Spencer Jones batted 3-for-3 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run amid a seven-run third, as the New York Yankees demolished the host Philadelphia Phillies 12-3 in spring-training action Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla.
Jones, a top prospect in the Yankees’ system, had a run-scoring double in the second after fellow prospect George Lombard Jr. got New York on the board with a single. Paul Goldschmidt wrapped the Yankees’ big third inning with a two-run blast, and Jasson Dominguez also went deep.
Lombard, Dominguez, Oswaldo Cabrera and Pablo Reyes each finished with two of New York’s 15 hits. Starter Will Warren (2-0) struck out four in three innings with one run on one hit and one walk.
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (0-1) was shelled for eight hits and six runs (five earned) in two-plus innings. Max Kepler hit a solo home run for the hosts.
Red Sox 12, Pirates 4
Nate Eaton’s grand slam broke the game open in the fifth and visiting Boston cruised to victory over Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla.
Abraham Toro hit a three-run triple and Trayce Thompson added a two-run homer to help the Red Sox build a 6-0 lead. Nick Sogard went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs, and starter Quinn Priester (1-0) yielded one run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings.
Ji Hwan Bae finished 3-for-3 with a solo shot and two runs, and Tsung-Che Cheng also homered for the Pirates. Starter Andrew Heaney (0-1) was tagged for four runs on two hits and three walks in the first 1 2/3 frames.
Rays 4, Tigers 1
Nine-hole hitter Matthew Etzel hit a go-ahead two-run double and added a solo homer for Tampa Bay to beat visiting Detroit in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Eloy Jimenez had a solo shot to provide the Rays’ other run. The win went to reliever Alex Faedo (1-1) for a spotless fifth inning as seven pitchers limited the Tigers to five hits.
Ryan Kreidler plated Colt Keith on a sacrifice fly to put the Tigers on the board before reliever Dietrich Enns (0-1) gave up Etzel’s go-ahead double in the next inning.
Twins 0, Braves 0
Chris Sale worked four hitless innings for Atlanta in a scoreless draw with visiting Minnesota in North Port, Fla.
Sale fanned four and walked one before giving way to four relievers who allowed four hits to the Twins. The Braves finished with five, including two from Austin Riley. Garrett Cooper’s double was the only extra-base hit of the game.
Twins starter Randy Dobnak tossed five strikeouts and allowed three hits and two walks in his three innings. Jose Miranda went 2-for-3.
Cardinals (ss) 6, Mets 1
Matt Koperniak belted a two-run home run as St. Louis’ split squad defeated visiting New York in Jupiter, Fla.
Nolan Arenado had a two-run double one inning before Koperniak’s homer. Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (1-0) threw two strikeouts and limited the Mets to one hit in three innings.
Mets starter Tylor Megill (0-1) worked 2 2/3 innings and gave up the first run of the game on Jose Fermin’s single in the second. The Mets had just five hits and only scored on a fielding error in the eighth.
Cardinals (ss) 6, Nationals 4
Yordalin Pena lifted a pitch into the left-field seats for a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth and a St. Louis split squad held on to beat host Washington in Palm Beach, Fla.
Thomas Saggese hit a solo shot and Lars Nootbaar had a two-run single for a 4-0 Cardinals lead before the Nationals came back to tie it in the seventh. Alex Call hit a two-run double and Amed Rosario (2-for-3) followed that with a two-run single.
Cardinals reliever Maxwell Rajcic (1-0) worked around three walks and a hit in the final two innings for the victory. Andry Lara (0-1) gave up the decisive homer to Pena.
Guardians 8, Angels 1
Los Angeles reliever Caden Dana surrendered seven runs, five hits and four walks in one-plus inning as host Cleveland rallied for the win in Goodyear, Ariz.
Lane Thomas and Bo Naylor stroked RBI singles to highlight the Guardians’ four-run sixth, then Yordys Valdes popped a two-run homer off Dana to cap Cleveland’s three-run seventh. Logan Allen (1-0) threw three scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win. Starter Gavin Williams struck out six and allowed one run in his 2 1/3-inning stint.
Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz scattered three hits and posted one strikeout during his three scoreless innings. Nelson Rada, a 19-year-old outfielder, drilled an RBI single in the third to give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead. Rookie Christian Moore, the Angels’ first-round pick last July, posted a triple.
Athletics 6, Rangers 3
Max Muncy and JJ Bleday cracked solo homers for the visiting Athletics as they claimed the win over Texas in Surprise, Ariz.
Bleday finished 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs while Brent Rooker and Miguel Andujar contributed doubles for the Athletics. Starter J.T. Ginn (2-1) claimed the victory as he gave up two unearned runs during his 2 2/3 innings.
Texas’ Joc Pederson popped a two-run homer off Ginn in the first and Josh Smith added a solo shot off A’s fireballer Mason Miller in the fourth. Alejandro Osuna added two doubles from the No. 9 slot. Starter Dane Dunning allowed four hits and two runs in two innings, but 41-year-old Jesse Chavez (0-1) was assigned the loss after giving up a run in the third that put the Athletics ahead 3-2.
Cubs 16, Padres 1
Rookie third baseman Matt Shaw stroked his first two hits of the spring as host Chicago lashed 18 hits in a rout of San Diego’s split squad in Mesa, Ariz.
Starter Shota Imanaga (1-0) worked four scoreless innings and gave up two singles while fanning three. James Triantos came off the bench to deliver a double, a triple, two runs and two RBIs as Chicago posted four runs in the sixth and seven in the seventh to blow open the game.
Padres starter Matt Waldron (1-1) worked 2 2/3 innings and allowed two hits, two walks and four runs (two earned). All six of San Diego’s hits were singles, including Jack Costello’s RBI single that drove in 18-year-old catching prospect Ethan Salas in the eighth.
Rockies 9, Reds (ss) 5
Leadoff man Brenton Doyle went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs as host Colorado breezed to the win over a Cincinnati split squad in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Ryan McMahon, Thairo Estrada, Nolan Jones and Kyle Farmer each contributed two hits as Colorado built an 8-2 lead through five innings. Starter Bradley Blalock (1-0) allowed just one run and fanned two in his three innings to claim the win.
Tyler Stephenson and Will Benson cracked back-to-back solo homers in the sixth for the Reds. First baseman Tyler Callihan poked two doubles before giving way to Austin Callahan, who also doubled in his late at-bat. Starter Graham Ashcraft (0-1) was roughed up for eight hits and five runs before leaving with two outs in the third.
Padres 1, Giants 1
San Diego and visiting San Francisco combined for just 11 hits before declaring a tie after nine innings in Peoria, Ariz.
Giants starter Landen Roupp posted his second scoreless outing of the spring as he retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced. His only miscue was hitting Martin Maldonado with a pitch. Luis Matos’ double with two outs in the seventh drove in pinch runner Grant McCray for San Francisco’s run.
Padres starter Nick Pivetta, making his spring debut, threw 2 2/3 hitless innings while striking out four and walking one. Marcos Castanon’s RBI single with two outs in the seventh drove in Brandon Butterworth for San Diego’s run.
Dodgers 4, Reds (ss) 2
Mookie Betts’ third-inning solo homer sparked Los Angeles’ comeback from a two-run deficit against a Cincinnati split squad in Phoenix.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw four innings of two-run ball before Roki Sasaki fanned five in three shutout innings. Jake Vogel went 2-for-2 with an RBI double.
The Reds’ Elly De La Cruz hit an RBI single in the first inning, then scored on Austin Hays’ triple. Cincinnati starter Chase Petty gave up one run and struck out four in three innings.
–Field Level Media
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