First baseman Albert Pujols dropped what would have been an inning-ending grounder by Andres Torres with two outs in the 12th. Torres reached first on the error and advanced to second on defensive indifference. Brian Tallet (0-1) intentionally walked Freddy Sanchez to load the bases for Rowand, who drove a pitch to deep left-center to cap a festive home opener.

Dan Runzler (1-1), the Giants' eighth pitcher, tossed a 1-2-3 in the 12th for the victory.

At New York, Jordan Zimmermann spoiled the Mets' 50th home opener with his bat and arm, hitting a two-run single and pitching the Nationals to a win at chilly Citi Field.

Ivan Rodriguez added a two-run single, snapping an 0-for-12 stretch to start the season, and weary Washington got brilliant work from its bullpen to win its second road game in a row.

The Nationals, who took advantage of nine walks by Mets pitching, arrived at their New York hotel about 4 a.m. on Friday following an 11-inning victory Thursday night at Florida.

R.A. Dickey (1-1) had trouble controlling his knuckleball and lasted only five innings for New York, which fell to 10-3 in its last 13 home openers and 31-19 overall.

At Houston, Chris Coghlan homered and drove in two runs to support a solid outing by Ricky Nolasco, and the Marlins beat the Astros after losing Hanley Ramirez to an injury.

Nolasco (1-0) allowed two runs in eight innings to spoil Houston's home opener. Leo Nunez allowed two hits, including a homer in the ninth, before pinch runner Jason Bourgeois was caught stealing to end the game and give Nunez his second save.

Ramirez left in the seventh with a bruised leg after he was taken out covering second base.

Wandy Rodriguez allowed eight hits and one run in seven innings for Houston. Wilton Lopez (0-1) gave up two runs and four hits in the eighth inning for the loss.

At Atlanta, Chipper Jones hit a game-winning, three-run double in the fourth inning off Cliff Lee as the Braves beat the Phillies in their home opener under Fredi Gonzalez.

Jones had two hits, giving him 2,500 for his career.

Lee (1-1) couldn't hold an early 3-0 lead as the Braves scored three runs in the second and then knocked the left-hander out of the game with three in the fourth.

Tim Hudson (2-0) spotted the Phillies three runs before finishing strong. He gave up eight hits and two earned, with no walks in 7 2-3 innings.

At Milwaukee, Jeff Baker had four hits and drove in four runs, including his first homer of the season for the Cubs.

Carlos Zambrano (1-0) continued his recent string of winning performances against the Brewers at Miller Park. He went six innings, giving up four runs with five strikeouts.

Carlos Marmol put two batters on before retiring the side in the ninth for his third save.

Prince Fielder hit his first homer of the season for the Brewers. Randy Wolf (0-2) went six innings, giving up nine hits, six runs — two of them earned.

At Pittsburgh, Jose Tabata's RBI double off the right-field wall with two outs in the 14th inning scored rookie Josh Rodriguez from first and sent the Pirates to a win over Colorado.

Tabata's drive off Franklin Morales (0-1) - Colorado's eighth pitcher - gave the Pirates a dramatic win one day after they disappointed a sellout crowd on opening day.

Garrett Olson (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings and Pittsburgh's relievers combined to shut out the Rockies for 11 1-3 innings.

Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer in the first for the Rockies, who were unable to push another run across despite having several scoring chances.

Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez went 0 for 7.

At Phoenix, Ian Kennedy struck out nine batters in eight dominant innings and Arizona hit three late-inning homers to turn the Diamondbacks' home opener into a rout.

Justin Upton homered, drove in two runs and scored three times in the Diamondbacks' highest-scoring home opener since the franchise was born in 1998. Kelly Johnson had a three-run home run and Chris Young a solo shot for Arizona.

All three home runs came off reliever Matt Maloney.

Xavier Nady doubled in two runs off lefty Travis Wood (1-1). Wood allowed six runs on six hits in five-plus innings.

Kennedy (1-0), who had no decision as the opening-day starter in Arizona's 7-6 win at Colorado a week earlier, allowed six hits and walked one.

At San Diego, the game between Los Angeles and San Diego was suspended after the fourth rain delay at 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning.

The final delay began at 1:13 a.m. on a long, wet and cold night that stretched into the early morning. Matt Kemp had just hit a lead-off single when it started pouring. The game was suspended at 1:40 a.m.

Before that, there were three rain delays totaling 3 hours, 9 minutes. Kemp also was on base when the second delay began.

The game will be resumed on Saturday before that day's regularly scheduled game.