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Chris Taylor scored twice, including the Los Angeles Dodgers' first run of the season, and right-hander Kenta Maeda provided his team's third straight strong pitching outing, lifting the defending National League champs to a 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles on Saturday night. On a night when the Dodgers received their NL championship rings in a pregame ceremony, the club finally demonstrated a pennant-worthy offense with timely hitting against Giants starter Derek Holland, who was hoping to begin San Francisco's third consecutive shutout. The Dodgers' scoring drought lasted just three batters into its 19th inning, as Taylor opened the game with a walk, took third on a double by Enrique Hernandez and scored on Yasiel Puig's sacrifice fly. Continue to Article

April 01, 2018 1:44:am EST

Joe Panik hit Kenley Jansen's second pitch for a home run leading off the ninth inning Friday night, giving the San Francisco Giants a second straight 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles in a game that featured brilliant pitching performances by starters Johnny Cueto and Alex Wood. Panik also delivered the only run of the Giants' Opening Day win, homering off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw in the fifth inning. Continue to Article

March 31, 2018 1:55:am EST

David Price is back in the Red Sox rotation and looking, feeling and - more important - performing like one of the best pitchers in baseball. The five-time All-Star was dominant in his first start since last July, allowing four singles over seven innings of Boston's 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. Price (1-0), who spent two stints on the disabled list and finished 2017 in the bullpen, struck out five and walked none to help the defending AL East champions rebound from blowing a four-run lead in losing on opening day. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 11:51:pm EST

David Price was solid in his return to the Red Sox rotation, allowing four singles over seven scoreless innings of Boston's 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. The five-time All-Star, slowed by injury much of 2017, struck out five and walked none in his first start for the defending AL East champions since last July, when he went on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation. Rafael Devers snapped a scoreless tie with a single up the middle that drove in Xander Bogaerts, who doubled off Chaz Roe (0-1) leading off the seventh inning to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 10:32:pm EST

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - In the communication and consistency department inside his clubhouse, Alex Cora appears to be winning. Cora after Opening Day's 6-4 Red Sox loss to the Rays made clear that he had made a choice regarding Craig Kimbrel's usage before the game, and that the choice was not going to be reversed in the heat of the moment. Maintaining player trust is paramount, and there's very early evidence Cora is proactively doing so. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 8:01:pm EST