SF - MIL

Giants RHP Keiichi Yabu’s status for Monday’s home opener against the Padres is uncertain after he hurt his eyes when the elastic bands he was working out with Saturday became unhooked and snapped across his face. … Giants CF Aaron Rowand (sore ribs) will be re-evaluated Monday. X-rays on Saturday were inconclusive and he’s missed the last two games. … Brewers CF Tony Gwynn Jr. said he thinks he’ll be ready to play Tuesday after missing the series with a tight left hamstring.

SD _ LAD

The home run Young gave up to Ethier equaled the total number of homers he allowed last season in 13 starts at spacious Petco Park covering 85 1-3 innings. … Dodgers third-base coach Larry Bowa returned after serving a three-game suspension. Bowa was ejected Tuesday night after he ignored warnings from umpire crew chief Ed Montague not to leave the third base coaching box during a game against San Francisco. Bowa, who had to be restrained by Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer, was suspended because he repeatedly bumped Torre into Montague as he argued. … Umpire crew chief Tim Tschida missed the game with an inner ear infection.

CIN - PHI

Myers is the 378th pitcher to give up a homer by Griffey, who was 3-for-9 career off the right-hander before he connected. … It was Griffey’s 100th career homer in his hometown. Of those, 62 have come at Great American Ball Park. … Volquez was 3-11 in 17 starts and three relief appearances for the Rangers. … The Phillies have been held to three or fewer runs three times this season, setting up their 2-4 start. … Lidge made his first appearance since coming off the disabled list on Saturday, pitching a perfect eighth. He struck out Griffey for the second out. … 2B Chase Utley hit his 150th career double.

HOU - CHC

Bourn jogged to first thinking he’d walked on a check swing 3-2 pitch in the eighth. But after Cubs manager Lou Piniella came out of the dugout and asked for an appeal, third-base umpire Kerwin Danley ruled Bourn went around and was out. … Blanco got the start at catcher for the Cubs, who rested Geovany Soto and gave him a chance to practice using his legs to aid his throwing motion. Base stealers are 7-for-7 against Soto this season. … Houston 1B Lance Berkman (neck spasms) and 3B Ty Wigginton (small fracture in his left thumb) did not play. They both left Saturday’s game early. Wigginton will be examined Monday. … Astros 2B Kaz Matsui, on the disabled list after problems with an anal fissure, is scheduled to go on a rehab assignment with Double-A Corpus Christi starting Tuesday.

Tor - BOS

Ellsbury is 4-for-6 with two career homers against Halladay. … Boston made four errors, three by shortstop Julio Lugo. … Boston RHP Kyle Snyder was designated for assignment to make room on the roster for Beckett. … Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon threw out the first pitch.

ARI - COL

Helton has hit safely in all six games. … The last time Colorado was swept at home by Arizona was July 7-9, 2006.

SEA - BAL

Bedard is expected to start Tuesday in Tampa Bay. … Seattle’s Adrian Beltre went 0-for-3 against Guthrie and is hitless in nine career at-bats against the right-hander. … Millar has at least one hit in all five games.

KC - MIN

OF David DeJesus left the season opener with an ankle injury in the third inning and hasn’t played since. Hillman isn’t sure if DeJesus will be ready for Tuesday. … Denard Span made his major league debut for the Twins in right field and went 0-for-2 with a walk. … Twins starters have more balks (two) than walks (one) this season.

WAS - STL

Molina caught Milledge at first to end the first and leads major league catchers with 20 pickoffs since his rookie season in 2005. … The Nationals have committed only one error, the best defensive start in franchise history. Last year they had seven errors after seven games. … Cardinals LF Chris Duncan (left hamstring strain) missed his fifth start but La Russa said he could be in the lineup on Monday at Houston. … The Cardinals swept the Nationals/Expos at home for the first time since a three-gamer from May 2-4, 2003.

CWS - DET

Nick Swisher homered on the game’s second pitch, Carlos Quentin had four RBIs and the Chicago White Sox handed the Detroit Tigers their sixth straight loss, 13-2 Sunday night.

Despite the second-highest payroll in baseball, the Tigers, the only winless team in baseball, are off to their worst start since going 0-9 at the beginning 2003, when they lost an AL-record 119 games.

Tex - LAA

Garland had been impressive in his debut for Los Angeles, holding the Twins to one run and six hits over eight innings of a 9-1 victory during the season-opening series at Minnesota. … Padilla gave up one run on eight hits in six innings in his first start of the season, getting no decision in Texas’ 5-4 win at Seattle. … Angels RHP Scot Shields, who came off the DL a day earlier, pitched the eighth inning and gave up a leadoff single before retiring the next three batters. … The Rangers traditionally have given Garland trouble: He came in with a 4-7 record and 5.50 ERA against them in 17 appearances against them, including 16 starts.

Cin - ARI

Hudson made only five errors last season, when he won his third straight Gold Glove. … According to Elias, Cueto was the first to throw five perfect innings in his debut since Seattle’s Ken Cloude retired the first 16 batters he faced on Aug. 9, 1997, against the White Sox. … The last pitcher to strike out 10 in his big league debut was Daisuke Matsuzaka, who fanned 10 in seven innings for Boston last season.

DET - KC

Detroit set-up man Fernando Rodney was scheduled to throw in the bullpen in Florida on Thursday. He is on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis … Polanco had four assists, giving him 900 consecutive chances without an error at second base. Polanco’s last error came on July 1, 2006 in Pittsburgh, and he has now broken Luis Castillo’s old major-record by 253.

CWS - CLE

Cleveland’s Victor Martinez flied out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. The catcher left Monday’s opener with a strained left hamstring and didn’t play Wednesday. Wedge hopes Martinez can return to catching duties in the next few days. … Swisher banged into the wall in center field catching Gutierrez’s flyout in the second inning but stayed in the game.

MIL - CHC

Cubs manager Lou Piniella reiterated Thursday that moving Soriano back to the leadoff spot from second in the order was not that big of a deal. “I’m telling you that I don’t need to justify it. I think I know what I’m doing,” Piniella. Soriano feels more comfortable batting first, where he hit last season. He also is not encumbered by leg problems that slowed him last season and were a worry earlier this spring. … Brewers C Jason Kendall batted ninth for a third straight game, one spot below the pitcher. … Gwynn left before the bottom of the sixth with a tight left hamstring.

MIN - LAA

Kubel’s homer was the first of the year by the Twins. The last time it took them this long to hit one was in 1999. … Speaking of holding on, Los Angeles’ Maicer Izturis flung his bat into the first row of seats far down the first-base line after losing his grip in the third. Teammate Howie Kendrick also lost the handle in the fourth, and a fan made a nice one-handed grab of the bat about 10 rows up the third-base line.

WAS - PHI

Nationals C Johnny Estrada began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Columbus. Estrada is on the disabled list with a right elbow injury. … Nationals LF Felipe Lopez played his first game in the outfield after spending his entire career in the infield. … RHP Rudy Seanez pitched a perfect sixth in his first appearance with the Phillies. … Philadelphia’s Tom Gordon, who allowed five runs in the ninth inning of an 11-6 loss in the opener, worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to preserve the tie.