CINCINNATI -- Matt Adams' first hit sent the Cincinnati Reds to their first loss.
The St. Louis first baseman snapped a hitless start to the season at 10 at-bats with a leadoff homer in the fourth inning, lifting the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory Saturday that ended the Reds' winning streak at four.
"I got to the park early, and my early work felt good," said Adams, who was robbed of a hit in the second inning on a diving catch by left fielder Marlon Byrd. "It carried over into the game. He left a changeup up, and I was able to get the barrel through it."
Kolten Wong had a sacrifice fly, Jhonny Peralta and Yadier Molina added ninth-inning RBI singles and Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh to get the win in his first appearance of the season.
Wacha (1-0) shook off Todd Frazier's first-inning home run to go 6 1-3 innings, allowing five hits and one run with a walk and two strikeouts. He stranded a runner in scoring position in each of his last four full innings and needed just 76 pitches to earn the win.
"That team over there is very aggressive early in the count," he said. "I was able to keep it down in the zone and get some weak contact."
Trevor Rosenthal, the Cardinals' fifth relief pitcher, got five outs for his second save.
Adams led off the fourth inning by lofting a one-strike pitch 355 feet down the right-field line and on to the netting above the visitors' bullpen to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead.
That was the only earned run allowed by Reds starter Johnny Cueto in 14 innings this season -- a 0.64 ERA. Cueto (0-1), who turned in seven shutout innings without a decision in Cincinnati's 5-2 win over Pittsburgh in Monday's opener, again went seven, giving up four hits and two runs with four strikeouts. He also hit a batter.
Frazier, before a sellout crowd of 41,525 on his bobblehead day, gave Cincinnati the lead with his third home run of the season, a 342-foot drive into the seats down the left-field line on a 3-0 pitch with two outs in the first.
Red Sox 8, Yankees 4
NEW YORK -- Joe Kelly pitched one-hit ball for seven innings and Boston Red Sox ran over the Yankees hours after winning their own New York City marathon.
Bleary-eyed, the teams started at 1:08 p.m. following Friday night's game that took 19 innings and finished at 2:13 a.m. Brock Holt, the only position player on either side who didn't get into that 6-5 Boston victory, had four hits and drove in three runs.
The Red Sox won this time in 3 hours, 13 minutes -- quite a speed-up from playing for 6 hours, 49 minutes, and that doesn't including a 16-minute power outage. Mark Teixeira and Hanley Ramirez were among several regulars out of the lineups after playing all 19 innings.
Kelly (1-0) came off the 15-day disabled list and saved Boston's bullpen. He retired his final 17 batters, starting with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Didi Gregorius in the second and leaving with an 8-1 lead. He struck out eight and gave up a solid single to Alex Rodriguez in the second.
Adam Warren (0-1) gave up one earned run in 5 1-3 innings. Chris Young homered off reliever Alexi Ogando in the eighth.
Tigers 9, Indians 6
CLEVELAND --Ian Kinsler hit an RBI single and Yoenis Cespedes doubled in two runs during a four-run ninth inning as Detroit tayed unbeaten.
Kinsler's fourth hit, a single off closer Cody Allen (0-1), snapped a 5-all tie and helped the Tigers improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2006. The Tigers had to rally twice after Cleveland's Jerry Sands delivered a pair of clutch doubles.
Miguel Cabrera also had four hits for Detroit, which has now outscored its opponents 39-11.
Ian Krol (1-0) got the win despite giving up an eighth-inning double to Sands.
White Sox 5, Twins 4
CHICAGO -- Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck had a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to give the White Sox their first win of the season.
Shuck lined a 1-1 pitch from reliever Blaine Boyer (0-1) with two outs, scoring Alexei Ramirez. Conor Gillaspie was thrown out at the plate as he tried to score from second.
Former Yankees closer David Robertson struck out the side in the ninth for his first save with Chicago. The White Sox lost their first four games. Left-hander Zach Duke (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.
In his first home start for the White Sox, Jeff Samardzija gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings. He struck out six without walking a batter.
White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche broke out of a 1-for-14 slump with his first home run of the season, leading off the second against Mike Pelfrey.
Rays 2, Marlins 0
MIAMI -- Tampa Bay's Chris Archer allowed one hit and one walk, with the latter runner erased trying to steal, while throwing only 84 pitches.
Two relievers completed the two-hitter, with Brad Boxberger pitching the ninth for his second save in two chances.
Pinch-hitter Tim Beckham hit his first career homer leading off the seventh, and Evan Longoria doubled home the other run for the Rays.
Archer (1-1) retired the first 10 batters before Christian Yelich doubled, and the right-hander escaped by retiring Stanton and Michael Morse. Pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki walked in the sixth but was caught stealing.
Jarred Cosart (0-1), making his first start of the season, lost despite allowing only one run in six innings.
Sports on 04/12/2015