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Yankees Over Blue Jays – We’ve Seen Better Debuts
The day didn’t start out too well for both the New York Yankees and their starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, but he settled in gradually, helping out on an excellent offensive display mostly from Ichiro Suzuki and Jacoby Ellsbury, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3.
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A’s Over Mariners – The Magic of a Walk Off Home Run
The Oakland A’s happen to be the first team to beat the Seattle Mariners this season thanks to a Coco Crisp walk-off home run in the 12th inning to claim the 3-2 win in a game with two big review moments, including the homer itself.
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Yankees Over Astros – Avoiding the Sweep
After two losses to start off the season, the New York Yankees needed something good to take away from their series with the Houston Astros, coming away with the 4-2 win thanks to finally seeing Derek Jeter provide something positive with his bad and rookie Yangervis Solarte providing the finishing and winning touch.
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Pirates Over Cubs – It Had to End at Some Point
The hero for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tony Sanchez, has been involved in some long games before, but he was mostly happy to walk off the field with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs because he was starving as a 16 inning game ended with a walk-off single to end it.
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Dodgers Over Padres – Order is Restored
It wasn’t the smoothest of pitching performances from Zack Greinke, but the Los Angeles Dodgers came through with their first win this season on American soil, beating the San Diego Padres 3-2 thanks to a two-run homer from Yasiel Puig and a finishing touch from Dee Gordon.
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Rangers Over Phillies – Dramatically Getting Even
The Texas Rangers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 in dramatic fashion thanks to a great finish from Adrian Beltre, driving in the two needed runs to turn the game around as the home side evened the season opening series at 1-1.
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Astros Over Yankees – An Unexpected Start
The money invested in new players didn’t really show as the New York Yankees lost 6-2 to the Houston Astros on their Opening Day, with CC Sabathia providing an awful start while Jesus Guzman and L.J. Hoes hit home runs off of him.
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Mariners Over Angels – Late Explosion Supports Scorching King
It was a very strong pitching performance from Felix Hernandez, but it would have all been for nothing if it wasn’t for a late scoring run from the Seattle Mariners, beating the Los Angeles Angels 10-3 with six runs in the ninth inning coming from a Justin Smoak home run and Dustin Ackley crucial triple.
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Phillies Over Rangers – Good Pitching is Optional on Opening Day
In one huge opening day inter-league batting extravaganza the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Texas Rangers 14-10 thanks to Jimmy Rollins hitting a grand slam home run in the second inning and a strong day at bat for Ben Revere and Chase Utley as well.
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Orioles Over Red Sox – Home Runs Keep Coming
Home runs stood in the forefront of the Baltimore Orioles beating the Boston Red Sox 2-1, as both Nelson Cruz and Grady Sizemore hit one each on their debuts for their new teams and some very good relief pitching from Zach Britton sealed the win for the home side on opening day.