The Mets score a team record 12 runs in the 3rd inning in defeating the Giants, 13 – 1. Yoenis Cespedes collects 6 RBIs in the frame with a two-run single off Jake Peavy and a grand slam off Mike Broadway. Steven Matz is the winner.

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The Mets score a team record 12 runs in the 3rd inning in defeating the Giants, 13 – 1. Yoenis Cespedes collects 6 RBIs in the frame with a two-run single off Jake Peavy and a grand slam off Mike Broadway. Steven Matz is the winner.

Chris Colabello of the Blue Jays is suspended for 80 games for using a banned PED. Colabello came out of the independent leagues to become a big contributor in Toronto’s division title in 2015.

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Chris Colabello of the Blue Jays is suspended for 80 games for using a banned PED. Colabello came out of the independent leagues to become a big contributor in Toronto’s division title in 2015.

Braves OF Hector Olivera is arrested in Arlington, VA after a woman with visible bruises complains to police that the ballplayer assaulted her at the team’s hotel while in the Washington, DC area to play the Nationals. Olivera is immediately placed on paid leave by Major League Baseball under its new domestic violence policy and will remain there for the length of the investigation while also facing a possible suspension. He will be traded and released before the end of the suspension and will not return to the majors.

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Braves OF Hector Olivera is arrested in Arlington, VA after a woman with visible bruises complains to police that the ballplayer assaulted her at the team’s hotel while in the Washington, DC area to play the Nationals. Olivera is immediately placed on paid leave by Major League Baseball under its new domestic violence policy and will remain there for the length of the investigation while also facing a possible suspension. He will be traded and released before the end of the suspension and will not return to the majors.

The Cardinals set a record with three pinch-hit homers in a 7 – 4 win over the Braves. Aledmys Diaz, Greg Garcia and Jeremy Hazelbaker all go deep coming off the bench. For Diaz, it is his first homer in the majors.

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The Cardinals set a record with three pinch-hit homers in a 7 – 4 win over the Braves. Aledmys Diaz, Greg Garcia and Jeremy Hazelbaker all go deep coming off the bench. For Diaz, it is his first homer in the majors.

Trevor Story is definitely the story of the early season: the Rockies SS hits two more homers today, to give him six in first four career games. He is the first player to go deep in his first four games, and he already was the first to do so in his first three. But the Padres, who extend their record for being held scoreless from the start of the season to 30 innings, finally get on the board in the 4th, and eventually break through for a 13 – 6 win, spoiling Colorado’s home opener. Matt Kemp and Melvin Upton hit homers, and Kemp and Yangervis Solarteeach drive in four runs.

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Trevor Story is definitely the story of the early season: the Rockies SS hits two more homers today, to give him six in first four career games. He is the first player to go deep in his first four games, and he already was the first to do so in his first three. But the Padres, who extend their record for being held scoreless from the start of the season to 30 innings, finally get on the board in the 4th, and eventually break through for a 13 – 6 win, spoiling Colorado’s home opener. Matt Kemp and Melvin Upton hit homers, and Kemp and Yangervis Solarteeach drive in four runs.

The Padres, with their 7-0 loss at Petco Park, become the first team to be shut out in the first three games of the regular season, surpassing the dubious mark set by the Browns, who opened the 1943 campaign with 26 straight scoreless innings. San Diego also dropped their first two decisions of the three-game series against the Dodgers, 15-0 and 3-0.

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The Padres, with their 7-0 loss at Petco Park, become the first team to be shut out in the first three games of the regular season, surpassing the dubious mark set by the Browns, who opened the 1943 campaign with 26 straight scoreless innings. San Diego also dropped their first two decisions of the three-game series against the Dodgers, 15-0 and 3-0.

Trevor Story becomes the first major leaguer to hit a home run in each of his first three major league games when he goes deep in the first inning of the Rockies’ 4-3 victory over the Diamondbacks at Chase Park. The 23 year-old shortstop is also the first rookie to have the round-trippers account for each of his first big league four hits.

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Trevor Story becomes the first major leaguer to hit a home run in each of his first three major league games when he goes deep in the first inning of the Rockies’ 4-3 victory over the Diamondbacks at Chase Park. The 23 year-old shortstop is also the first rookie to have the round-trippers account for each of his first big league four hits.

2016 – Major League Baseball’s new rule on dangerous slides costs the Blue Jays a game, as with the bases loaded and the Jays trailing the Rays, 3 – 2, with one out in the 9th, Jose Bautista takes out 2B Logan Forsythe in an attempt to break up a double play. Forsythe throws the ball away, which seemingly allows two runs to score, but after a video review Bautista’s slide is ruled illegal and the Rays are awarded a game-ending twin killing.

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2016 – Major League Baseball’s new rule on dangerous slides costs the Blue Jays a game, as with the bases loaded and the Jays trailing the Rays, 3 – 2, with one out in the 9th, Jose Bautista takes out 2B Logan Forsythe in an attempt to break up a double play. Forsythe throws the ball away, which seemingly allows two runs to score, but after a video review Bautista’s slide is ruled illegal and the Rays are awarded a game-ending twin killing.

For the first time in more than six decades, the Cubs and White Sox start the same season with two victories and no losses. The last time both Chicago teams were undefeated after two games occurred in 1951, two seasons before Ernie Banks played his rookie year.

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For the first time in more than six decades, the Cubs and White Sox start the same season with two victories and no losses. The last time both Chicago teams were undefeated after two games occurred in 1951, two seasons before Ernie Banks played his rookie year.

SS Trevor Story becomes the first player to hit two homers in his debut on Opening Day as the Rockies spoil Zack Greinke’s first start in a Diamondbacks uniform. Greinke allows 7 runs, the most for him in four years, and three homers, something he had not done since 2009. Story is also the first National Leaguer to hit a pair of homers in his debut game; four players have done so in the American League.

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SS Trevor Story becomes the first player to hit two homers in his debut on Opening Day as the Rockies spoil Zack Greinke’s first start in a Diamondbacks uniform. Greinke allows 7 runs, the most for him in four years, and three homers, something he had not done since 2009. Story is also the first National Leaguer to hit a pair of homers in his debut game; four players have done so in the American League.