SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Hunter Pence hit a grand slam in the eighth inning, Joe Panik drove in three runs to key San Francisco's comeback, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-6 in their home opener Thursday.
The Dodgers' 31-inning shutout streak ended in the fifth, one inning shy of the record to begin a season set by the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals.
Chris Heston (1-0) worked the sixth in relief of Jake Peavy for the victory as San Francisco erased a 4-0 deficit. Bruce Bochy bested his former outfielder and now-Dodgers manager Dave Roberts in their first matchup.
In the fifth, Los Angeles finally gave up its first runs of 2016 when the Giants got to Alex Wood (0-1).
Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers.
YANKEES 8, ASTROS 5
NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Teixeira sliced a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and Starlin Castro connected again, sending New York past Houston.
The Yankees took two of three in the season-opening series against the team that beat them in the AL wild-card game last October.
Castro kept up his torrid start with a solo home run and a single off the wall, making him 7 for 12. The former Cubs infielder has eight RBIs, the most by any player in his first three games for the Yankees since the stat became official in 1920, STATS said.
Brian McCann also homered for the Yankees, and Jacoby Ellsbury doubled twice. Alex Rodriguez made it 5-all with his first hit of the season, an RBI single in the fifth.
Tyler White hit his first homer in the majors, drove in four runs and got three hits for the Astros. He's 6 for 9 since making his big league debut this week.
White and Preston Tucker lined consecutive home runs off Nathan Eovaldi in the second.
Chasen Shreve (1-0) was the winner and Andrew Miller earned his first save. Will Harris (0-1) took the loss.
MARLINS 6, NATIONALS 4
WASHINGTON (AP) - Miami reliever David Phelps entered after a rain delay and shut out Washington for four innings while delivering his first career RBI at the plate, and the Marlins spoiled the Nationals' sloppy home opener in front of a dwindling crowd.
While Phelps (1-0) replaced Adam Conley following a 1-hour, 25-minute break because of a thunderstorm in the second with the score 3-all, Nationals starter Tanner Roark (0-1) surprisingly remained in the game. Roark allowed four runs - three earned, all in the first - and nine hits in four innings.
Bryce Harper was presented with his 2015 NL MVP and Silver Slugger trophies during pregame festivities and hit his second homer of 2016 in the seventh, a solo shot off Bryan Morris.
Harper flied out to deep center to open the ninth against A.J. Ramos, who worked around a walk for his first save, striking out Daniel Murphy looking to end it.
REDS 10, PHILLIES 6
CINCINNATI (AP) - Jay Bruce homered twice and matched a career high with five RBIs, and Cincinnati made a winner of top pitching prospect Robert Stephenson in his major league debut by beating Philadelphia to complete a season-opening sweep.
Eugenio Suarez hit his first career grand slam and Bruce connected for a three-run shot as the Reds scored eight times in the fourth inning, ruining the big league debut of reliever Daniel Stumpf. Bruce capped the 13-batter outburst with an RBI single.
Stephenson (1-0), a first-round draft pick in 2011, allowed six hits and four runs - three earned - in five innings. He was optioned back to Triple-A Louisville after the game.
Cedric Hunter, Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz homered for the Phillies.
The Reds are 3-0 for the second consecutive season. The loss was Philadelphia's eighth straight in Cincinnati.
The Phillies are 0-3 for the first time since 2007. They have dropped seven in a row overall to the Reds.
Charlie Morton (0-1) allowed six runs over 3 2/3 innings in his Phillies debut.
WHITE SOX 6, ATHLETICS 1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Mat Latos gave up one hit over six shutout innings for his first win since last July, Jose Abreu hit a two-run homer and Chicago beat Oakland to give manager Robin Ventura his 300th career win.
Latos (1-0) was stellar in his White Soxdebut. He retired 13 of the first 14 batters and didn't allow a baserunner until Chris Coghlan's one-out single in the fifth - one pitch after left fielder J.B. Shuck dropped Coghlan's foul ball.
Abreu homered off Kendall Graveman (0-1) and added a sacrifice fly during Chicago's four-run ninth.
ORIOLES 4, TWINS 2
BALTIMORE (AP) - Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven sharp innings and Baltimore rallied to beat Minnesota for a three-game sweep.
Manny Machado and rookie Joey Rickard homered for the Orioles, who trailed 2-0 in the sixth before coming back against Phil Hughes (0-1).
Jimenez (1-0) gave up a first-inning homer to Joe Mauer and an unearned run in the second before bouncing back to hold the Twins at bay. The right-hander allowed eight hits, struck out nine and walked none.
Jimenez retired 12 of the final 14 batters he faced, striking out seven.
Orioles rookie Dylan Bundy worked the eighth and Darren O'Day got his first save.
CUBS 14, DIAMONDBACKS 6
PHOENIX (AP) - Anthony Rizzo matched his career high with six RBIs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, but lost Kyle Schwarber with a sprained ankle in an outfield collision.
Schwarber was hurt in the second inning when he collided with Dexter Fowler, a play that resulted in an inside-the-park home run for Arizona's Jean Segura. Segura also started the game with a homer. He is the eighth player in major league history to lead off with a home run and hit an inside-the-park homer in the same game.
John Lackey (1-0) gave up six runs on eight hits over six innings in his Cubs debut, but got the win thanks to a five-run Chicago fourth inning.
The Diamondbacks were up 3-0, 4-2 and 6-4, but starter Rubby De La Rosa (0-1) couldn't hold the leads.
ANGELS 4, RANGERS 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Albert Pujols hit a bases-loaded single with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Angelstheir first victory of the season.
Yunel Escobar drove in the Angels' first two runs with a homer and RBI single in the opener of a four-game series.
Sam Dyson (0-1), who escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the Angels' eighth, gave up a one-out single by Johnny Giavotella in the ninth and a walk to Escobar. Both advanced on a grounder to third by pinch-hitter Carlos Perez, and Pujols greeted Shawn Tolleson with a line drive to left-center on a 1-0 pitch after Andrew Faulkner's intentional walk to Mike Trout.
Huston Street (1-0) pitched a perfect inning to get the win.
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