Hernandez had two hits and three runs scored while taking over the third spot in the order from Freddie Freeman, who aggravated his surgically repaired right ankle while slipping in the shower and had the day off against his former team. Enrique Hernandez also hit a home run for Los Angeles.

Michael Conforto and Will Smith added RBI hits for Los Angeles, which improved to 6-0 on the season.

The Braves not only dropped their fifth consecutive game to start the season, but they saw their scoreless streak reach 29 innings before breaking through in the eighth inning on a home run from Michael Harris II.

In his first start of the season, Atlanta right-hander Grant Holmes (0-1) gave up four runs on four hits over four innings with four walks and three strikeouts. The Braves were without outfielder Jurickson Profar, who was given an 80-day PED suspension Monday.

Bryan De La Cruz started in left field for Profar and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.

The Dodgers were off and running when Teoscar Hernandez hit his second home run of the season in the opening inning for a 2-0 lead. In the third, Conforto had an RBI double and Tommy Edman had a sacrifice fly for a run for a 4-0 lead.

Smith had an RBI single that gave the Dodgers a 5-0 lead in the fifth and Enrique Hernandez hit his second home run of the season in the sixth.

The Braves got on the scoreboard with Harris' homer in the eighth off Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott.

In his first start of the season, Glasnow (1-0) gave up two hits over his five scoreless innings with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Los Angeles is 6-0 to open a season for the first time since 1981 when they won the World Series.

Kelly drove in five runs, Busch four, and Dansby Swanson and Kyle Tucker (both of whom also homered) three apiece for the Cubs. Chicago banged out 21 hits, including 11 for extra-bases.

Making his first start of the season, Ben Brown (1-1) benefitted from the big-time offensive support to get the win, limiting the A's to three runs and six hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out five.

Busch's home run, his first of the season, came as the game's fourth batter after A's starter Joey Estes (0-1) had walked Ian Happ, served up a double to Tucker and recorded the first out on a Seiya Suzuki sacrifice fly.

One pitch after Busch went deep, Swanson smacked his second homer of the year, and the rout was on.

Playing at their new home for the first time after splitting four games in Seattle, the A's managed to get within 5-3 after a two-run fourth that featured an RBI double by Max Muncy.

However, Kelly and Busch had two-RBI singles in a five-run fifth before Swanson contributed a two-run double to a six-run sixth that busted the game wide open at 16-3.

Estes, making his season debut, left one batter into the fifth. He was charged with six runs on nine hits and four walks with two strikeouts.

Kelly became just the 17th catcher in major league history to hit for the cycle -- the first since J.T. Realmuto in June of 2023 -- when he tripled home a run in the eighth inning after having homered in the fourth, singled in the fifth and doubled in the sixth.

No Cubs had hit produced a cycle since Mark Grace in 1993.

Kelly finished 4-for-4 with three runs. Tucker had four hits and four runs, Busch three hits and two runs, and Swanson two hits and two runs. Tucker's homer, which came in the ninth inning, was his third of the year.

Nico Hoerner (3-for-4), Suzuki (2-for-5) and Pete Crow-Armstrong (2-for-5) also collected multiple hits for the Cubs, who also enjoyed a double-figure run outing when they spoiled the Arizona Diamondbacks' home opener with a 10-6 win on Thursday.

Jacob Wilson, playing one day after his 23rd birthday, belted his first major league home run for the A's, a solo shot in the third inning.

Brent Rooker and Miguel Andujar each had a pair of singles for the A's, who collected 10 hits.

Dillon Dingler, Trey Sweeney and Javier Baez, the bottom three batters in Detroit's lineup, each went 3-for-5 to contribute to an 18-hit attack.

Tyler Holton (1-0) got the victory in relief of top prospect Jackson Jobe, who made his first major-league start.

Jobe, the No. 3 overall selection in the 2021 MLB Draft, allowed three runs on three hits - two of them solo homers - over four innings, with three strikeouts. The right-hander didn't last the required five innings to earn the victory as four walks led him to throw 79 pitches.

