EXHIBITION BASEBALL AT A GLANCE
SPRING TRAINING STANDINGSAMERICAN LEAGUE
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Kansas City189.667
Cleveland1711.607
Minnesota1812.600
Chicago1611.593
Oakland1612.571
Toronto1210.545
New York1413.518
Texas1414.500
Baltimore1313.500
Boston1314.481
Seattle1217.414
Detroit917.346
Anaheim918.333
Tampa Bay818.308
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Montreal179.654
Arizona1710.630
Atlanta1710.630
Chicago1511.577
Houston1511.577
New York1612.571
Colorado1512.556
Pittsburgh1414.500
San Francisco1414.500
Cincinnati1316.448
Florida1316.448
St. Louis1215.444
Los Angeles1216.429
Philadelphia1015.400
Milwaukee1020.333
San Diego817.320
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Thursday's Games
Atlanta 7, Houston 2
Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., ccd, rain
Florida 8, St. Louis 1
Cleveland 6, Detroit 5
Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2
Baltimore vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., ccd, rain
N.Y. Yankees 12, Toronto 6
Seattle 9, San Diego 4
Arizona (ss) 5, Chicago White Sox 5, tie
Anaheim 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Texas 7, Kansas City 5
Oakland 7, Milwaukee 4
Tampa Bay 8, Philadelphia 0
Arizona (ss) 22, El Paso 8
Los Angeles 5, Colorado 3
Today's Games
Montreal vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Boston at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m.
San Diego at Portland, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. Kansas City at Round Rock, Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:05 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:10 p.m.
Texas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Boston at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:15 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m.
Florida at Carolina, 1:35 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Colorado at Round Rock, Texas, 2:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 3:35 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Seattle at Sacramento, Calif., 4:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
San Diego at Lake Elsinore, 9:05 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Chicago White Sox at Birmingham, 2:05 p.m.
Colorado at Tulsa, 3 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
THURSDAY'S BOXSCORESINDIANS 6, TIGERS 5
CLEVELANDDETROIT
abrhbiabrhbi
Bradley cf3011Bocachica cf4000
Sizemore cf2000Halter ss4121
Gerut lf5010Higginson rf4110
Spencer rf3121Young lf3123
Minges rf1010Lombard lf1000
Hafner 1b5000Palmer dh4010
Blake dh2110Munson 3b3110
Crozier ph-dh2000Paquette 1b3010
Selby 3b3221Kropf 1b1010
Sorensen ss1000Kingsale pr0000
Laker c4122Inge c4011
Phillips 2b4120RSantiago 2b4110
Pratt 2b0000
McDonald ss-3b3010
Totals386135Totals355115
Cleveland123000000--6
Detroit202000001--5
E--Selby, Munson, Inge. DP--Cleveland 2, Detroit 1. LOB--Cleveland 7, Detroit 4. 2B--Spencer, Selby 2, Phillips, Halter, Palmer, Munson. HRs--Spencer (6), Laker (2), Young (3). SB--Phillips (4), McDonald (3). CS--RSantiago.
IPHRERBBSO
Cleveland
Burba W, 2-0222201
Traber232010
Mulholland210001
Sadler110001
JSantiago S, 1241100
Detroit
Cornejo L, 1-1596513
Brittan120000
Walker110001
German110000
Anderson100011
WP--Traber. T--2:22. A--4,574.
PIRATES 6, REDS 2
CINCINNATIPITTSBURGH
abrhbiabrhbi
Larkin ss2010Lofton cf3000
Lopez ph-2b2000RDavis cf1000
Boone 2b2110Kendall c2100
DMateo ss2000Heintz c1000
Griffey cf2011Giles lf1000
Taylor pr-cf2000Meath pr-lf1100
Casey 1b2000Ramirez 3b3224
Darula ph-1b2000Navarrete 3b1110
Dunn lf2010Sanders rf3000
Brown ph-lf2010Cockrell 2b1011
Kearns rf2020KYoung 1b3111
RMateo ph-rf2000CWilson 1b0000
Larson 3b2000Mejia 1b0000
Stefanski c1000Mkowiak 2b-rf3000
Stinnett c3000JWilson ss2000
Reith p0000STorres p0000
Reitsma p2000Boehringer p0000
Pena 3b1111Burnett p1000
Nunez ss2000
Totals33282Totals28656
Cincinnati001000010--2
Pittsburgh00010311x--6
E--Larkin. DP--Pittsburgh 2. LOB--Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 4. 2B--Boone. HRs--Ramirez 2 (7), KYoung (4), Pena (3). SB--Navarrete (1), Brown (4). CS--Kearns. S--STorres.
