Juan Soto slams his helmet on the ground after striking out in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 3-0 loss to the Blue Jays on Friday in New York. Soto was 0 for 4 and is in a 1- for-17 slump. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
NEW YORK — Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement had a tiebreaking solo home run off Caleb Ferguson leading off the seventh inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 3-0 Friday in New York’s home opener.
Juan Soto went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts in his pinstripes debut, slamming his bat and helmet after making the final out of the eighth.
He bowed to fans in right field in the top of the first and was greeted with a standing ovation when he came to the plate in the bottom half. Soto is in a 1-for-16 slide after a 9-for-17 start.
Marcus Stroman matched Yusei Kikuchi with shutout ball before the bullpens took over.
Clement, a 28-year-old who appeared in just 35 major league games over the previous two seasons, drove the second pitch from Ferguson (0-1) into the left-field seats for his first career pinch homer.
Nick Burdi threw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches in the ninth, prompting boos from the sellout crowd of 47,812.
ROCKIES 10, RAYS 7: Ryan McMahon hit a walk-off grand slam after committing an error in the ninth inning that allowed Tampa Bay to score the go-ahead run, and Colorado rallied for a victory in its home opener.
McMahon sent the first pitch he saw from reliever Jason Adam over the fence in right-center to set off a roar from the sellout crowd at Coors Field.
After leading 6-2 in the ninth, the Rockies let the Rays take a 7-6 lead as Ben Rortvedt scored the tiebreaking run when McMahon made a throw in the dirt from third base that converted first baseman Kris Bryant couldn’t scoop.
CUBS 9, DODGERS 7: Seiya Suzuki had three RBI and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping Chicago beat Shohei Ohtani and visiting Los Angeles.
Dansby Swanson also connected as Chicago earned its fifth consecutive win after dropping its first two games of the season. Ian Happ added a key two-run triple on a windy, sun-splashed afternoon, and Nick Madrigal had two hits.
Suzuki got the better of Ohtani in the opener of a weekend series that features four of the majors’ best Japanese players. Ohtani hit a two-run homer in his first career game at Wrigley Field, but Suzuki lined a two-run double during Chicago’s five-run second and a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches for Los Angeles on Saturday, and Shota Imanaga makes his second start for Chicago on Sunday.
Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez prepares to deliver a pitch as snow falls during the second inning Baltimore’s game against the Pirates on Friday in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press
ORIOLES 5, PIRATES 2: Ryan O’Hearn, Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered, Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 strong innings and Baltimore won in Pittsburgh to spoil a Pirates home opener that was played through occasional snow flurries.
Rodriguez (2-0) gave up solo homers to Oneil Cruz and Jared Triolo among six hits. He struck out seven and walked two in a matchup with fellow 22-year-old Jared Jones.
Jones (1-1) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in his second career start. He struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings against Miami last Saturday.
TIGERS 5, ATHLETICS 4: Gio Urshela’s two-out double in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run and Detroit won its home opener.
Matt Vierling and Mark Canha hit solo homers for Detroit. Spencer Torkelson doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in another for the Tigers, who are off to a 6-1 start.
NOTES
YANKEES: Reliever Jonathan Loáisiga will miss an extensive part of the season because of an elbow injury for the second year in a row.
New York put the 29-year-old right-hander on the 60-day injured list because of a strained right flexor muscle.
• His voice quavering as he fought tears, Boone said the team will play this season in the memory of the wife of a club executive who was killed this week by a falling tree.
Cathy Tusiani died Wednesday when her car was struck during a storm in suburban Armonk, New York. Her husband is Yankees senior vice president of partnerships Michael J. Tusiani.
METS: Julio Teheran and the Mets finalized a $2.5 million, one-year contract, filling an immediate need in the team’s injury-depleted rotation.
DIAMONDBACKS: Arizona reinstated outfielder Randal Grichuk from the 10-day injured list before its game against the Atlanta Braves.
Grichuk, a right-handed hitter, did not start Friday night with right-hander Spencer Strider pitching for the Braves. Manager Torey Lovullo said Grichuk “is going to get every lefty,” either in the outfield or as the designated hitter, and would see some playing time against right-handers.
BREWERS: Milwaukee claimed right-handed pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez off waivers from the Miami Marlins and assigned him to their Triple-A affiliate in Nashville.
WHITE SOX: Chicago outfielder and designated hitter Eloy Jiménez was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a left adductor strain.
Jiménez was hurt running out a ground ball in the sixth inning of a 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The move was retroactive to April 2.
Jiménez hit .272 with 18 home runs and 64 RBI last year. This year, he has two hits in 11 at-bats.
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