HOUSTON (AP) Salvador Perez tagged Houston reliever Ken Giles for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting theKansas City Royals over the Houston Astros 4-2 Wednesday night.
The World Series champion Royals have taken two of the three from the team they beat in the decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series last October. This four-game set wraps up Thursday.
Giles (0-1) retired the first two batters in the eighth before walking Alex Gordon on a full count. Perez followed with a drive off the facade above the Crawford Boxes in left field.
Giles has given up three home runs in four games, and flung his glove in the dugout after this latest shot. He was acquired fromPhiladelphia in the offseason after giving up a total of three homers in 113 games over the past two years.
Jose Altuve had three hits for Houston, including a solo home run.
Luke Hochevar (1-0) got the win and Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his first save.
RED SOX 4, ORIOLES 2
BOSTON (AP) Baltimore finally lost after opening the season with a team-record seven straight wins, beaten by the bats of Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Boston.
The Orioles were the last undefeated team in the majors, ending their longest winning streak to start a season since moving to Baltimore in 1954. The franchise opened 9-0 in 1944 as the St. Louis Browns.
The Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak. Bogaerts hit a two-run double and Bradley had a tiebreaking triple.
Chris Davis hit a two-run homer for the Orioles.
Joe Kelly (1-0) labored through five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits with five walks and six strikeouts. Craig Kimbrel, the fifth Boston reliever, struck out all three batters he faced for his second save. He took the loss in the first game of the series, giving up a three-run homer to Davis.
Ubaldo Jimenez (1-1) gave up four runs on six hits and four walks in five innings.
CUBS 9, REDS 2
CHICAGO (AP) - John Lackey pitched into the seventh inning, Kris Bryant hit his first homer of the season and Chicago matched the best eight-game start in franchise history with a victory over Cincinnati.
Miguel Montero had two of Chicago's 10 walks and scored three times as the Cubsimproved to 7-1 for the first time since 1985 and just the 11th time overall. Jason Heyward drove in two runs with a two-out single in the third and robbed Scott Schebler of a hit with a diving grab in right-center in the fourth.
Lackey (2-0) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three, rebounding nicely from a shaky start at Arizona last Thursday.
Lackey also contributed at the plate, chasing Alfredo Simon (0-1) with a two-out RBI single in Chicago's five-run first.
ROCKIES 10, GIANTS 6
DENVER (AP) - Nolan Arenado homered twice, doubled and singled to drive in a career-high seven runs, rookie Trevor Story had two triples and Colorado tied a franchise record with 12 extra-base hits while beating San Francisco.
The Rockies set a team record with four triples. Story had three of Colorado's 18 hits.
Arenado was one RBI shy of the club mark done four times. He hit a two-run homer in the third inning and added a three-run shot in the eighth that broke open a one-run game.
San Francisco starter Jake Peavy (0-1) allowed a franchise-high 10 of those extra-base hits. It is the most allowed by a pitcher since Curt Schilling gave up 10 for Boston on Aug. 10, 2006, against Kansas City.
Chris Rusin (1-0) threw 2 1/3 innings to get the win.
WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Carlos Rodon worked his way out of trouble several times to complete six scoreless innings, Jerry Sands hit a two-run home run and Chicago kept Minnesota winless.
At 0-8, the Twins have been outscored 33-13 this season.
The only other winless team in the majors is Atlanta, also 0-8. The Twins beat the Braves in that epic seven-game World Series in 1991 - some 25th anniversary this season is turning out to be for the two teams.
Rodon (1-1) needed 107 pitches to make it as far as he did. He walked five, including the leadoff man twice, but the Twins left the bases loaded in the sixth after filling them with one out. David Robertson pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save in as many attempts.
Phil Hughes (0-2) gave up the one-out homer to straightaway center field to Sands in the seventh.
NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 0
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tanner Roark pitched seven innings, Stephen Drew and Jayson Werth hit fourth-inning home runs and Washington beat winless Atlanta for its fourth straight victory.
Roark allowed four hits and three walks. Pitching on five days of rest, Roark (1-1) struck out four and left after 100 pitches.
Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
The Braves (0-8) are off to their worst start since opening the 1988 season with 10 losses.