IPHRERBBSO
Cincinnati
Reitsma L, 0-3624434
Reith232211
Pittsburgh
Burnett561103
STorres W, 2-1311103
Boehringer110000
HBP--by Torres (Larson), by Reith (CWilson). PB--Stinnett. Balk--Burnett. T--2:00. A--5,342.
THURSDAY'S LINESCORESBRAVES 7, ASTROS 2
Houston000100010--2121
Atlanta31110001x--7142
Oswalt, Puffer (5), Chen (6), Stone (7), Munro (8) and Zaun; Hampton, Bong (5), Dawley (5), Holmes (7), King (8), Smoltz (9) and Lopez, Blanco (5). W--Hampton, 2-0. L--Oswalt, 0-2.
Mike Hampton allowed one unearned run and seven hits, struck out one and walked none in four innings for Atlanta. The Braves' Gary Sheffield went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Roy Oswalt, the opening-day starter for Houston, allowed five earned runs on nine hits in four innings.
MARLINS 8, CARDINALS 1
St. Louis001000000--161
Florida00020222x--8110
Simontacchi, Painter (7), Hermanson (8) and Marrero, Molina, Murphy; Beckett, Phelps (3), Nunez (5), Alvarez (6), Spooneybarge (7), Almanza (8), Looper (9) and Treanor, Redmond. W--Phelps, 1-0. L--Simontacchi, 1-2. HRs--Florida, Mordecai (1), Lowell 2 (3), Banks (4).
Florida's Mike Lowell and Brian Banks each hit two-run homers. Right-hander Josh Beckett pitched two scoreless innings for the Marlins in his final outing before he starts Monday's opener. Jason Simontacchi allowed four runs on eight hits and struck out one in six innings for St. Louis.
YANKEES 12, BLUE JAYS 6
Toronto140000010--6102
New York (A)00310323x--12180
Miller, Linton (4), Dejong (8) and Myers, Chiaffredo; Thurman, Banks (3), Choate (6), Hitchcock (8), Acevedo (9) and Widger. W--Choate, 3-1. L--Linton, 0-1. HRs--New York, Giambi (4), Williams (2), Widger (1).
Nick Johnson went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, and Jason Giambi had two hits, including a solo home run for New York. The Yankees' Juan Acevedo, who will be the closer in Mariano Rivera's absence, pitched a scoreless ninth. Toronto's Shannon Stewart had two hits, and Josh Phelps had two RBIs.
ANGELS 4, CUBS 3
Chicago (N)100101000--370
Anaheim10100200x--480
Estes, Remlinger (8) and Bako, Cardona (7); Callaway, Lukasiewicz (7), Nickle (8), Donnelly (8) and Molina, Nieves (5). W--Callaway, 1-1. L--Estes, 1-2. Sv--Donnelly (2). HRs--Chicago, Gonzalez (3), Sosa (3), Ramirez (1).
Mickey Callaway pitched six innings for the Angels, allowing three runs on six hits, striking out six. Sammy Sosa hit a solo homer for the Cubs.
MARINERS 9, PADRES 4
San Diego000030010--4120
Seattle32110002x--9141
Howard, Wright (3), Matthews (5), Trujillo (6), Tucker (8) and Bennett, Trzesniak (7); Garcia, Putz (7), Hoerman (8) and Davis, Horner (7). W--Garcia, 1-1. L--Howard, 1-1. Sv--Hoerman (1). HRs--Seattle, Martinez (4), Mabry (3).
Edgar Martinez went 2-for-2 with two RBIs, and Ben Davis went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Seattle, and starter Freddy Garcia allowed two earned runs in six innings. Keith Lockhart had two hits for the Padres, and starter Ben Howard gave up six earned runs on 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings.