Mariners right-hander Emerson Hancock (0-1), the No. 6 overall pick in 2020, didn't make it out of the first. He allowed six runs on seven hits in two-thirds of an inning, with one walk and no strikeouts, to put his ERA at 81.00.

Detroit's Justyn-Henry Malloy led off the game with a double to right field and scored on Kerry Carpenter line-drive single to right. After Carpenter was thrown out trying to steal second, Greene launched a 3-2 sinker on the outside corner over the left field wall. Spencer Torkelson reached on an infield single and Colt Keith walked before Zach McKinstry flied out to left.

Dingler blooped a two-out single into shallow left field to make it 3-0 and Sweeney hit a looping liner just over leaping shortstop J.P. Crawford to drive in another run. Baez lined a two-run double off the base of the wall in left to make it 6-0 and end Hancock's night.

Seattle's Randy Arozarena led off the second with a homer to left-center.

The Tigers got that run back in the third on Carpenter's two-out double to center.

The Mariners scored in the bottom of the inning as Crawford walked, Victor Robles doubled

and Julio Rodriguez hit an RBI groundout.

Keith doubled in the fourth and scored on Dingler's two-out single.

Luke Raley homered leading off the bottom of the inning to make it 8-3.

The Mariners tallied again in the fifth as Rodriguez led off with a triple off Brenan Hanifee and came home on Jorge Polanco's two-out single.

The Tigers scored their last run in the seventh on singles by Dingler, Baez and Malloy.

Seattle's Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer in the ninth.

Making his first major league appearance in five years, Hart (1-0) lasted five innings, allowing five hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts. Four relievers took care of the rest for San Diego, which has put up a plus-15 run differential in its hot start.

Luis L. Ortiz (0-1) absorbed the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings, walking four and fanning two. His biggest problem was Sheets, who touched him for two-run doubles in a four-run second and a three-run fifth.

Ortiz was his worst enemy in the second. After Jackson Merrill led off with a single, Ortiz filled the bases by walking Jake Cronenworth and Xander Bogaerts. Sheets doubled off the right field wall for a 2-1 lead. Jason Heyward followed with a sacrifice fly, and Fernando Tatis Jr. added a two-out RBI single.

In the fifth, Sheets delivered his second two-bagger, a two-out shot that sliced into the left field corner to score Cronenworth and Bogaerts. Heyward capped the rally with his first hit as a Padre, an RBI double off the wall in right-center.

Hart's only mistakes were a pair of fat pitches over the middle early in the game. Jose Ramirez drilled one into the left field seats in the first for his first homer of the year, and Austin Hedges jacked a solo shot in the third for his first homer.

Cleveland ran itself out of a promising fifth inning. With two on and no outs, Gabriel Arias tried to steal third but Hart stepped off the rubber and threw to Manny Machado for an out. Arias then interfered with Machado's attempt to double up Hedges at second, helping Hart qualify for the win.

Ramirez collected three of the Guardians' eight hits, and Carlos Santana had two. Sheets and Machado each bagged three hits for San Diego, and Tatis had two.

The deal will reportedly begin in 2026 and includes an opt-out after 2030.

Across four seasons, the lefty pitched in 104 games for the Chicago White Sox, posting a 3.29 ERA and 1.155 WHIP. In 2024, Crochet earned his first All-Star selection while posting a 3.58 ERA and career-high 209 strikeouts (seventh-most in the MLB) in 32 starts.

Over the offseason, the 25-year-old was shipped to the Red Sox in a blockbuster trade that sent four prospects to Chicago.

Crochet made his Red Sox debut on March 27 against the Texas Rangers. In five innings of a 5-2 win, he allowed two runs and gave up two walks while striking out four.

Hicks (1-0), a Houston native, retired 14 consecutive batters during one stretch. He allowed one hit, issued two walks and recorded six strikeouts in his season debut and first start since being moved to the bullpen last July.

Hicks' first 20 appearances in 2024 came as a starter before a career-high innings total coupled with fatigue led to his switch to a relief role.

