ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers got just one hit on Monday, but they took advantage of two Seattle Mariners errors in the fifth inning to score three times and edge the Mariners 3-2.
The Texas win snapped a nine-game Opening Day winning streak for the Mariners.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning. Three walks around an error by third baseman Kyle Seager produced one run. Prince Fielder tied the game with the Rangers’ only a hit, an RBI bloop single to left. That tied the game 2-2, and an error by shortstop Ketel Marte allowed the go-ahead run to score.
Texas left-hander Cole Hamels (1-0) allowed a first-inning homer to Robinson Cano and the homer to Seager in the second, but that was it.
Hernandez is now 6-1 in season openers.
Giants 12, Brewers 3
MILWAUKEE — Denard Span drove five runs, Matt Duffy sent in four and the Giants clubbed four home runs, opening the 2016 season with a rout at Miller Park.
San Francisco had 15 hits against four Milwaukee pitchers and broke the game wide open in the eighth, scoring five runs on three consecutive home runs — by Joe Panik, Buster Posey and Hunter Pence.
The Giants’ offense helped pick up left-hander Madison Bumgarner (1-0) who wasn’t feeling 100 percent after battling the flu for the past few days. He went five innings and allowed three runs on five hits with five walks and six strikeouts.
Reds 6, Phillies 2
CINCINNATI — Joey Votto’s two-run single with the bases loaded highlighted a five-run eighth inning on Opening Day before 43,683 fans, the largest regular-season crowd in the history of Great American Ball Park.
Shortstop Zack Cozart went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI to become the first Reds player with three hits on Opening Day since Barry Larkin in 2001.
Ross Ohlendorf (1-0) earned the victory.
Freddy Galvis hit a two-run home run and starter Jeremy Hellickson allowed one unearned run in six innings for the Phillies in a losing effort.
Nationals 4, Braves 3 (10 innings)
ATLANTA – Daniel Murphy hit a home run and added an RBI double in the top of the 10th inning to give Dusty Baker a victory in his debut as Nationals manager.
The Braves tied the score with a run in the bottom of the ninth, and the Nationals won on an unearned run in the 10th after second baseman Gordon Beckham threw away a grounder hit by Ryan Zimmerman with one out. Murphy knocked him in with his double and Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect 10th inning to record the save.
Bryce Harper and Murphy hit homers for the Nationals, while Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia connected for the Braves.
Indians-Red Sox postponed
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians game against the Boston Red Sox was postponed due to a forecast of precipitation and wind chills in the teens. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 1:10 p.m.
Yankees-Astros postponed
NEW YORK – The New York Yankees game against the Houston Astros was postponed because of rain and wintry weather. The game was rescheduled for Tuesday afternoon.