WHITE SOX 5, DIAMONDBACKS (SS) 5, TIE
Arizona (ss)102200000--581
Chicago (A)000020021--5110
Schilling, Ward (6), Valverde (8), Spradlin (9) and Barajas, Morales (6); Colon, Kohlmeier (6), Smith (9) and Alomar, Olivo (7). HRs--Arizona, Bell (2), Gordon (1).
Curt Schilling pitched five innings for Arizona, allowing two runs on four hits, and striking out four batters. Brian Gordon went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks. Aaron Miles went 1-for-4 with two RBIs, and Joe Crede went 2-for-2 with an RBI for Chicago.
ATHLETICS 7, BREWERS 4
Oakland000021112--7112
Milwaukee111001000--4120
Hudson, Foulke (6), Rincon (7), Neu (8), Lehr (9) and Hernandez, Melhuse (6); Franklin, Vizcaino (6), De Los Santos (7), DeJean (9) and Osik. W--Rincon, 1-1. L--De Los Santos, 0-2. Sv--Lehr (1). HRs--Chavez (5), Hatteberg (4), Melhuse (3).
Eric Chavez went 2-for-3, and Erubiel Durazo went 2-for-4 for Oakland. Tim Hudson allowed two earned runs in five innings. Alex Sanchez, Keith Ginter, and Wes Helms had two hits each for the Brewers. Milwaukee starter Wayne Franklin allowed three earned runs on five hits in 5 1-3 innings.
RANGERS 7, ROYALS 5
Kansas City000200210--590
Texas02003020x--7120
May, Bukvich (5), MacDougal (6), Carrasco (7), Lee (8) and DiFelice; Park, Urbina (6), RoGarcia (7), Ramirez (7), Yan (8), Fultz (9) and Diaz, Kreuter (8). W--Park, 3-0. L--May, 1-1. Sv--Fultz (1).
Texas starter Chan Ho Park pitched five innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Ruben Sierra went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Hank Blalock and Juan Gonzalez each doubled for Texas. Royals' starter Darrell May allowed five earned runs on six hits in 4 2-3 innings.
DEVIL RAYS 8, PHILLIES 0
Tampa Bay220003100--8130
Philadelphia000000000--000
Zambrano, Backe (6), Sosa (8) and Valentin; Myers, Crowell (6), Plesac (7), Adams (7), Mesa (9) and Lieberthal. W--Zambrano, 2-1. L--Myers, 2-3. HR--Tampa Bay, Gomes (1).
Victor Zambrano, Brandon Backe, and Jorge Sosa combined to throw a no-hitter for Tampa Bay. Jonny Gomes, a non-roster player, slugged a three-run homer in the sixth inning, and Rocco Baldelli had three hits for the Devil Rays. Phillies' starter Brett Myers allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings.
DIAMONDBACKS (SS) 22, EL PASO 8
Arizona (ss)041313109--22280
El Paso400121000--8153
Villareal, Reynoso (6) and Moeller; Perez, Bruney (4), Daigle (4), Medders (8), Belflower (9), White (9) and Ansman, Loeb. W--Villareal. L--Perez. Sv--Reynoso. HRs--Arizona, Gonzalez, Hammock. El Paso, Ansman.
Luis Gonzalez went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a home run, and Tony Womack went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and one run scored for Arizona. The Diamondbacks' Armando Reynoso allowed one run and five hits in four innings.
DODGERS 5, ROCKIES 3
Colorado100020000--382
Los Angeles00001301x--561
Jennings, Cruz (6), Speier (8) and CJohnson, Casanova (6); OPerez, Corey (6), Shuey (8), Colyer (9) and Lo Duca, Hundley (7). W--Corey, 1-0. L--Jennings, 1-4. Sv--Colyer (1). HR--Los Angeles, Jordan (1).
Los Angeles starter Odalis Perez allowed two runs on six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Fred McGriff hit a two RBI double, and Brian Jordan added a solo home run for the Dodgers. Jason Jennings gave up four runs in five innings for Colorado. Chris Stynes and Jay Payton each had two hits for the Rockies.