After yielding two baserunners in the bottom of the first inning on Monday, Hicks quickly found a groove. He retired Yainer Diaz on a flyout to center field to close the first and strand runners on the corners. That initiated his run of dominance, as Hicks retired Jeremy Pena, Cam Smith and Mauricio Dubon -- all on called third strikes -- in the second.

Hicks breezed through the third, fourth and fifth innings. Jose Altuve worked a one-out walk in the sixth before Hicks induced Isaac Paredes and Yordan Alvarez to fly out to left. Paredes, in the first, was the lone baserunner to reach scoring position against Hicks.

Before Flores deposited a 2-1 slider from Astros reliever Luis Contreras into the left field seats with two outs in the sixth for a three-run shot, the Giants utilized their speed to carve out a 2-0 lead off Houston right-hander Ronel Blanco (0-1).

Heliot Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski stole second base in the second and fifth innings, respectively, and both subsequently scored. Flores delivered a two-out RBI single that plated Ramos for a 1-0 lead before Yastrzemski scored on a LaMonte Wade Jr. sacrifice fly to right.

Blanco left after issuing a leadoff walk to Jung Hoo Lee in the sixth. Flores made that free pass punitive with his three-run shot that scored Lee and Patrick Bailey and extended the lead to 5-0.

Blanco wound up charged with three runs on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.

Paredes ended the Giants' shutout bid with a two-run double off Spencer Bivens in the eighth. Matt Chapman got those runs back for the Giants with a two-run single in the ninth.

Kyren Paris went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs, and an RBI for the Angels, who erased 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to win for the third time in four games.

Angels starter Tyler Anderson allowed three runs on six hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out four.

Relievers Reid Detmers, Ryan Zeferjahn, Garrett McDaniels, and Brock Burke combined for four shutout innings.

Burke (1-0) earned the victory, and rookie Ryan Johnson earned his first career save.

Lars Nootbaar was 2-for-3 with a homer and two runs for the Cardinals, who suffered their first loss after starting 3-0. Brendan Donovan also hit a homer.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three.

JoJo Romero, the sixth Cardinals pitcher, took the loss.

Nootbaar's leadoff homer put the Cardinals ahead 1-0 in the first inning. Donovan led off the second inning with a home run -- the first of his career against a left-hander -- to make it 2-0.

Paris walked leading off the third inning, stole second base, took third on a groundout, and scored on Taylor Ward's sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 2-1.

The Cardinals increased their lead to 3-1 in the third inning. Nootbaar walked with one out, moved to second on a balk, and scored on Nolan Arenado's RBI single.

The Angels knocked Mikolas out of the game in the sixth inning. Ward walked and raced to third on Nolan Schanuel's single.

Trout greeted reliever Chris Roycroft with a sacrifice fly to cut St. Louis' lead to 3-2.

Los Angeles tied the game in the seventh inning off Ryan Fernandez. Luis Rengifo walked and scored on Paris' triple down the left field line.

The Angels moved ahead 5-3 in the 10th inning on a run-scoring fielder's choice grounder by Schanuel and Trout's second sacrifice fly.

The Cardinals got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Victor Scott II's sacrifice fly.

Gimenez was on base four times in the opener of a three-game series, adding a walk, a hit by pitch and a double.

Francis (1-0) finished six innings, allowing two runs, two hits and three walks while striking out four.

CJ Abrams and James Wood hit solo homers for the Nationals, both in the sixth inning as Washington halved a 4-0 deficit.

Gimenez led off the bottom of the second against Washington starter Michael Soroka by lofting a high, 3-1 fastball to right for his third homer of the season.

Toronto scored again in the third when Alan Roden doubled to right with one out and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. short-hopped the wall in the right field corner with a two-out RBI double.

Gimenez walked to lead off the fourth, stole second and scored on Alejandro Kirk's double that deflected off the barrier that juts out to near the line in shallow right. After Will Wagner singled, Kirk scored on a fielder's-choice grounder from Nathan Lukes.

Francis was breezing. The Nationals were not hitting the ball hard in the early innings with one exception coming when Dylan Crews flied out to the center field warning track to end the top of the fifth.

Things changed to open the sixth. Washington's first hits of the game came with one out when Abrams hammered a splitter to right and Wood smashed a fastball to left for homers.

