Monday's Opening Day Wrapup
-Philadelphia cleanup hitter Ryan Howard hit a two-run home run as the first four batters in the lineup combined to go 8-for-18 with five runs scored, nine RBIs and five walks.
-The Phillies broke a streak of four consecutive opening day losses.
-The loss ended the Nationals' majors-best seven-game winning streak from the end of last season.
-St. Louis SP Chris Carpenter has won his last six starts against the Reds, going 4-0 last year.
-Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols' 17 homers at Great American are the second-most by a visiting player, trailing only Lance Berkman.
-New York Mets won their fifth straight opener and have won 32 of their last 41 Opening Day games. They've won 18 of the last 20 openers in New York.
-Mets SP Johan Santana improved to 4-1 with a 3.56 ERA in five career opening day starts.
-The Pirates, coming off a record-setting 17th consecutive losing season with the majors' lowest payroll, won on opening day for the fourth season in a row. Their payroll is about $34 million, or nearly the same as their 1992 team.
-The Dodgers outhit the Pirates 12-10, but left 10 on base.
-Milwaukee Brewers went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position in their 5-3 home loss to Colorado, as they stranded 11 runners overall.
-Atlanta Braves scored their most runs in an Opening Day game since 1900. The Braves already bested their season-high for runs in a game in 2009 (15) and scored as much as they did in six total games against the Cubs last season (18 runs).
-The Tigers scored six of their eight runs against the Royals' bullpen and batted around in their six-run 7th inning.
-Kansas City SP Zach Greinke allowed two runs but just one earned - he didn't allow an earned run last season until his fifth start.
-The Royals didn't have one player in their opening day lineup who played the same position on opening day last year.
-San Francisco is now 6-0 in six career starts by Lincecum against the Astros.http://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=27&sub=100722728
-Philadelphia cleanup hitter Ryan Howard hit a two-run home run as the first four batters in the lineup combined to go 8-for-18 with five runs scored, nine RBIs and five walks.
-The Phillies broke a streak of four consecutive opening day losses.
-The loss ended the Nationals' majors-best seven-game winning streak from the end of last season.
-St. Louis SP Chris Carpenter has won his last six starts against the Reds, going 4-0 last year.
-Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols' 17 homers at Great American are the second-most by a visiting player, trailing only Lance Berkman.
-New York Mets won their fifth straight opener and have won 32 of their last 41 Opening Day games. They've won 18 of the last 20 openers in New York.
-Mets SP Johan Santana improved to 4-1 with a 3.56 ERA in five career opening day starts.
-The Pirates, coming off a record-setting 17th consecutive losing season with the majors' lowest payroll, won on opening day for the fourth season in a row. Their payroll is about $34 million, or nearly the same as their 1992 team.
-The Dodgers outhit the Pirates 12-10, but left 10 on base.
-Milwaukee Brewers went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position in their 5-3 home loss to Colorado, as they stranded 11 runners overall.
-Atlanta Braves scored their most runs in an Opening Day game since 1900. The Braves already bested their season-high for runs in a game in 2009 (15) and scored as much as they did in six total games against the Cubs last season (18 runs).
-The Tigers scored six of their eight runs against the Royals' bullpen and batted around in their six-run 7th inning.
-Kansas City SP Zach Greinke allowed two runs but just one earned - he didn't allow an earned run last season until his fifth start.
-The Royals didn't have one player in their opening day lineup who played the same position on opening day last year.
-San Francisco is now 6-0 in six career starts by Lincecum against the Astros.http://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=27&sub=100722728