Adam Dunn ties a major league record, hitting his eighth Opening Day home run, a leadoff sixth-inning shot off Texas starter Colby Lewis in Chicago’s 3-2 loss in Arlington. The White Sox’ DH, who hit two homers in the first game of the season twice while with Cincinnati in 2005 and 2007, equals the mark established by Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr. as the only other players with eight round-trippers in openers.

Texas starts its defense of its American League pennant with a 3 – 2 win over the White Sox at home. Colby Lewis strikes out 9 over 6 innings for the win, outpitching John Danks. Ian Kinsler homers for the Rangers, while Adam Dunn, coming off a year in which he hit only .159, hits his record-tying 8th Opening Day homer for the Sox.

Carlos Pena is the hero as the Rays defeat the Yankees, 7 – 6, on Opening Day. Pena hits a grand slam off CC Sabathia in the 1st, and gets the game-winning hit, again with the bases loaded, off Mariano Rivera. Trailing 6 – 5 heading into the bottom of the 9th at Tropicana Field, the Rays stage a rally against the great “Mo”, when Desmond Jennings leads off with a single and Ben Zobrist triples him in; Rivera issues intentional passes to the next two batters to load the bases, but after striking out Sean Rodriguez, he gives up Pena’s game-ending hit to the base of the right field wall.

Texas starts its defense of its American League pennant with a 3 – 2 win over the White Sox at home. Colby Lewis strikes out 9 over 6 innings for the win, outpitching John Danks. Ian Kinsler homers for the Rangers, while Adam Dunn, coming off a year in which he hit only .159, hits his record-tying 8th Opening Day homer for the Sox.