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Braves at Padres prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 28 — Its Friday, March 28 and the Atlanta Braves (0-1) continue their series in San Diego against the Padres (1-0). — Reynaldo López is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Dylan Cease for San Diego
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Cubs at Diamondbacks Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 28 — Game 2 of the four-game series between the Cubs (1-2) and the Diamondbacks (0-1) is tonight in Arizona. — Jameson Taillon is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Merrill Kelly for Arizona
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Tigers at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 28 — Its Friday, March 28 and the Detroit Tigers (0-1) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0) continue their series at Chavez Ravine. — Jack Flaherty is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Los Angeles.
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Mets at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 28 — Its Friday, March 28 and the New York Mets (0-1) and the Houston Astros (1-0) continue their season-opening three-game series with Game 2 tonight in Houston.
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Red Sox at Rangers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 28 — Its Friday, March 28 and the Boston Red Sox (1-0) are in Arlington to take on the Texas Rangers (0-1) in Game 2 of this season-opening series. — Tanner Houck is slated …
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Orioles at Blue Jays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, and betting trends for March 28 — Its Friday, March 28 and the Orioles (1-0) are in Toronto to take on the Blue Jays (0-2) in Game 2 of their season-opening series. — Charlie Morton is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Kevin Gausman for Toronto
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Pirates at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27
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O'Neill homers in SIXTH straight Opening Day, adding to his MLB record — TORONTO — At this point, Opening Day home runs are expected from Tyler O'Neill. They're automatic. Even his new Baltimore teammates — many of whom he didn't meet until arriving at Spring Training in mid-February …
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Orioles OF Tyler O'Neill homers on opening day for sixth straight year, extending own record — TORONTO — Baltimore Orioles outfielder Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run home run off Toronto's José Berríos in the third inning of Thursday's game at Toronto, extending his major league record …
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Skenes and Alcántara show early dominant flashes in hyped opening day matchup — MIAMI — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers' matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins' 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
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Snell wins Dodgers debut, Hernández and Ohtani go deep in 5-4 home-opening victory over Tigers — LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell won his Dodgers debut, Teoscar Hernández hit a three-run homer and Los Angeles defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in its home opener Thursday.
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Austin Wells becomes 1st catcher in MLB history to hit opening day leadoff homer — NEW YORK — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium's right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half …
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Sean McAdam / masslive.com:
Wilyer Abreu showed he was more than ready for Red Sox' season opener — ARLINGTON, Texas — For weeks, it seemed, it was the subject of speculation in Fort Myers: Would Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu be available for Opening Day? — It was a legitimate worry.
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