a disputed victory over Toronto.
With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, Toronto slugger Edwin Encarnacion hit a grounder to third. After taking a throw from Evan Longoria for the force at second, Forsythe made an errant relay to first that appeared to allow the go-ahead run to score for the Blue Jays.
Rays manager Kevin Cash asked for a replay review, saying Jose Bautista violated the new “Chase Utley Rule” governing slides on potential double plays.
Replay umpires in New York ruled Bautista’s slide was not directly into the bag and it illegally hindered Forsythe. The call was changed to a game-ending double play that preserved Tampa Bay’s victory.
Forsythe hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Brett Cecil (0-1) that ended the reliever’s run of 38 straight appearances without allowing an earned run, dating to June 24 last year.
Corey Dickerson also homered for the Rays. Alex Colome (1-0) went the final two innings to get the win.
ASTROS 5, YANKEES 3
Carlos Correa reached on an eighth-inning dribbler that Dellin Betances threw over first baseman Mark Teixeira as Jose Altuve scored the tiebreaking run, as Houston beat New York to win four straight openers for the first time in franchise history.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued with plate umpire Dana DeMuth that Correa should have been called out for running on the fair side of the foul line, causing Betances (0-1) to throw the ball over Teixeira for an error.
The call was upheld and Girardi played the remainder of the game under protest. Luis Valbuena added a two-run single on Betances’ 30th and final pitch for a 5-2 lead.
Dallas Keuchel (1-0) allowed Starlin Castro’s two-run double in the second, which ended the American League Cy Young Award winner’s 29-inning scoreless streak against New York. The left-hander gave up three hits in seven innings.
Correa homered off Masahiro Tanaka and drove in two runs.
Didi Gregorius homered in the eighth off new Astros reliever Ken Giles. Luke Gregerson got three straight outs for a save.
In other games,it was:
‧ Mets 2, Royals 0
‧ Pirates 6, Cardinals 5
‧ Giants 2, Brewers 1
‧ Tigers 8, Marlins 7
‧ Mariners 10, Rangers 2
‧ Dodgers 3, Padres 0
‧ Cubs 6, Angels 1
‧ Diamondbacks 11, Rockies 6
‧ White Sox 5, Athletics 4
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