Washington got three runs and four hits in six innings against Atlanta starter Matt Wisler (0-1).
The Braves were without outfielder Hector Olivera, who was placed on paid administrative leave by Major League Baseball after he was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman at a hotel outside Washington.
INDIANS 4, RAYS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Carlos Carrasco pitched eight efficient innings, Jason Kipnis hit his first homer and Cleveland beat Tampa Bay.
Carrasco (1-0) came within one strike of a no-hitter here last July and held Tampa Bay to just a single and a walk through the first seven innings in this one. He allowed a run on three hits in the eighth inning and finished with eight strikeouts and just 93 pitches.
Drew Smyly (0-2) tied a career high with 11 strikeouts in seven innings for the Rays. The left-hander gave up three runs on three hits, all in the fourth inning.
Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his second save.
TIGERS 7, PIRATES 3
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a grand slam for his 100th career home run, Shane Greene pitched six strong innings in his first start since undergoing shoulder surgery last August and Detroit beat Pittsburgh.
Saltalamacchia connected off Arquimedes Caminero (0-2) with two outs in the sixth inning, hitting a drive into the right-field bleachers that enabled the Tigers to erase a 2-1 deficit.
Greene (1-0) allowed two runs and three hits in six innings in his first start of the season, which was delayed after the Tigers were rained out Sunday night against the New York Yankees.
BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 2
TORONTO (AP) - Jose Bautista had two hits and collected his 800th RBI, J.A. Happ worked six innings for his first victory of the season and Toronto beat New York.
Facing the Yankees for the first time since Aug. 31, 2014, Happ (1-0) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out four.
Mark Teixeira hit a solo homer, his third, but New York failed to win its third straight.
Making his second start of the season, Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda (1-1) allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in six innings.
METS 2, MARLINS 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Plawecki grounded a tiebreaking, two-run single through a drawn-in infield in the seventh inning, and New York beat Miami to stop a four-game losing streak.
Logan Verrett, starting in place of injured pitcher Jacob deGrom, allowed three hits in six shutout innings, and Hansel Robles and Jerry Blevins (1-0) combined to escape a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the seventh.
Miami's Adam Conley struck out a career-high nine in six scoreless innings, but Dustin McGowan (0-1) faltered in the bottom half. Wilmer Flores singled, took second on a wild pitch and third on Asdrubal Cabrera's single. McGowan retired Juan Lagares on a comebacker, but Plawecki singled just past the outstretched glove of shortstop Miguel Rojas for his first hit this season.
ANGELS 5, ATHLETICS 1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball for six innings and Los Angeles beat Oakland for its fourth straight win.
Mike Trout had three hits and scored three runs as the Angels finished a three-game sweep.
Marcus Semien hit his third home run in two days for the A's. Oakland fell to 1-6 at home.
Shoemaker (1-1) gave a single in the second inning to Danny Valencia. He struck out five and walked three.
Eric Surkamp (0-1) went 4 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits.
MARINERS 4, RANGERS 2
SEATTLE (AP) - Dae-Ho Lee hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting Seattle over Texas for its first win of the year at Safeco Field.
The right-handed hitting Lee, who spent the last four years in Japan after 11 seasons in his native South Korea, came on to bat for Adam Lind against left-hander Jake Diekman (0-1). Lee launched an 0-2 pitch deep over the left-field wall for his second homer.
Steve Cishek (1-1) pitched two innings.
BREWERS 6, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Domingo Santana hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Chase Anderson threw six innings without an earned run and Milwaukee beat St. Louis.
Santana connected off closer Trevor Rosenthal (0-1) with two out to break a 4-4 tie.
Jeremy Jeffress pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
St. Louis' Brandon Moss tied the game 4-4 with a leadoff, pinch-hit homer in the eighth off reliever Michael Blazek (1-0).
PHILLIES 2, PADRES 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maikel Franco homered, doubled and drove in both runs and Jerad Eickhoff struck out nine in seven scoreless innings to lead Philadelphia over San Diego.
Eickhoff (1-1) gave up four hits and walked none. He did it while displaying the power he showed at the end of last season when he fanned 10 in each of his final two starts.
Franco connected off Colin Rea (0-1) in the first for his second homer of the season. He hit an RBI double in the third.
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