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Jordan Lyles earned the win in the Rockies' 5-2 victory over the Brewers, improving Colorado to 2-0 on the season. 

Lyles gave up two runs on five hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out two, throwing 51 strikes in 79 pitches. He also hit a batter. 

Lyles' next start will likely be Sunday, against Jon Lester and the Cubs. 

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom paid close attention to Bartolo Colon's start on Opening Day, and is ready to keep the Nationals in check in his season debut on Wednesday.

"I watched what Bartolo did, he just located and kept the ball down," deGrom said, per the New York Daily News. "He threw the ball really well. That is always my game plan: throw strikes and keep it down. Watching it today, I learned some things from him and I will take it into Wednesday."

deGrom is coming off a Rookie of the Year campaign in 2014 in which he went 9-6 with a 2.69 ERA and 144:43 K:BB ratio in 140 1/3 innings. He is hoping to make adjustments in order to avoid a sophomore slump.

"I know hitters will make adjustments on me," deGrom said this spring, "I am ready for that."

Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu resumed playing catch on Tuesday, according to MLB.com. Ryu was limited to two spring starts and has been sidelined since March 17 with left shoulder inflammation. He is targeting a late April return.

Diamondbacks pitcher Chase Anderson will start Friday against the Dodgers at Chase Field, followed by Archie Bradley on Saturday, manager Chip Hale told reporters, per the team's official website.

Anderson went 9-7 with a 4.01 ERA last season. He is 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA in three career starts against Los Angeles.

Bradley will be making his pro debut on Saturday after posting a 1.61 ERA and a 14:6 K:BB ratio over 22 innings in the spring. He went 3-7 with a 4.45 ERA in 83 innings across two levels in the minors last season.

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta, who was scheduled to start Tuesday, got pushed back to Wednesday against St. Louis due to Tuesday's postponement. He'll face Lance Lynn, according to ESPN.

Meanwhile, Jason Hammel was pushed back from Wednesday to Saturday. Travis Wood will take the mound on Friday in Colorado, followed by Hammel and Kyle Hendricks to round off Chicago's weekend series against the Rockies.

Tuesday's game between the Cubs and Cardinals has been postponed due to the forecast of rain and sub-freezing wind chills throughout the evening, the Cubs announced.

A makeup date for Tuesday's postponement has yet to be scheduled, but it is likely to come in July or September rather than this week. Jake Arrieta and Lance Lynn were the scheduled starters for Tuesday's matchup.

Lynn has been named the starter for Wednesday's series finale against the Cubs. The Cardinals will keep the rotation in line moving forward, with John Lackey, Michael Wacha and Carlos Martinez on tap to face the Reds this weekend. Adam Wainwright is now scheduled to take the mound for the team's home opener Monday against the Brewers.

Marlins starting pitcher Henderson Alvarez ended up with the loss in a tight pitcher's duel with Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran on Opening Day. Alvarez (0-1) allowed just two runs in seven innings, but Teheran was just a little bit better in a 2-1 win for Atlanta.

Alvarez, who tried to help his cause with a double, gave up five singles and one double. He didn't issue a walk and struck out two.

"We had some chances, had some opportunities," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said, per MLB.com. "We just didn't get that one big hit. But we ran into a couple of outs as well. But, that's baseball. We'll come back tomorrow and be ready to go."

Alvarez is expected to make his next start Sunday against the Rays. Alvarez tossed a complete-game shutout against Tampa Bay in 2014.

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw gave up three earned runs in Monday's Opening day appearance. The Dodgers won the game 6-3 over the Padres.

Kershaw, 27, pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and two walks on six hits. He finished the day with an ERA of 4.50.

Braves pitcher Julio Teheran pitched six innings in the team's Opening Day victory over the Marlins.

Over those six innings, Tehran gave up one earned run on eight hits with four strikeouts and one walk. He finished the day with an ERA of 1.50. Of his 96 pitches thrown, 63 were strikes. 

Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto went seven strong innings Monday, allowing zero runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts in Cincinnati's 5-2 win over the Pirates Monday. 

Cueto was dominant throughout the game, not letting a runner past second base in his seven innings. The 10 strikeouts tie Cueto's career high for strikeouts on Opening Day and was two shy of the club record.

"Everything was low," Cueto said, with a trainer translating. "Everything went the way I wanted it to."

Cueto, however, finished with a no decision after reliever Kevin Gregg gave up a two-run home run to Andrew McCuthen in the eighth.

He will look to keep rolling Sunday against the Cardinals.