Johnston hits a 2-run homer as the Rockies rout the Blue Jays 14-5 for their 1st win of the season

TORONTO (AP) — Troy Johnston hit a two-run homer, Ezequiel Tovar had three hits and three RBIs, and the Colorado Rockies won for the first time this season by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 14-5 on Monday night.

After losing three straight one-run games in a weekend sweep at Miami, Colorado thumped the previously undefeated Blue Jays to avoid the first 0-4 start in team history. The Rockies are 2-11 all-time in Toronto.

Braxton Fulford also homered as Colorado finished with 17 hits. The Rockies had 19 hits in three games at Miami.

George Springer, Kazuma Okamota and Andrés Giménez each hit a solo homer for the AL champion Blue Jays. Davis Schneider added a two-run drive.

Toronto pitcher Cody Ponce was carted off the field in the third inning of his first big league appearance since 2021.

Ponce injured his right knee when he stumbled and fell while trying to make a play on Jake McCarthy’s grounder, allowing Kyle Karros to score the first run of the game.

Ponce allowed one run and one hit in 2 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two.

Louis Varland (0-1) replaced Ponce and permitted one run in 1 1/3 innings.

Blue Jays pitchers struck out 10 batters, giving them a major league-record 60 strikeouts through the first four games. The 2000 Cincinnati Reds struck out 59 in their first four games.

Chase Dollander (1-0) pitched the final four innings for Colorado.

After Springer's second homer of the season tied it in the third, Tovar broke the tie by scoring on Ernie Clement's fielding error at second base in the fourth.

The Rockies pulled away with a seven-run sixth, sending 11 batters to the plate, then used six straight hits to score four more against position player Tyler Heineman in the eighth.

RHP Max Scherzer is expected to start for the Blue Jays on Tuesday against Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner.

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Colorado Rockies infielder Ezequiel Tovar throws to first base to put out Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk in second-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement (22) tags out Colorado Rockies outfielder Hunter Goodman (15) on an attempted stolen base to end the fifth inning of interleague baseball in Toronto, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Ernie Clement (22) fields a ground ball off the bat of Colorado Rockies infielder Kyle Karros in front of teammate Andres Gimenez during fourth inning interleague baseball action in Toronto on Monday, March 30, 2026.

Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer hits a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in third-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman hits a single in fifth-inning baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves scored three runs in the first inning off a double from Matt Olson and a single from Mauricio Dubón in a 4-0 win over the Athletics on Monday night.

Mike Yastrzemski came in to relieve left fielder Eli White and hit a line drive triple to right field in the eighth inning. Dubón followed with a single to send him home.

Dubón, a two-time (2023, '25) Gold Glove-winning shortstop, came to the Braves in the offseason from a trade with the Astros.

Bryce Elder (1-0) pitched six innings and gave up five hits with five strikeouts and a walk.

Nick Kurtz and Shea Langeliers both went 0 for 4 for the Athletics. Brent Rooker went 2 for 4, but grounded to Dubón to start a double play that ended the eighth inning.

In the ninth, Jacob Wilson was thrown out at second on a ground ball by Lawrence Butler, who was originally ruled safe at first. The call was challenged and then overturned, resulting in a double play. Max Muncy hit an infield fly that Olson caught to end the game.

Jacob Lopez (0-1) pitched four innings for the A's. He gave up five hits, had five walks, three earned runs and no strikeouts.

Atlanta's Jose Suarez takes the mound against Aaron Civale as the series continues Tuesday.

Atlanta Braves' Mauricio Dubón hits a two-RBI single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)