Soroka (0-1) left the game with an injury with a 1-2 count on Gimenez to open the home sixth. The right-hander allowed four runs and five hits with a walk and three strikeouts.

Lucas Sims took over but subsequently was replaced by Colin Poche after George Springer's two-out double. Poche loaded the bases with walks to pinch-hitters Ernie Clement and Davis Schneider before ending the inning on a popup.

Gimenez doubled to left to lead off the home eighth against Eduardo Salazar. Kirk and Springer followed with singles, the latter one scoring Gimenez.

Yimi Garcia earned his first save of the season when he pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two.

The Southeastern Conference's all-time hits leader while playing at Mississippi State, Mangum set numerous career firsts in his second-ever game -- first hit, double, run, RBI, and stolen base.

In Tampa Bay's 10-hit attack, Jonathan Aranda was 2-for-3 with a double, a run and a walk as the Rays won for the third time in four games.

Rays starter Drew Rasmussen (1-0) was dominant in his first start of the season, facing only 17 batters in five shutout innings. The right-hander allowed two hits and no walks while striking out four.

Adam Frazier had an RBI single as one of Pittsburgh's four hits. Endy Rodriguez doubled and scored, but Pittsburgh took its fourth loss in five games.

Converted reliever Carmen Mlodzinski (0-1) had difficulties in the Rays' four-run fourth. He wound up going 3 2/3 innings and surrendering four runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

In Tampa Bay's first night game at Steinbrenner Field, Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each had a single and swiped a base over the first three innings, but Rasmussen pitched out of the jams.

In the home third, Mangum grounded a single to center for his first major league hit then notched his first career steal. However, Mlodzinski retired Yandy Diaz on a groundout and Brandon Lowe on a swinging third strike.

The Rays got to the hard-throwing Mlodzinski with four consecutive hits in the fourth.

After Junior Caminero opened with a single and was doubled to third by Aranda, Christopher Morel produced an RBI single before Kameron Misner's two-bagger plated Aranda.

With runners on second and third and one out, Mangum grounded a single past a drawn-in infield for two RBIs and a 4-0 lead.

In the sixth, Jose Caballero doubled in Mangum.

The Pirates got an RBI single from Frazier in the eighth, knocking in Rodriguez.

Diaz's eight-inning sacrifice fly completed the scoring.

Alonso's homer was one of four by the Mets, who collected 11 hits after they were limited to just five runs on 12 hits -- including one homer -- in a season-opening three-game series against the Houston Astros.

Starling Marte went deep in the third inning and Luis Torrens hit a two-run shot to cap the fifth-inning outburst before Brandon Nimmo closed out the Mets' scoring with a two-run homer in the sixth.

Jose Siri delivered the go-ahead hit with an RBI double three batters before Alonso chased Cal Quantrill (0-1) by lacing his fourth career grand slam -- and first since May 19, 2023, when he cleared the bases against the Cleveland Guardians' James Karinchak.

Alonso and Torrens finished with two hits apiece for the Mets, who received at least one hit from all nine starters.

David Peterson (1-0), who enjoyed a breakout last season, allowed two runs on five hits, including solo homers by Otto Lopez and Eric Wagaman in the first and sixth innings, respectively. He gave up three walks while striking out nine.

Peterson was 10-3 with a 2.90 ERA in 21 starts in 2024 before going 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA and one save in five playoff games (one start) for the Mets, who reached the National League Championship Series before being eliminated by the World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lopez and Wagaman added RBI singles in the ninth off Danny Young -- the first runs surrendered by a Mets reliever in 12 1/3 innings this season.

Lopez finished 3-for-5 for the Marlins, who opened the season by taking three of four -- all in walk-off fashion -- against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Quantrill, who signed with the Marlins on Feb. 12 after spending last season with the Colorado Rockies, gave up six runs on eight hits with one walk and two strikeouts over four-plus innings in his Miami debut.

Matt McLain added his third homer of the season and drove in three runs for the Reds, who scored three runs in each of the first two innings to coast to the win.

