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CLEVELAND (AP) — David Price struck out 10 and won his weather-delayed debut for Boston, and David Ortiz hit a two-run homer Tuesday to lead the Red Sox to a 6-2 win over the Cleveland Indians, who pushed back their season opener a day because of wintry conditions.

Price (1-0) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings, giving the Red Sox an immediate payoff after they signed the left-hander to a $217 million, seven-year contract.

Ortiz began his farewell season with a bang, connecting for his 504th homer in the ninth. Big Papi tied Hall of Famer Eddie Murray for 26th place on the career list. Ortiz also doubled.

Boston's Mookie Betts homered in the second off Corey Kluber (0-1), tagged with a loss in the opener for the second straight year. Cleveland's ace gave up four runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Price improved to 10-2 with a 2.24 ERA in 14 starts against Cleveland.

Boston's win was also meaningful to manager John Farrell, who left the club last season after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Red Sox broke a 2-all tie in the sixth on Brock Holt's RBI single and Kluber's wild pitch.

ASTROS 5, YANKEES 3

NEW YORK (AP) — A freezing opening day at Yankee Stadium turned on a play that caused a hot argument.

Carlos Correa reached on an eighth-inning dribbler that Dellin Betances threw over first baseman Mark Teixeira as Jose Altuve scored the tiebreaking run, and Houston beat New York to win four straight openers for the first time in franchise history.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued with plate umpire Dana DeMuth that Correa should have been called out for running on the fair side of the foul line, causing Betances (0-1) to throw the ball over Teixeira for an error.

After the four umpires conferred, the call was upheld and Girardi played the remainder of the game under protest. Luis Valbuena added a two-run single on Betances' 30th and final pitch for a 5-2 lead.

Dallas Keuchel dominated, but not quite as much as in last October's AL wild-card game. Keuchel (1-0) allowed Starlin Castro's two-run double in the second, which ended the AL Cy Young Award winner's 29-inning scoreless streak against New York. The left-hander gave up three hits in seven innings.

Correa also homered off Masahiro Tanaka and drove in two runs.

Didi Gregorius homered in the eighth off new Astros reliever Ken Giles. Luke Gregerson got three straight outs for a save.

The temperature was 36 degrees at game time, the coldest for a regular-season Yankees game in the Bronx since their 2003 home opener.

METS 2, ROYALS 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Noah Syndergaard pitched six dominant innings, Neil Walker hit his first homer with the Mets and New York beat Kansas City after the Royals were given their 2015 World Series rings.

Syndergaard (1-0) was the only pitcher to beat the Royals in the World Series last year, winning Game 3 after intentionally throwing his first pitch above Alcides Escobar's head, which angered the Royals.

Escobar started this one with a triple, but then Syndergaard struck out the next three batters and retired 12 straight before Kendrys Morales' double opened the fifth.

Syndergaard allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine. He pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, striking out Morales on three swings. The Royals, who held on to beat New York 4-3 in their season opener Sunday night, went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.

Walker, acquired in a December trade with Pittsburgh, homered off Chris Young (0-1) in the fourth after Yoenis Cespedes walked.

Jeurys Familia, saddled with three blown saves in the 2015 World Series, pitched a spotless ninth for his first save this season.