Juan Soto hit his first homer with the New York Mets, serving to his new workforce beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night time.
With two out within the third inning, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch from Hunter Brown deep to proper for a solo shot that lifted New York to a 3-0 lead.
Soto’s 390-foot shot got here a day after he struck out on a full-count slider from nearer Josh Hader with two on and two out in a 3-1 opening-day loss.
Earlier than that, Soto singled and walked twice Thursday in his Mets debut. The slugger signed a document $765 million, 15-year contract as a free agent in December.
New York starter Tylor Megill (1-0) pitched five-plus innings of one-run ball. He allowed three hits, struck out six and walked one.
Edwin Díaz struck out one in an ideal ninth for his first save, ending a three-hitter.
Brown (0-1) struck out seven in six innings. He allowed 4 hits and walked three.
TAMPA, Fla. — Rookie Kameron Misner led off the ninth inning along with his first main league residence run, giving Tampa Bay a win over Colorado as they started their season of residence video games at Steinbrenner Area.
Misner, a 27-year-old rookie who debuted in August, entered as a defensive substitute within the eighth and turned the primary participant in main league historical past to hit his first large league residence run for a walk-off on opening day, in response to the Elias Sports activities Bureau. He drove a first-pitch fastball from Victor Vodnik (0-1) over the right-field wall for his second large league hit.
Pete Fairbanks (1-0) labored round two walks within the ninth for the win.
Tampa Bay is taking part in on the New York Yankees’ spring coaching residence after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Area roof on Oct. 9.
Kyle Freeland struck out seven in six scoreless innings for the Rockies, coming off their sixth straight dropping season. Freeland threw 53 of 67 pitches for strikes, beginning his first eight batters with strikes and 15 of 20 general.
Tampa Bay tied the rating within the seventh on Jonathan Aranda’s sacrifice fly and José Caballero’s RBI single in opposition to Tyler Kinley.
MIAMI — Oneil Cruz hit a two-run residence run, Andrew McCutchen added an RBI double and Pittsburgh beat Miami.
Cruz walked to steer off the fourth inning, stole second base and superior to 3rd on an error. Joey Bart walked earlier than Andrew McCutcheon hit a double to left, driving in Cruz. Bart scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Frazier to present the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
David Bednar got here on to pitch for the Pirates within the backside of the ninth and walked Matt Mervis earlier than Otto Lopez hit a two-run residence run to make it a one-run sport. Bednar obtained consecutive groundouts earlier than hanging out Hill to finish it.BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 2
TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and drove in a run, and Toronto beat Baltimore.
Bo Bichette had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run as Toronto bounced again from a 12-2 loss on Thursday on opening day. Kevin Gausman (1-0) pitched six innings of two-run ball.
Jackson Holliday hit a solo homer for Baltimore, however his one-out drive within the third inning was the Orioles’ solely extra-base hit.
The Orioles hit a franchise-record six opening-day homers on Thursday. They completed with three complete hits Friday.
Blue Jays left-hander Brendon Little exited after hanging out a pair of batters within the eighth due to an obvious damage. Nick Sandlin completed for Toronto.
Proper-hander Charlie Morton (0-1) misplaced his debut begin with Baltimore, permitting 4 runs and 7 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jonah Heim hit two solo homers and rookie Jack Leiter allowed one run over 5 innings for his first large league win as Texas beat Boston.
Heim’s second homer was a 417-foot drive to right-center that put Texas up 2-1 within the fifth, after Leiter (1-0) had thrown the final of his 82 pitches. Heim led off the third pulling a pitch simply over the appropriate discipline wall in opposition to All-Star Tanner Houck (0-1), who gave up 4 runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Leiter struck out 4 with one stroll whereas permitting 5 singles. The second general decide in 2021 newbie draft, and the son of former large leaguer Al, made his large league debut final season going 0-3 with an 8.83 ERA in 9 video games (six begins).
Luke Jackson, the fifth Texas reliever, labored an ideal ninth for his first save.
PHOENIX — Eugenio Suárez hit a pair of two-run homers, Merrill Kelly threw 5 1/3 strong innings and Arizona beat Chicago.
Arizona’s Pavin Smith and Alek Thomas every had three hits, together with two doubles apiece. Geraldo Perdomo and Josh Naylor hit RBI singles.
Suárez hit each of his homers off Cubs right-hander Jameson Tallion (0-1), who gave up six runs over 4 1/3 innings. The third baseman linked for a two-run shot within the second and once more within the fourth, blasting each balls to roughly the identical space of the left discipline stands.
He additionally had a solo homer on opening day Thursday.
Suárez practically went deep once more within the fifth, hitting a towering fly ball to the warning observe that was caught by Ian Happ. He completed with 4 RBIs.
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a leadoff homer and Jake Cronenworth hit a go-ahead shot main off the eighth inning to present San Diego a win in opposition to Atlanta.
Cronenworth drove the second pitch from Dylan Lee (0-1) a number of rows into the appropriate discipline seats.
Tatis, who has batted leadoff within the first two video games, homered to left-center on Reynaldo López’s first pitch. It was Tatis’ twelfth profession leadoff homer, extending his membership document.
Jarred Kelenic homered for the Braves on this rematch of final season’s wild-card playoff sequence received by the Padres in a two-game sweep.
The Padres went forward twice and the Braves tied it every time.
Tatis’ homer and Martin Maldonado’s RBI single within the second gave them a 2-0 lead earlier than Marcell Ozuna tied it with a two-out single to proper within the third.
SEATTLE — Brent Rooker hit a two-run residence run and Jeffrey Springs pitched six scoreless innings to assist the Athletics beat Seattle.
Springs (1-0), acquired from Tampa Bay in December, made his debut for the A’s and allowed three hits and a stroll with 9 strikeouts.
JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers hit back-to-back two-out RBI singles within the seventh inning, and Tyler Soderstrom’s ground-rule double scored Bleday to make it 5-0.
Randy Arozarena and Mitch Garver drew consecutive walks to steer off the underside of the seventh however, after a groundout by Jorge Polanco, Donovan Solano and pinch-hitter Luke Raley struck out to finish Seattle’s risk.
Max Muncy, a 22-year-old in his second sport within the majors, had his first profession hit within the eighth, a towering solo shot to left-center.
Luis Castillo (0-1) gave up two runs on three hits with two walks and 4 strikeouts over 5 innings for the Mariners.
DODGERS 8, TIGERS 5, 10 INNINGS
LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts hit a game-winning, three-run homer within the tenth inning to carry Los Angeles to a win over Detroit.
The Dodgers are 4-0 to begin the season for the primary time since 1981, when in addition they received the World Collection.
Betts went deep to left off Beau Brieske (0-1), scoring pinch-hitter Will Smith and Shohei Ohtani.
Betts hit a two-out solo shot that put the Dodgers forward 3-2 within the eighth earlier than Detroit tied it within the ninth on Manuel Margot’s RBI single.
Dillon Dingler homered and tripled within the tenth to present Detroit a 5-3 lead within the prime of the tenth.
Tied at 3, left fielder Michael Conforto got here up brief making an attempt to catch the ball hit by Dingler, permitting Riley Greene, who started the inning at second, and Zach McKinstry, who was deliberately walked by Luis Garcia (1-0), to attain.
The Dodgers obtained a run again within the backside of the tenth to path 5-4 on Conforto’s ground-rule double earlier than Betts’ heroics.
