New shortstop Alex Gonzalez delivered an RBI triple and capped his day with a walk-off single to lift to the Tigers to a 4-3 win over the Royals on Monday at Comerica Park.

Neil Walker led off the bottom of the 10th with a home run off Carlos Villanueva to give the Bucs a 1-0 victory over the Cubs in front of a rocking house at PNC Park on Opening Day.

Super sub Mike Carp didn’t get his first start with the Red Sox last season until Game No. 14. A year later, he was a surprise starter on Opening Day.

For their first off-day of the regular season on Tuesday, the Red Sox get to go on a field trip — one they will long remember.

For the second straight season, Craig Breslow spent Opening Day on the disabled list. However, the invaluable lefty feels he will return much sooner than 2013, when he didn’t pitch until May 6.

In the first use of expanded instant replay in the history of Major League Baseball, Cubs manager Rick Renteria challenged a play at first base in the fifth inning at PNC Park on Monday. The call was confirmed.

Although he’s on the disabled list, third baseman Manny Machado will still enjoy Monday’s Opening Day, with the 21-year-old scheduled to trot out on the orange carpet and receive his American League Gold Glove Award.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

After undergoing an MRI in Boston that revealed a Grade One strain of his right hamstring, Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino was placed on the 15-day disabled list just hours before the first pitch of Opening Day against the Orioles on Monday.

Cole Hamels joined the Phillies for Opening Day on Monday at Globe Life Park, but he will be back to work Tuesday. Hamels said he plans to pitch in a Minor League game Tuesday at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Fla., which will be his second start of the spring since falling behind schedule because of inflammation in his left shoulder.

Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein hopes the club surprises some people this season. “In the long haul we want to award [the fans] with October baseball,” he said.

Mike Olt has heard from friends, family, college coaches, past teammates and nearly everyone he’s come in contact with in his baseball career. They all know how hard he’s worked to be on a Major League team’s Opening Day roster, and Monday was the day.

Opening Day arrived today with 13 live out-of-market streams, all delivering the pageantry, performances and promise that you have waited for since last autumn. You can see why millions of fans have subscribed to MLB.TV, the Internet’s longest-running and No. 1 sports streaming product, which returns for a 12th year and is priced the same as 2013.

Elvis Andrus was in Monday’s Opening Day lineup at shortstop for the sixth straight season. That’s a new Rangers record for shortstops. Toby Harrah had five straight Opening Day starts at shortstop from 1972-76, and Michael Young did so from 2004-08.

The Rangers’ plan was to meet after their Opening Day game with the Phillies and discuss a plan for pitcher Yu Darvish, who is on the disabled list with stiffness in his neck.

Nick Markakis came through batting practice fine, and he’ll suit up in right field for Baltimore’s Opening Day contest against the Red Sox, batting leadoff on Monday afternoon.

Jack Morris joined former stars Bernie Williams, John Franco and Jeff Nelson, as well as Budweiser brass, at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to ring the Opening Bell and talk baseball again on Opening Day.