Nelson Cruz, Mark Teixeira and Ian Kinsler the most recent of 26 players to have home runs in a season’s first three games.
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The Rockies shortstop is the first player to hit a pair of home runs in an opening day debut and only the sixth rookie to perform the feat in his first game.
Davis, the reigning major league home run champ, hit a solo shot to deep center off Kyle Gibson in the third inning to put the Orioles ahead for good.
PITTSBURGH – Juan Nicasio was dazzling in his Pittsburgh debut, allowing one run and two hits in six innings to complete a season-opening, three-game series sweep.
He also allowed three home runs, while walking one and striking out two in route to his first loss of the year.
Jeff Smardzija gave up three runs and eight hits in five innings to remain winless in his career against the Brewers but turned things over to the bullpen with the game knotted at 3. Doubters can’t use the thin air at Coors Field in Colorado as an excuse either, as these came at Chase Field, home of the Diamondbacks. Manager Walt Weiss spoke about his recent success saying, “He’s just a talented kid who’s in a zone right now”.
Astros at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. ET: A rematch of last year’s AL wild-card game should be intriguing as 2015 AL Cy Young victor Dallas Keuchel heads to Yankee Stadium in the makeup of Monday’s postponed opener. It was first time the Giants hit back-to-back-to-back home runs since Barry Bonds, Ray Durham and Pedro Feliz did so on July 20, 2006.
A guest of Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Thursday, ESPN MLB analyst Jayson Stark said chances are all three hurlers will improve on their first starts.
RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 3: Steven Souza Jr.’s second home run of the game, a go-ahead, three-run drive in the eighth inning, lifted Tampa Bay to a win at home.
· According to Neil Best of Newsday, a decision on Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes which involves his current suspension will be made “in days as opposed to weeks”, according to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred. The Angels were forced to shut down their effective No. 2 starter one day after his season debut.
“It’s something you don’t even dream of, or something I hadn’t dreamed of”, Story told MLB.com.
Any questions heading into the season about Chatwood or how he might respond coming back from the injury were answered on Wednesday against Arizona.
Story’s two-run home run came off Patrick Corbin in the first inning.
He had not given up as many as six runs in an inning or seven runs in a game since 2012, when he was with Milwaukee.
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His lawyer, Sven Mary, said in televised remarks on Thursday that Abdeslam wants to be extradited to France “as fast as possible” . It was an encouraging performance from Gallardo, who has made at least 30 starts in each of the past seven seasons.
