Magic watches Dodgers win

* NATIONAL LEAGUE

With Magic Johnson and Frank McCourt watching from next to the dugout, the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Thursday even though reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw left after three innings with the flu.

Former Lakers great Johnson, part of a group buying the Dodgers for $2.15 billion from McCourt, had a big smile after Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the eighth, giving him three RBIs. Johnson and McCourt sat next to each other and chatted throughout the game.

Kershaw left after limiting the Padres to two hits through three innings. He struck out three, walked one and singled off newcomer Edinson Volquez in the third for the Dodgers' first hit of the season.

Reds 4, Marlins 0: Jay Bruce homered and drove in a pair of runs, and host Cincinnati beat Miami.

Nationals 2, Cubs 1: Ian Desmond singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth to lift Washington at Chicago.

Phillies 1, Pirates 0: Roy Halladay pitched eight stellar innings to lead Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.

Mets 1, Braves 0: Johan Santana pitched five innings of two-hit ball and New York beat visiting Atlanta.

* AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tigers 3, Red Sox 2: Austin Jackson hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth to lift Detroit past visiting Boston.

Blue Jays 7, Indians 4, 16 inn.: In the longest opening-day game in major league history, J.P. Arencibia's three-run homer in the 16th inning lifted Toronto at Cleveland.

The marathon eclipsed the previous longest openers - 15 innings between Cleveland and Detroit in 1960 and 15 innings between Philadelphia and Washington in 1926.