Making his Cincinnati debut, right-hander Brady Singer (1-0) fired seven shutout innings of one-hit ball. He walked two and struck out eight.

Singer was in complete command throughout. Only one batter reached second base against Singer, when Adolis Garcia doubled down the left field line with one out in the second. Singer then retired Jake Burger and Josh Smith without Garcia advancing to third.

With 14 runs of support, Singer cruised to the win while throwing 92 pitches.

The only troubling news for the Reds was first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand getting hit on the right hand by a fastball from Rangers reliever Gerson Garabito in Cincinnati's six-run sixth inning. It was the same hand on which he had wrist ligament surgery last July after Rangers right-hander Michael Lorenzen hit him with a pitch in a game on April 27, 2024.

Encarnacion-Strand stayed in the Monday game, ran the bases and scored before coming out for a defensive replacement in the seventh.

It was a cold night in Cincinnati, as a stiff breeze blew in from left field combined with a game-time temperature of 44 degrees.

However, the fans who did attend were treated to an early offensive display by the Reds. TJ Friedl opened with a single against Texas starter Kumar Rocker (0-1). McLain followed with a long homer to the seats in left-center, staking Singer to a 2-0 lead.

Rocker was charged with six runs and seven hits over three innings, striking out three, walking two and giving up two home runs.

Burger belted a two-run homer for Texas in the ninth, his first long ball of the season.

Freeman is considered day-to-day.

Freeman originally injured his ankle back in September. After playing through it during the Dodgers' run to the World Series, he underwent offseason ankle surgery.

The 35-year-old has played in three games for the Dodgers this season, going 3-for-12 with two home runs and four RBIs.

The eight-time All-Star is one of the most productive hitters in the game, posting 22 home runs, 89 RBIs, a .282 batting average and a .378 on-base percentage in 147 games last season.

The suspension takes effect immediately.

Profar, 32, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), according to MLB's Office of the Commissioner. According to the Mayo Clinic, Chorionic Gonadotrophin is a hormone used as a fertility medicine to develop eggs in women who have been unable to become pregnant.

After last year's breakout season with the San Diego Padres, Profar signed a three-year, $42 million contract with the Braves in January.

"We were surprised and extremely disappointed to learn that Jurickson Profar tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program," the Braves said in a statement Monday. "We fully support the Program are hopeful that Jurickson will learn from this experience."

Profar released his own statement Monday calling it "the most difficult day of" his career.

"I want to apologize to the entire Braves organization, my teammates and the fans," Profar said. "It is because of my deep love and respect for this game that I would never knowingly do anything to cheat it. I have been tested my entire career, including eight times last season alone, and have never tested positive. I would never willingly take a banned substance, but I take full responsibility and accept MLB's decision."

Profar is coming off a stellar season with .280 with 24 homers and 85 RBIs -- all career highs -- in 158 games for the Padres. He also set career bests of 94 runs and 158 hits while earning his first All-Star nod.

San Diego signed a largely unwanted Profar after the start of 2024 spring training when it needed a left fielder.

Profar twice hit 20 homers earlier this career -- in 2018 for the Texas Rangers and 2019 for the Oakland Athletics.

Profar has a .245 career average with 111 homers and 444 RBIs in 1,123 games with the Texas Rangers (2012-13, 2016-18), Oakland Athletics (2019), Padres (2020-22, 23-24), Colorado Rockies (2023) and Braves.

The native of Curacao is 3 for 15 with a walk and three strikeouts in four games for the Braves this season.

Max Kepler and Nick Castellanos added back-to-back homers in the eighth inning for the Phillies, who recorded seven of their 11 hits in the seventh and eighth innings. Kepler finished with three hits and Sosa doubled twice.

Bryson Stott began the Phillies' seventh-inning rally with a two-out double against Scott Alexander (0-1). After pinch hitter Trea Turner walked, Victor Vodnik replaced Alexander and gave up Sosa's two-run double.

Schwarber then added to the lead with a two-run homer to center field. The 434-foot blast was his third homer this season.

Relievers Joe Ross (1-0), Jose Alvarado and Jordan Romano each pitched a scoreless inning for Philadelphia.

