WASHINGTON – Matt Chico made the worst possible first impression on a windy, chilly, rainy night before settling down for his first major league victory, and Dmitri Young honored Jackie Robinson a day late with three hits and two RBIs in the Washington Nationals’ 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday.

With only a few shivering souls in the stands at RFK Stadium, Chico (1-1) labored through a 37-pitch first inning and got the win despite walking five and striking out none. The 23-year-old left-hander, part of the Nationals’ youth movement in what is expected to be a long season, had never pitched above Double-A before this year but has allowed only one earned run in each of his last two starts.

Brewers 10, Reds 6

CINCINNATI – Bill Hall broke out of a slump with his first career grand slam Monday night, a seventh-inning shot that powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Hall was in a 1-for-22 rut when he connected off reliever Todd Coffey, the Brewers’ first grand slam since 2005.

It was an appropriate place for the breakthrough homer. Milwaukee hadn’t hit a grand slam since J.J. Hardy connected off reliever Chris Booker in Cincinnati during a 14-5 victory on Sept. 7, 2005. That game featured the same two starting pitchers.

Rickie Weeks hit a solo homer off Eric Milton (0-2) and slumping Corey Hart doubled home two more runs, helping Milwaukee get its fourth victory in five games. The 10 runs were a season high for Milwaukee.

Orioles 9, Devil Rays 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Melvin Mora and Freddie Bynum each hit a two-run homer, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-7 on Monday night.

Bynum’s two-run shot pulled the Orioles to 7-3 in the sixth. His RBI grounder during a five-run seventh put Baltimore ahead 8-7. Aubrey Huff added a solo homer in the ninth.

Mora drove in the Orioles’ first run on a fifth-inning grounder and homered in the seventh.

Jay Gibbons’ two-run double off Jae Kuk Ryu (1-1) tied it at 7 in the seventh.

Tigers 12, Royals 5

DETROIT – Seven months later, the Detroit Tigers managed to beat the Kansas City Royals.

Ivan Rodriguez had a grand slam and six RBIs to back Justin Verlander’s first win of the season in the Tigers’ 12-5 victory over the Royals on Monday night.

Carlos Guillen had four RBIs for the Tigers, who were swept by last-place Kansas City on the final weekend of last season, costing Detroit the AL Central title. As a wild-card team, Detroit beat the New York Yankees and Oakland in the playoffs, advancing to its first World Series since 1984 before losing in five games to St. Louis.

After the Tigers loaded the bases on a single and two walks in the first against Zack Greinke (1-2), Rodriguez fouled off a pair of two-strike pitches before driving a 1-2 offering over the wall in right-center.

Cubs 12, Padres 4

CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs shook up their lineup. Then, Alfonso Soriano got shaken up.

Soriano left in the fifth inning after injuring a hamstring while attempting a diving catch in the Cubs’ 12-4 rout of the San Diego Padres on Monday night.

Jason Marquis (1-1) allowed one run in six innings to win for the first time in three starts since signing a $21 million, three-year contract with the Cubs.

Chicago, which was 0-7 against the Padres last season, led 3-0 in the fifth when, with a runner on third and one out, Clay Hensley (0-3) lofted a fly to shallow center. Soriano raced in, dove and rolled over as he trapped the ball.

Pirates 3, Cardinals 2

ST. LOUIS – Albert Pujols popped up with the bases loaded for the final out, and the Pittsburgh Pirates got an excellent pitching performance from Ian Snell in a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

Snell threw seven innings of three-hit ball and Xavier Nady had two RBIs, helping the Pirates snap a four-game losing streak. Salomon Torres escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, retiring Chris Duncan on a shallow fly to left and Pujols on a foul popup to third.

Anthony Reyes barely made it out of the first inning for the Cardinals, who are 1-5 at home since clinching the 2006 World Series.

St. Louis swept a three-game series at Pittsburgh last week, beating Snell even though he allowed only one run in seven innings.