Adam Jones, Luke Scott and Matt Wieters homered for the Orioles, who were unable to put the game away because of a lack of timely hitting with runners in scoring position.

Evan Longoria homered in the sixth for the Rays, who loaded the bases in the ninth against Baltimore’s new closer, Michael Gonzalez (0-1), with a single, double and an intentional walk. Crawford lined a 1-0 pitch into right field, driving in the winning runs before a sellout crowd of 36,973 at Tropicana Field.

The winning hit initially was scored a single. It was later changed to a double.

Rafael Soriano (1-0) got the win, despite struggling to get through the top of the ninth for Tampa Bay.

Orioles starter Kevin Millwood allowed two runs and nine hits in five-plus

Yankees 6  Red Sox 4: In Boston, Hideki Okajima walked Nick Johnson to score the tiebreaking run after a costly error by shortstop Marco Scutaro loaded the bases.

Scutaro, part of Boston’s offseason emphasis on improving its run prevention, fielded Derek Jeter’sroutine grounder with two outs in the eighth. But his throw went in the dirt and off first baseman Kevin Youkilis’glove. Then Okajima (1-1) walked Johnson, scoring Jorge Posada and making the score 5-4.

Alfredo Aceves (1-0) pitched two hitless innings and Mariano Rivera got his first save of the year and 527th of his career, most in AL history.

Rivera’s appearance earned the Yankees a unique distinction—the only team in the history of major league baseball, the NFL, NBA and NHL with three players who played together in 16 consecutive seasons. Posada and Jeter complete the trio.

Twins 5 Angels 3: In Anaheim, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and J.J. Hardy each homered off Joe Saunders, leading Minnesota.

Nick Blackburn (1-0) returned to the site of his first big league start and allowed three runs and eight hits over 6 2-3 innings with four walks and four strikeouts.

Jon Rauchmade his season debut with a perfect ninth inning to earn his first AL save.

Saunders (0-1) gave up five runs and nine hits over five innings and struck

Athletics 2  Mariners 1, 10 innings: In Oakland, Calif., Mark Ellis hit a game-ending RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting Oakland.

Edwar Ramirez (1-0) pitched the 10th to earn his first win since Sept. 3, 2008, when he was with the New York Yankees.

Kanekoa Texeira(0-1) took the loss in his major league debut.

Kevin Kouzmanoff and Kurt Suzuki each singled with one out in the 10th. After Eric Chavezflew out deep to left, Ellis singled into the right-center gap to score pinch-runner Eric Patterson.

A’s starter Dallas Braden struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings, giving up a run on four hits and a walk.