Hunter Goodman homered and Brenton Doyle had three hits from the leadoff spot for Colorado, which has lost three of its first four games this season.

The game's early innings featured a pitchers' duel between the Rockies' German Marquez and Philadelphia's Cristopher Sanchez.

Marquez pitched well after being limited to a total of five starts over the past two seasons while battling elbow injuries. He gave up four hits with no walks and four strikeouts over six scoreless innings.

Colorado broke a scoreless tie with one out in the sixth inning against Sanchez on Goodman's solo homer.

Goodman deposited Sanchez's 3-2 slider into the right-centerfield seats for his first homer this season.

Sanchez allowed one run on four hits over 5 1/3 innings. He had two walks and seven strikeouts while throwing 93 pitches.

Philadelphia added to its lead with back-to-back homers with two outs in the eighth inning against Bradley Blalock. After Kepler homered on a 3-2 pitch to right field, Castellanos went deep to center for his first homer this season.

The Rockies were outhit 11-6 and left nine runners on base. Colorado had runners on second and third with two outs in the third inning, but Sanchez escaped the jam by striking out Ryan McMahon on three pitches.

Tyler O'Neill, who played for Boston last year, racked up four hits and scored two runs in his first home game with the Orioles. Mullins, Ramon Urias, Ryan Mountcastle and Jackson Holliday all added two hits in Baltimore's 15-hit attack.

Jarren Duran drove in three runs and joined Romy Gonzalez, who doubled in a run in the ninth, and Rob Refsnyder with two hits for the Red Sox.

Serathony Dominguez (1-0), who was the second reliever for Baltimore, was the winning pitcher. Keegan Akin and Yennier Cano each worked an inning of scoreless relief and Felix Baustista allowed two runs in the ninth.

Sean Newcomb (0-1), making his debut for the Red Sox, was tagged for four runs on eight hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out four.

Baltimore starter Cade Povich lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits with a pair of walks and eight strikeouts.

The Orioles struck fast in the opening inning. After O'Neill's run-scoring single, Mountcastle drove in a run with a single and Mullins added the two-out double.

The Red Sox scored on Duran's two-run triple in the second and pulled closer on Kristian Campbell's run-scoring groundout in the third.

Heston Kjerstad's single -- his first hit of the season -- in the eighth stretched the Orioles' lead to 5-3. Mullins came through with a two-run single, with the ball reaching the outfield off Boston reliever Cooper Criswell's foot, and Holliday had a run-scoring single for an 8-3 lead.

Matt Bowman was first out of the Baltimore bullpen with two-thirds of an inning of relief. He pitched Friday night in the season opener for Triple-A Norfolk before he was summoned to the big-league team and then worked out of the bullpen Sunday in Toronto.

Bubic (1-0) struck out eight and walked two in a 95-pitch outing. It was his first start since April 15, 2023, when an injury required Tommy John surgery and limited him to a relief role in all 27 of his appearances last season.

With Milwaukee's rotation thinned by injuries, Elvin Rodriguez made his Brewers debut with a spot start on his 27th birthday. Rodriguez (0-1), who pitched most of the previous two seasons in Japan as a reliever, allowed four runs on six hits in four innings.

Kansas City added six runs in the seventh to extend the lead to 10-0 before the Brewers got one back in the bottom half off Angel Zerpa on doubles by Isaac Collins and Jackson Chourio. Cavan Biggio had a pinch-hit RBI single for the Royals in the ninth.

The Royals jumped on Rodriguez for three runs in the first. Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr. opened with consecutive singles. Michael Massey's two-out ground-rule double scored one, and Hunter Renfroe followed with a two-run single to left.

Maikel Garcia made it 4-0 in the second with his second homer, a 428-foot solo shot to center.

Salvador Perez opened the seventh against Elvis Peguero with his first home run to push the lead to 5-0. The Royals then loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Grant Anderson, called up from Triple-A Nashville earlier Monday, relieved and walked in a run, then allowed a pair of run-scoring singles and an RBI ground out to make it 10-0.

