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Trey Lipscomb stole home as part of a three-run second inning, Lane Thomas bombed a two-run home run and the visiting Washington Nationals spoiled Blake Snell’s Giants debut by beating San Francisco 8-1 on Monday night. Trevor Williams (2-0) and three relievers combined on a six-hitter for Washington, which won its second straight in the opener of a nine-game trip. Snell (0-1), who didn’t pitch in spring training after waiting until March 19 to sign

Fernando Tatis Jr. blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, capping the San Diego Padres’ comeback from an eight-run deficit as they stunned the visiting Chicago Cubs 9-8 on Monday. Jackson Merrill started the San Diego eighth by working a walk from reliever Hector Neris. Neris and closer Adbert Alzolay (1-1) retired the next two hitters before Tatis drilled a hanging slider an estimated 376 feet into the seats in left field for

Triston McKenzie threw 5 2/3 shutout innings to help the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-0 win against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Monday in the opener of their three-game series. McKenzie (1-1), who was limited to four starts and 16 innings last season because of injuries, allowed three hits, struck out two and walked four on 87 pitches. Jose Ramirez hit a two-run home run, Steven Kwan had three hits and scored a run

Tyler Anderson threw seven scoreless innings and got offensive support from Mike Trout, Taylor Ward and Anthony Rendon in the Los Angeles Angels’ 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif. Anderson (2-0), who threw seven scoreless innings against the Miami Marlins in his previous start, made it a clean sweep of the Florida teams with Monday’s performance. He became the first pitcher in Angels history to begin the season

Charlie Blackmon homered and tripled, Ryan McMahon had three hits and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 in Denver on Monday night. Ezequiel Tovar and Brendan Rodgers added two hits each and Peter Lambert (2-0) tossed two scoreless relief innings for Colorado. Nick Mears gave up a run and loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth before Jake Bird entered and retired Eugenio Suarez on a fly ball to right field

Jose Ramirez hit two doubles and had two RBIs and Logan Allen pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the Cleveland Guardians routed the host Seattle Mariners 8-0 Wednesday afternoon. Leadoff hitter Steven Kwan, a former Oregon State standout, went 3 for 5 and scored three times for the Guardians, who took two of three games in the series. Staked to a 3-0 lead before he took the mound, Allen (2-0) kept pounding the strike zone.

Nick Pivetta joined with four relievers on an eight-hit shutout, Kenley Jansen pitched out of a ninth-inning jam and the visiting Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 1-0 victory Wednesday afternoon. Enmanuel Valdez lifted a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning for the game’s only run, allowing Pivetta (1-1) to earn the win in a pitchers’ duel with Oakland’s Ross Stripling (0-2). Pivetta, who pitched brilliantly but lost

Miguel Sano reached base four times, Patrick Sandoval rebounded from a forgettable Opening Day start and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of the host Miami Marlins with a 10-2 victory Wednesday afternoon. It was the Angels’ fourth win in a row, while the Marlins are now 0-7, the longest losing streak to start a season in franchise history. Sano did not play at all last season after spending his entire career with

Nathan Eovaldi tossed seven scoreless innings and Corey Seager hit his first home run of the season, lifting the Texas Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. In his 103-pitch second outing, Eovaldi (1-0) allowed just four hits and struck out eight. Josh Smith had a two-run single in the ninth inning. Marcus Semien had an RBI single and joined Seager and Leody Taveras with