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Terry Francona has rough opening day in debut as Reds manager

CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona's first opening day as manager of the Cincinnati Reds started in a dentist's chair. About 12 hours later, Francona was experiencing baseball's equivalent of a root canal.

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Devin Williams saves first game with New York Yankees by a whisker

NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Williams saved his first game with the New York Yankees by a whisker. Acquired from Milwaukee in December, the bearded All-Star closer drew his first boos from Yankees fans just 18 pitches into his career in pinstripes.

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Hader strikes out Soto with 2 on to save Astros' 3-1 win over Mets

HOUSTON (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven scoreless innings and Josh Hader struck out Juan Soto with two on to save the Houston Astros' 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Thursday.

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Juan Soto strikes out with 2 on to end Mets debut and 3-1 loss to Astros

HOUSTON (AP) — With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty.

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Bryce Harper hears boos again at Nationals Park and homers again on opening day for the Phillies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The jeers greeted the announcement of Bryce Harper's name during pregame introductions at Nationals Park on Thursday. And when he stepped to the plate in the top of the first inning. Again in the fourth.

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Manzardo has a career game with 3 hits and 4 RBIs, helping the Guardians past Royals in opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kyle Manzardo made this opening day special. Manzardo had a triple, a two-run home run and a two-run double, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-4 win over the Kansas City Royals in 10 innings Thursday.

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Jays have aggressive home opener lineup with Bichette, Guerrero, Santander up first

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays put out an aggressive but unorthodox lineup for their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles, and they'll likely stick with it to start the season. Shortstop Bo Bichette, first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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White Sox's Josh Rojas, Bryan Ramos and Mike Tauchman placed on the 10-day injured list

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox placed infielders Josh Rojas and Bryan Ramos and outfielder Mike Tauchman on the 10-day injured list on opening day on Thursday.

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Liam Hendriks opens season on IL, again delaying reliever's debut with the Boston Red Sox

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Liam Hendriks was placed on the 15-day injured list before Boston's season opener Thursday at Texas because of elbow inflammation, again delaying the right-handed reliever's debut with the Red Sox after being on their roster a

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Heliot Ramos becomes 19th consecutive different opening-day LF for Giants, then homers

CINCINNATI (AP) — Heliot Ramos became the 19th player to start in left field for the San Francisco Giants over the past 19 season openers, and the move paid off when he homered against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.

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