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Rookie Alan Roden's calm demeanour impressing Blue Jays teammates

TORONTO — Alan Roden streaked toward centre field from his spot in left, tracking a fly ball off the bat of Baltimore Orioles' designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn.

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Juan Soto homers as the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 3-1

HOUSTON (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first homer with the New York Mets, helping his new team beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night.

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Jonah Heim homers twice and rookie Jack Leiter gets 1st career win as Rangers beat Red Sox 4-1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonah Heim hit two solo homers and rookie Jack Leiter allowed one run over five innings for his first big league win as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Friday night.

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Guerrero and Gausman help the Blue Jays beat the Orioles 8-2

TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and drove in a run, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Friday night.

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Santander's RBI single caps five-run rally as Blue Jays beat Orioles 8-2

TORONTO — Anthony Santander singled in a run for his first RBI since signing a free agent deal with Toronto to cap off a five-run inning as the Blue Jays rallied past the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Friday.

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Cruz hits 2-run homer, McCutchen adds an RBI double to lead Pirates past Marlins 4-3

MIAMI (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a two-run home run, Andrew McCutchen added an RBI double and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Friday night.

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Kameron Misner's 9th-inning homer lifts Rays over Rockies 3-2 in Steinbrenner Field opener

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Kameron Misner led off the ninth inning with his first major league home run, giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday as the Rays began their season of home games at Steinbrenner Field.

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Rays' Kameron Misner becomes first player to hit first big league homer as walk-off on opening day

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kameron Misner gave the Tampa Bay Rays the perfect housewarming gift: a game-ending home run.

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Rays' Josh Lowe gets hurt on opening day, injures oblique for third time in 13 months

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Josh Lowe hurt his right oblique in the Tampa Bay Rays opener Friday, one year after the injury caused him to miss 46 games.

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Pirates place second baseman Nick Gonzales on IL with broken ankle

MIAMI (AP) — The Pirates placed second baseman Nick Gonzales on the 10-day injured list with a “non-displaced fracture of the left ankle,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said Friday.

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