Phillips’s deal had been in the works since last year

Exactly 50 years after Dodger Stadium burberry ties opened, Ethier hit a solo shot on his 30th birthday, a drive into the right-field stands off Jason Grilli. Ethier emerged from the dugout after his second homer of the season for a curtain call from the robust crowd of 56,000.

Kenley Jansen (1-0) pitched the eighth, and Javy Guerra pitched the ninth for his third save, sending the Dodgers to a 4-1 start.

Pittsburgh opened a nine-game trip with just five hits against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers’ bullpen, and Andrew McCutchen burberry outlet grounded into a game-ending double play.

Matt Kemp drove in a run in a club-record-tying ninth straight game with a first-inning groundout for the Dodgers, but Matt Hague’s R.B.I. grounder in the seventh tied the score. Los Angeles could not capitalize on seven strong innings from Kershaw, while Pittsburgh’s Kevin Correia largely matched Kershaw, the National League Cy Young Award winner.

Two notable figures did not join the anniversary burberry shoes for men festivities, however: the broadcaster Vin Scully stayed home to nurse a cold, and the prospective new Dodgers co-owner Magic Johnson was away in New York.

The Dodgers welcomed back several members of their 1962 roster, including Maury Wills and Tommy Davis, and the first pitch was thrown out by Terry Seidler — whose mother, Kay O’Malley, the wife of then-owner Walter O’Malley, threw out the park’s first pitch a half-century ago.

TIGERS 5, RAYS 2 Ray ban sunglasses Miguel Cabrera doubled and scored on Prince Fielder’s single, part of a snowy eighth-inning rally that gave Detroit a victory against visiting Tampa Bay.

After Fielder’s tiebreaking single, a light snow shower passed briefly over Comerica Park. Jhonny Peralta added a sacrifice fly later in the inning, and Gerald Laird’s R.B.I. single gave the Tigers a three-run lead. Phil Coke pitched the eighth, and Jose Valverde finished for his first save of the season.

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Austin Jackson homered for Detroit (4-0), which is the American League’s last unbeaten team after handing the Rays their first defeat.

Rick Porcello allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings for the Tigers in a game that began amid snow flurries with the temperature women burberry shirts cheap in the 40s. Porcello struck out four and walked one.

REDS LOCK UP PHILLIPS The Cincinnati Reds gave the All-Star second baseman Brandon Phillips a six-year, $72.5 million contract. Phillips’s deal comes only five days after the former N.L. most valuable player Joey Votto got 10 years and $225 million added to his deal.

Phillips’s deal had been in the works since last year. Louis Vuitton sunglasses, cheap louis vuitton eyeglasses outlet. The Reds could not agree on the length of a new deal, so they exercised the 2012 option on his old contract, worth $12.5 million. They remained at odds until the Reds agreed to a longer deal.

NEW DEAL FOR INDIANS’ SANTANA Carlos Santana signed a five-year, $21 million contract with the Indians, who locked up one of their core players through the 2016 season. The deal includes a club option for 2017.

The Indians had contractual control louis vuitton sunglasses the next four years over Santana, who would have not been eligible for free agency until after the 2016 season. However, after Santana hit 27 home runs last season and improved behind the plate, the Indians felt the timing was right to lock him up longer.