Colorado Wallops Texas – MLB Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw looked pretty good in his first outing since he strained a back muscle in the team's season opener in Australia.

The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner struck out nine over seven shutout innings as the Dodgers whipped Washington 8-3. Kershaw gave up nine hits and had to work out of a one-out, bases-loaded situation in the sixth inning to keep the Nationals scoreless.

Drew Butera's three-run homer put the Dodgers ahead 8-0 in the eighth inning. Hanley Ramirez also homered and had two RBIs as the Dodgers snapped a two-game skid.

Also in the majors:

— Grady Sizemore's third hit of the night was a walkoff single in the 12th inning of Boston's 4-3 decision over Cincinnati. Sizemore and Mike Napoli each had two RBIs for the Red Sox.

— The New York Yankees pulled out a 4-3 win over the Angels on Brian Roberts' tiebreaking solo homer with two out in the ninth. Roberts had two RBIs as the Yankees won for only the second time in seven games.

— Detroit hammered Houston 11-4 as Miguel Cabrera went 4-for-5 with a solo homer and four RBIs in the Tigers' season-high seventh straight win. Winning pitcher Robbie Ray gave up one run and five hits over 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut.

— Baltimore and Tampa Bay sat through a 19-minute power outage delay just before Ryan Flaherty and Nick Markakis (mahr-KAY'-kihs) both drove in a run in the top of the eighth to lift the Orioles past the Rays 5-3. Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer for the Rays, who loaded bases with one out in the ninth but failed to score against Tommy Hunter.

— Carlos Gonzalez was 5-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored as Colorado walloped Texas 12-1. Nolan Arenado lined an RBI double in the seventh to run his hitting streak to 26 games, one off the Rockies record set by Michael Cuddyer (kuh-DY'-ur) last year.

— Justin Smoak had two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored in Seattle's 8-3 pounding of Oakland. Rookie Roenis Elias (roh-EH'-nihs eh-LEE'-uhs) is 3-2 with a 3.27 ERA after allowing three runs over 6 1/3 innings of the Mariners' ninth victory in 11 games since an eight-game skid.

— Henderson Alvarez tossed his major league-leading second shutout of the season, allowing six hits and no walks in Florida's 3-0 win over the New York Mets. Giancarlo Stanton doubled home the game's first run before Casey McGehee (mih-GEE') added a pair of RBI singles in the Marlins' third straight win.

— Starling Marte circled the bases on a triple and a throwing error with two out in the bottom of the ninth to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 win over San Francisco. Marte originally was called out at the plate before Pirates manager Clint Hurdle challenged the call and the ruling was overturned.

— Atlanta's seven-game losing streak is over after Justin Upton homered and scored the tiebreaking run on Chris Johnson's eighth-inning single to lead the Braves past St. Louis 2-1. Braves right-hander Gavin Floyd was impressive in his season debut, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings.

— Josh Tomlin allowed a run and four hits over 6 2/3 innings as Cleveland downed Minnesota 4-2. Nick Swisher was 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a run scored to highlight the Indians' six-hit attack.

— Toronto blew a 5-0 lead in the sixth inning before Juan Francisco's sacrifice fly gave the Blue Jays a 6-5, 10-inning win at Philadelphia. Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN') and Colby Rasmus homered to help the Blue Jays withstand Cody Asche's (ASH'-eez) game-tying grand slam.

— Gordon Beckhman was 4-for-5 with a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning of the Chicago White Sox's 5-1 win over the Cubs. Moises Sierra had a career-high four hits and Jordan Danks hit a two-run double to help the White Sox complete a two-game sweep at Wrigley Field.

— Aaron Hill hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning of Arizona's 7-5 comeback win at Milwaukee. Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Owings also homered for the Diamondbacks, who trailed 5-2 in the first inning before handing the Brewers their fifth loss in seven games.

— Kansas City scored twice in the 11th as Alex Gordon hit an RBI single and came home on Billy Butler's double to lift the Royals past San Diego 3-1. Salvador Perez hit a solo homer for the Royals, and Jeremy Guthrie held the Padres to a run and four hits in eight innings.