@Indians 1, White Sox 0: The first 3-game winner is Justin Masterson, and both he and the Tribe did it in style. Masterson’s 2nd career shutout featured strikes on 81 of 113 pitches in chill and gloom, extending his scoreless streak to 19 innings. The winning run came dramatically in the 9th, from Michael Bourn (1-out double) and Nick Swisher, whose liner on the first pitch after an IBB landed just inside the line for the Indians’ first home win after consecutive rainouts.

• Cleveland’s last 1-0 win was also a Masterson victory, last July 13. Their last 1-0 walk-off was in 2004; Cliff Lee started against Barry Zito.
• Jose Quintana allowed 1 hit, 2 baserunners in his 7 IP. Last year he had 3 no-decisions of 8 scoreless innings, including 2 in a row. His 2012 ERA was 2.95 in his 6 wins, and 3.30 in his 10 no-decision starts.

@D-backs 3, Dodgers 0: Nothing lasts forever. There’s still no RBI off Clayton Kershaw, but he was charged with 3 earned runs, on a DP in the 4th and consecutive bags-full walks by reliever Steve Tolleson with 2 outs in the 8th. LA wasted its best scoring chance in the 8th when David Hernandez worked out of 1-out/corners.

Blue Jays 8, @Royals 4: Ouch. Jose Reyes will miss at least a month — further prognosis awaits the MRI — but it seems he didn’t break his ankle, which is a small miracle given this awkward slide. Wish I knew why he was looking towards home as he approached the bag, or why he apparently didn’t plan to slide; there was no sign of a decoy.

• A 3-inning save in a contested game? Aaron Loup retired 9 straight, 6 on grounders.

@Yankees 5, Orioles 2: A double-rundown triple play and a 3-run error highlighted CC‘s 193rd career win and 76th in pinstripes, tying Mariano for #27 in club history. The big lefty walked none, started 22 of 29 batters with a strike, and got Adam Jones on 2 inning-ending GDPs.

• Yanks won without an extra-base hit, tying their 2012 total.
• Mariano has allowed a hit in his first 3 games, first time since 2006.
• Plenty of good news for the Yanks tonight, but this one hurt.

Braves 6, @Nationals 4 (10): The hosts threw away a 4-0 lead — 3 walks forced in a run with 2 outs in the 8th, and the leveler came on Ryan Zimmerman’s errant peg in the 9th — and suffered their first home loss. Ramiro Pena’s HR brought the lead, and Kimbrel did his thing.

• At 9-1, Atlanta is off to their best start since 1994.
• Since 2005, this series is dead even, 73-73.
• Zimmerman’s error was his first of the year, but that play looked like many of his in the past 2 years when his throwing was compromised — a sidearm sling without much on it.

@A’s 4, Tigers: I can’t type as fast as I used to. As soon as I saw Brayan Villareal come in for the 12th inning, I was calling this one for Oakland — just couldn’t get the words out fast enough. Josh Donaldson’s HR did the trick.

• The A’s led the way last year with 6 walk-off HRs.
• Early on, Oakland’s 8-game unstoppable force met the immovable object. (Didn’t think that would carry, but the Prince has quick wrists.) Then the weak-link bullpen got involved, and Max Scherzer‘s 11 Ks were wasted.

@Cardinals 2, Brewers 0: Shelby Miller allowed a leadoff single, then retired 21 of the next 22 men. Miller threw 87 strikes out of 113 pitches, a Cliff-Lee-style ratio and the most strikes in the majors this year.

• Kyle Lohse has allowed 3 runs over 2 starts, but the Crew has tallied but once. Lohse had just 3 starts last year that were backed by 1 run, and none where his team was blanked.

@Pirates 6, Reds 5: Season-high 12 hits for the Bucs, none bigger than Andrew McCutchen’s tie-breaking clout just after the stretch. J.J. Hoover, who hung a 1-2 curve, is the first 3-game loser. Brandon Phillips homered twice for the Redlegs, but they were 0-6 with RISP — 3 inning-enders by good-hitting SP Mike Leake, and the last by Phillips with 2 on in the 9th — and lost their 3rd straight.

• Starling Marte had exactly 2 hits for the 6th game in a row.

Mets 16, @Twins 5: John Buck went deep again, a mile-high granny as he got his hands inside a full-count cutter. He’s homered for the cycle in the last 4 games, and has tied the known record of 19 RBI in the first 10 games of the year.

• Lost in Buck’s luster, Daniel Murphy is hitting .368/1.079, 10 Runs and 10 RBI in 10 games. He has only 5 ABs with RISP, but has hit for the cycle in that short span, with 8 RBI.
• Mets have homered in their first 10 games, the first such team since the 2009 Rangers.

Phillies 3, @Marlins 1 (10): A rejuvenated Chase Utley broke the tie with his 2nd triple of the year, and John Lannan (6 IP) plus a relief quartet boned the Fish on 4 singles.

• After stealing to reach 2-out scoring position in the 4th, John Ruggiano got picked off.(?)
• Miami has scored 3 runs or l ess in 9 of 10 games, and 17 total. Their 1-9 start is their worst since their first fire-sale brigade in 1998.

@Mariners 3, Rangers 1: Hisashi Iwakuma is ready for his close-up; will anyone notice? Iwakuma retired 20 of 24 men, improving his career starting record to 10-4 with a 2.57 ERA. Ian Kinsler’s new-fence HR — solo, natch — was the only blot. Iwakuma allows a lot of HRs with the bases empty, but so far has really slammed the door with men aboard. His career line with RISP: .184 BA (21-114), 1 double, 4 HRs, 27 SO/6 BB.

• More 1st-inning trouble for Yu Darvish, but no hits in his last 5 innings.

Astros 5, @Angels 0: Are we still sure Houston’s finishing last in this division? Haloed starters have a 6.02 ERA after 2 full turns. The offense came in 10 for 79 with RISP, then didn’t get a man to 2nd base. The ‘Stros have won 3 straight, scoring early each time.

Rockies 7, @Padres 5: Dexter Fowler hit go-ahead HRs in the 5th and 9th, and Todd Helton got his first extra-base hit, a long RBI double to spark an 8th-inning comeback.

• Carlos Quentin’s 0-for-4 began what we hope will be a long slump.