New York: Boston beat the New York Yankees 6-5 on Friday in one of the more memorable games of their epic rivalry, with the contest lasting 19 innings and ending after 2 am at Yankee stadium.

Cincinnati also won a tight - though shorter - game against St. Louis thanks to slugger Joey Votto, and Colorado tied their best season start in franchise history by defeating the Chicago Cubs.

The Yankees and Red Sox met for the first and Boston went ahead for good on a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts off Esmil Rogers (0-1). Xander Bogaerts scored the decisive run after reaching base with his fourth hit in extra innings.

Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira hit tying home runs for the Yankees in a game that was delayed for 16 minutes by a power outage in the 12th inning, a mere 6 hours and 49 minutes minute into a contest that stretched past seven hours.

David Ortiz hit a solo homer for Boston to break a 3-3 deadlock in the 16th, only for Teixeira to tie it leading off the bottom half of the inning.

Pablo Sandoval put the Red Sox back in front with an RBI single in the 18th only to see Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran hit doubles in the bottom half to tie it again at 5-5.

Cincinnati’s Votto hit a pair of two-run homers to power the Reds to a 5-4 win against St. Louis.

Votto homered off John Lackey in each of his first two at-bats.

Todd Frazier’s sacrifice fly in the eighth drove in the winner” the second time this week that he’s knocked in the deciding run.

The Reds are 4-0 for the first time since 2011, when they won their first five games. They’ve won each game in their final at-bat.

Colorado improved to 4-0 for the first time in 20 years by defeating the Cubs 5-1.

Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run double and Justin Morneau had a solo homer while the Rockies bullpen restricted Chicago to just one hit over the final five innings.

Arizona’s Ender Inciarte had a game-ending single with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Cliff Pennington drew a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch. J.P. Howell (0-1) then walked A.J. Pollock with Pennington stealing third base as ball four went into the dirt. Inciarte singled down the right-field line to drive in the winning run.

Minnesota’s Tommy Milone pitched 7 2-3 scoreless innings to guide the Twins to a 6-0 win over Chicago in the White Sox first home game of the season.

The Twins got their first win under manager Paul Molitor, having suffered a three-game sweep at Detroit, while the White Sox (0-4) matched their worst start since 1995.

Toronto’s Jose Bautista broke out of an early-season slump by going 3 for 3 and scoring four runs as the Blue Jays won 12-5 to ruin Baltimore’s home opener.

Josh Donaldson and Dioner Navarro each drove in three runs for the Blue Jays, who finished with 16 hits, half of them doubles.

Philadelphia’s Cesar Hernandez had a go-ahead, two-run single in a wild four-run seventh inning that gave the Phillies a 4-1 victory over Washington.

Freddy Galvis had three hits and an RBI for the Phillies.

Houston beat injury-stricken Texas 5-1 to tarnish the home debut of new Rangers manager Jeff Banister.

Jed Lowrie and Colby Rasmus each homered for the Astros.

Rangers’ starter Derek Holland left after only one inning because of tightness in his pitching shoulder, while outfielders Shin-Soo Choo (back spasms) and Ryan Rua (sprained right ankle) also made early exits.

Kansas City maintained their unbeaten start to the season by winning 4-2 at the Los Angeles Angels, with Kendrys Morales hitting a homer and Lorenzo Cain driving in two runs.

Detroit’s Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer as the Tigers won their fourth straight, beating Cleveland 8-4 in the Indians’ home opener.

Miami’s Christian Yelich had a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning and drove in three runs to lift the Marlins to their first win of the season, 10-9 over Tampa Bay.

Pittsburgh also notched their first win by defeating Milwaukee 6-2, with Pedro Alvarez hitting a homer and driving in two runs.

Atlanta won their home opener, beating the New York Mets 5-3, with Phil Gosselin hitting a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning. Oakland’s Drew Pomeranz and two relievers shut out Seattle and steered the Athletics to a 12-0 rout of the Mariners.

San Diego closer Craig Kimbrel got his first save for the Padres after a blockbuster trade from Atlanta, allowing one hit in the ninth before San Francisco’s Angel Pagan hit into a double play to end it and give the hosts a 1-0 win over the Giants.