The Brewers loaded the bases in the second on a walk and consecutive two-out infield singles, but Bubic got Brice Turang on a grounder to first.

Bubic was 3-13 with a 5.58 ERA in 28 appearances, including 27 starts, in 2022, then made just three starts in 2023. After being activated midway through last season, he compiled a 2.67 ERA through 27 relief appearances for the Royals.

The Brewers were swept by the Yankees in their opening three-game road series, being outscored 36-14 and allowing 15 homers.

Perez (1-0) retired the first 11 batters he faced before walking Ryan Jeffers with two out in the fourth. He gave way to rookie right-hander Mike Vasil in the top of the seventh after striking out nine, walking three and hitting a batter. Perez threw 93 pitches, 54 for strikes.

Vaughn and Benintendi each hit three-run home runs and Taylor had a two-run homer for Chicago. Miguel Vargas singled, walked twice and scored two runs and Taylor finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI for the White Sox, who scored their largest shutout victory since Sept. 3, 2022, when they blanked the Twins, 13-0.

Chris Paddack (0-1) suffered the loss allowing nine earned runs, tying a career-high, on six hits over 3 1/3 innings. He walked four and struck out two.

Chicago jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Vargas led off with a single and Luis Robert Jr. followed with a walk. After both runners advanced on a groundout to second by Benintendi, Vaughn lined a home run into the left-field bleachers.

The White Sox extended the lead to 7-0 in the second inning on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Robert Jr., driving in Travis Jankowski who opened the inning with a bunt single, followed by Benintendi's 100th career home run, a 401-foot blast to right. It was also the 13th homer against the Twins in his career.

Taylor made it 9-0 in the third inning with a two-run home run, a 411-foot drive to dead center that went just over the glove of a leaping Byron Buxton.

After that the only drama would be if the Twins would get a hit. That came with two outs in the seventh when Willi Castro lined a single to right off Vasil, who was making his major-league debut. Jeffers later added an infield single in the eighth for Minnesota, which fell to 0-4 for the season, getting outscored 28-6 in the process.

Los Angeles optioned the 26-year-old left-hander to Triple-A Salt Lake.

To make room on the 40-man roster, the Angels designated right-hander Michael Petersen for assignment.

Eder made one appearance for Chicago in 2024, allowing one run on two hits in two innings of relief against the Angels on Sept. 17. It was his major league debut.

The White Sox designated Eder for assignment on March 27. They acquired him from the Miami Marlins in an August 2023 trade for third baseman Jake Burger. Miami dealt Burger to the Rangers during the 2024 Winter Meetings.

Blanco, 31, stole two bases and scored two runs in the season-opening series against the Cleveland Guardians.

He is a career .258 hitter with seven homers, 33 RBIs and 58 steals in 165 games since making his debut with the Royals in 2022.

The Royals called up infielder/outfielder Tyler Tolbert, 27, from Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Drafted by Kansas City in the 13th round in 2019, Tolbert has yet to make his major league debut.

The right-hander will begin his 18th season in the majors, a journey that includes stints with nine different teams. A free agent after the 2024 season, he signed in the offseason with the Texas Rangers, who released him in spring training.

Chavez signed a minor league deal with the Braves on March 23.

He finished 2-2 with a 3.13 ERA in 46 bullpen appearances with the Braves last season, when he was the oldest player in the National League. That title now belongs to 42-year-old Justin Verlander, in his first season with the San Francisco Giants.

Chavez is 51-65 with a 4.24 ERA and nine saves in 653 games (85 starts) since making his debut with Pittsburgh Pirates in 2008. Chavez won a World Series championship with the Braves in 2021.

Atlanta right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver, 22, was born in 2002, the same year Chavez was drafted in the 42nd round by the Texas Rangers.

In a corresponding move. the Braves designated right-hander Hector Neris for assignment.

The 35-year-old appeared in two games for Atlanta in their opening series against the San Diego Padres and gave up five runs on five hits in one-plus innings. In the opener on Thursday, he entered the game with a 4-3 lead and left after facing three batters without recording an out. All three runs scored in San Diego's 7-4 win, and Neris was charged with a blown save and the loss.