Jose Tabata doubles off Franklin Morales to end a 14-inning, 5 hour, 11 minute, marathon between the Rockies and Pirates. With the Pirates’ bench and bullpen both depleted, the score tied at 3-all with two outs and Josh Rodriguez on first, Rockies’ manager Jim Tracy declines to issue an intentional walk to Tabata, who hit a solo homer earlier in the game, in order to face P Garrett Olson, and pays the price. The Pirates bullpen puts together a stellar performance: 6 pitchers combine to keep Colorado off the scoreboard for 11 1/3 innings after relieving starter Ross Ohlendorf with a 3 – 0 deficit in the 3rd inning.

Barely a week into his major league career, Twins 2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka suffers a broken fibula in a collision with a sliding Nick Swisher of the Yankees, who is trying to break up a double play. The Yankees win the game, 4 – 3. A.J. Burnett is the winner, benefiting from a three-run rally in the 4th inning.

Edwin Jackson strikes out a career-high 13 batters as the White Sox defeat Tampa Bay, the team Jackson no-hit last season, 5 – 1, in their home opener. The Rays are now 0-6, the worst start in team history.

The Red Sox are now 0-5 after another loss to the Indians at Progressive Field. Holding a 3 – 2 lead, the Indians load the bases with none out against Dennys Reyes in the 6th when an unusual play occurs. Michael Brantleyhits a soft line drive to third base. 3B Kevin Youkilis drops the ball, picks it up and scrambles to the base while the runners hesitate, unsure about what to do; Youkilis then guns the ball to C Jason Varitek, who steps on home plate and moves aside, thinking he has completed a double play, but forgetting that the force has been removed when Youkilis recorded the first out. Travis Buck is as surprised as anyone to learn he is not out and that his run counts. Asdrubal Cabrera then follows with a three-run homer that breaks the game open. Shin-Soo Choo had opened the scoring with a solo shot in the 1st, and Matt LaPorta makes the final score 8 – 4 with another solo homer in the 8th.

The Chicago Cubs place two-fifths of their starting rotation on the disabled list today as Andrew Cashner has a shoulder strain and Randy Wells is experiencing pain in his forearm. The Cubs call up Casey Coleman from the minors and will give James Russell his first major league start in the pair’s absence.

Another of the game’s top sluggers undergoes an emergency appendectomy. Less than a week after Matt Holliday, the White Sox’s Adam Dunn goes under the knife, but the progress in surgical procedures means that he may only miss a handful of games.

Two pitchers making their first major league start show good form as the Rangers defeat the Mariners, 3 – 2, to remain unbeaten this year. Converted reliever Alexi Ogando pitches six scoreless innings for Texas to earn the win, while Michael Pineda, making his major league debut, allows three runs on five hits in six innings to take the loss, but keeps the homer-happy Rangers in the yard and strikes out four.

Panic is starting to set in for Red Sox Nation as the winless team loses its fourth straight game, 3 – 1, to the Indians. Josh Tomlin tames the Sox’s bats for the win. It is Boston’s worst start since 1996.

Chris Young becomes the first pitcher in New York Mets history to collect two hits in an inning as he defeats the Phillies, 7 – 1, in his first start for his new team. His hitting binge comes in the 3rd inning, which he leads off with a single; he scores the game’s first run, then has a two-out RBI single to bring the score to 6 – 0 and chase losing pitcher Cole Hamels. For good measure, he adds a third single in the 5th. David Wright also partakes in the fun with 4 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.

Rangers RF Nelson Cruz ties a mark set by Willie Mays in 1971 and Mark McGwire in 1998 by becoming the third player to homer in his team’s first four games to start the season. SS Elvis Andrus joins in the fun, ending a 705 at-bat home run drought dating back to 2009 when he connects in the 1st inning. Texas defeats Seattle, 6 – 4, to move to 4-0 on the year. For the Mariners, Erik Bedard is the loser in his first major league start since undergoing shoulder surgery on August 14, 2009.