Rockies Get First Win Of Season – MLB Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — Aaron Harang wasn't able to win a job with the Cleveland Indians during spring training last month, but the 35-year-old right-hander did pretty well in his first start as an Atlanta Brave.

Harang won a pitching duel with Matt Garza as the Braves downed the Brewers 1-0 Wednesday afternoon. He carried a no-hitter into the seventh and left after allowing two hits over 6 and two-thirds. Garza also flirted with a no-hitter until Chris Johnson homered with two out in the seventh.

Like Harang, Garza was making his first start for a new team.

Three other hurlers made great first impressions Wednesday:

— Tim Hudson allowed three hits while working into the eighth inning of San Francisco's 2-0 shutout of Arizona. Angel Pagan and Michael Morse had RBI hits to help Hudson win his first start as a Giant.

— Dan Haren allowed an unearned run and just four hits in six shutout innings to pitch the Los Angeles Dodgers past San Diego 5-1. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run double and later scored during the Dodgers' three-run first.

— Scott Kazmir was a winner in his first start with Oakland, holding his former team to three hits over 7 1/3 shutout innings to lead the Athletics past Cleveland 6-1. Kazmir struck out five and walked none as the A's took the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

However, the Indians earned a split of the twinbill as Michael Brantley singled home a pair off new Oakland closer Jim Johnson in the ninth inning of a 6-4 Cleveland win. Mike Aviles (ah-VEE'-lihs) launched a two-run homer for the Indians.

Also in the majors:

— Pittsburgh won the longest game of the night as Tony Sanchez poked an RBI single in the bottom of the 16th to give the Pirates a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubbies erased a 2-0 deficit and went ahead on Anthony Rizzo's homer in the 12th, but Starling Marte (mahr-TAY') extended the game with a run-scoring single in the bottom half.

— Cincinnati beat St. Louis 1-0 on Chris Heisey's (HY'-seez) single in the bottom of the ninth. The Reds set a modern franchise record by failing to score in the first 17 innings of the season before Heisey's game-winning hit.

— Gio Gonzalez hit a solo homer and scattered three hits over six innings of Washington's 5-1 win over the New York Mets. Ian Desmond also went deep and Jayson Werth had four hits to help Gonzalez improve to 6-0 in his last seven starts versus the Mets.

— Jordan Pacheco had three hits and Jordan Lyles won in his Colorado debut as the Rockies held off Miami 6-5. Rockies two-time All-Star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez left the game in the sixth inning as a precaution because of dizziness.

— Texas scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to beat Jonathan Papelbon (PAP'-ul-bahn) and Philadelphia 4-3. Jim Adduci and Leonys Martin (lee-OH'-nihs mahr-TEEN') hit RBI singles off Papelbon before Shin-Soo Choo drew a bases-loaded walk to give the Rangers their second straight walk-off win.

— Dexter Fowler homered, tripled and scored twice as Houston topped the New York Yankees for the second straight game, 3-1. Matt Dominquez also homered and Jarred Cosart allowed four hits in five shutout innings.

— James Paxton pitched seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball and Robinson Cano (kuh-NOH') collected his first RBI as a Mariner in an 8-2 drubbing of the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Zunino, Justin Smoak and Corey Hart all homered as Seattle completed a three-game sweep in the team's first series under new manager Lloyd McClendon.

— Mike Napoli homered and drove in four runs in Boston's 6-2 battering of Baltimore. David Ortiz added a two-run blast to back John Lackey, who allowed two runs and three hits in six innings.

— Mark Buehrle (BUR'-lee) pitched into the ninth inning and Jose Bautista homered twice in Toronto's 3-0 shutout of Tampa Bay. Buehrle struck out 11, allowed only four hits and came within one out of a complete-game shutout.

— Ian Kinsler hit a solo homer before smacking a walk-off single in the 10th to give Detroit a 2-1 win against Kansas City. Max Scherzer pitched eight scoreless innings for the Tigers, but Joe Nathan blew his first save chance since signing with Detroit in the offseason.

— Leury Garcia reached on a bunt single in the 11th inning and came home on a balk and a pair of wild pitches by Samuel Deduno (deh-DOO'-noh) to end the Chicago White Sox's 7-6 win over Minnesota. The White Sox trailed 6-4 in the ninth until Garcia hit an RBI single and Adam Eaton tied it with a run-scoring grounder.

UNDATED (AP) — The Texas Rangers say ace Yu Darvish will make his first start of the season Sunday at Tampa Bay. Manager Ron Washington says Darvish is as strong as he was before the neck stiffness that kept the pitcher from throwing for two weeks. His return means Tanner Scheppers' next start will be pushed back to Monday at Boston.

In other baseball news:

— Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer has agreed to a six-year $25.5 million, 6-year deal. The 25-year-old went 9-7 with a 3.22 ERA in 23 starts as a rookie last season.

— Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has returned home to Philadelphia to be with his wife for the birth of their second child.

— Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has undergone surgery for a broken hamate bone in his left hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks.

— The Dodgers have placed reliever Brian Wilson on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in the ulnar nerve in his right elbow

— Colorado Rockies right-handed pitcher Tyler Chatwood was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.

— New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a partially torn elbow ligament and will be sidelined until at least late May.

— The Mets say former pitcher Frank Viola is resting comfortably after heart surgery. The 1988 AL Cy Young Award winner was 176-150 with a 3.73 earned run average in 15 major league seasons.

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Detroit 2, Kansas City 1, 10 innings

Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 6, 11 innings

Oakland 6, Cleveland 1, 1st game

Boston 6, Baltimore 2

Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 0

Texas 4, Philadelphia 3

Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 1

Cleveland 6, Oakland 4, 2nd game

Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 2

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Baltimore (M.Gonzalez 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 0-0), 1:08 p.m.

Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Boston (Peavy 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0) at Toronto (McGowan 0-0), 7:07 p.m.

Texas (Saunders 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0) at Houston (Harrell 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at Oakland (Straily 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

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Atlanta 1, Milwaukee 0

Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 16 innings

Colorado 6, Miami 5

Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0

Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 1

Texas 4, Philadelphia 3

San Francisco 2, Arizona 0

L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 1

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Colorado at Miami, 12:40 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Hale 0-0) at Washington (Roark 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Boston (Peavy 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-0), 2:20 p.m.

Arizona (Delgado 0-0) at Colorado (Nicasio 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-0), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Miller 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Cole 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 0-0) at Miami (Koehler 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.