EXHIBITION BASEBALL AT A GLANCE

STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Minnesota199.679
Seattle1510.600
New York139.591
Boston1511.577
Anaheim1612.571
Oakland1713.567
Tampa Bay108.556
Kansas City1412.539
Chicago1513.536
Cleveland1414.500
Detroit1415.483
Toronto1214.461
Baltimore1115.423
Texas1117.393
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Montreal1711.607
Milwaukee1712.586
Florida1511.577
St. Louis1612.571
Houston1411.560
Cincinnati161616.500
Arizona1415.483
Chicago1415.483
Colorado1314.481
Atlanta1216.429
New York1217.414
Los Angeles1218.400
San Diego1117.393
Pittsburgh1118.379
San Francisco1017.370
Philadelphia1018.357
Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Wednesday's Games
Detroit 6, Atlanta 3
Toronto 5, Cincinnati 1
Pittsburgh 8, Boston 8, tie
Houston 3, Cleveland 2
Florida 9, Baltimore 6
Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 2, Montreal 1
Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee 4
Seattle 10, Oakland 5
Anaheim 9, Colorado 5
Arizona 8, Texas 1
Chicago White Sox 15, San Diego 11
San Francisco 6, Kansas City 5
Los Angeles 11, N.Y. Mets 5
Today's Games
Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05
Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05
Los Angeles vs. Montreal at Viera, Fla., 1:05
St. Louis vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05
Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05
Detroit vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven, Fla., 1:05
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05
Oakland (ss) at Midland (AA), 1:05
Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05
Milwaukee vs. Anaheim at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05
Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, Ariz., 2:05
Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05
Oakland (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05
Baltimore vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 7:10
Texas at San Francisco, 10:15
Friday's Games
Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 1:05
Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05
Cleveland vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 1:05
Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Tucson, Ariz., 2:05
Boston vs. Atlanta at Atlanta, 7:05
St. Louis at Memphis (AAA), 7:05
Florida vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 7:10
Kansas City at Houston, 8:05
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:05
Colorado vs. Texas at Las Vegas, 10:05
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:10
Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15
WEDNESDAY'S BOXSCORES
ASTROS 3, INDIANS 2
CLEVELANDHOUSTON
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Lawton lf4010Vizcaino 1b4000
Crisp lf0001Everett ss4000
Vizquel ss3110Berkman lf3110
McDonald ss1000Kent 2b3000
Gerut rf3011Bruntlett 2b0000
Bradley cf1010Hidalgo rf2100
Escobar ph-cf3000Lamb 3b3112
Martinez c4000Chavez c2011
Betancourt p0000Taveras cf2000
Broussard 1b3020Lane cf1000
Blake 3b3000Oswalt p2000
Merloni 3b1000Palmeiro ph1000
Belliard 2b3110Lidge p0000
Sabathia p3000Dotel p0000
Laker c1010
Totals33282Totals27333
Cleveland001000001--2
Houston00030000x--3
E--Escobar. DP--Houston 1. LOB--Cleveland 9, Houston 3. 2B--Vizquel, Lawton, Lamb. S--Chavez. SF--Crisp.
IPHRERBBSO
Cleveland
Sabathia L, 0-1733323
Betancourt100001
Houston
Oswalt W, 2-2761117
Lidge110012
Dotel S, 3111110
HBP--by Lidge (McDonald).
T--1:57. A--2,754.
PIRATES 8, RED SOX 8
PITTSBURGHBOSTON
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Redman cf5111Damon cf2000
Castillo 2b5112Hyzdu cf2022
Mackowiak lf5110Reese ss0000
Simon 1b4011Crespo ss2100
Rivera 1b1000Ramirez lf3010
CWilson rf4010Moss pr-lf2110
Davis pr-rf0100Ortiz 1b3112
Hill dh4121McCarty 1b2010
Stynes 3b4111Burks dh2212
Cota c4132Daubach ph2000
Nunez ss4120EWest pr0000
Millar pr3000
Curry rf2000
Kapler 3b2010
Spann 3b1000
Mirabelli c2011
Varitek c3220
Bellhorn 2b3000
Febles 2b1111
Totals408138Totals378128
Pittsburgh110030030--8
Boston010041020--8
E--Rivera. DP--Pittsburgh 2. LOB--Pittsburgh 5, Boston 9. 2B--Mackowiak, Simon, Stynes, Cota, Nunez, Hyzdu, Ramirez. 3B--Varitek. HRs--Castillo (3), Hill (4), Cota (2), Burks (2). SB--Davis. S--Reese
IPHRERBBSO
Pittsburgh
Wells555544
Grabow231100
Johnston2-342200
Serrano1 1-300010
Boston
Arroyo452202
Foulke133300
Dinardo210004
Williamson143301
Jones100001
HBP--by Wells (Reese). WP--Foulke.
T--2:50. A--6,924.
WEDNESDAY'S LINESCORES
TWINS 4, PHILLIES 2
Minnesota010001020--4120
Philadelphia000002000--272
Roa, Pulido (4), Nathan (7), Schoening (8), Eyre (9) and Johnson; Millwood, Geary (4), Telemaco (6), Crowell (8), Worrell (9) and Lieberthal. W--Nathan, 2-0. L--Crowell, 0-2. Sv--Eyre (1). HRs--Minnesota, LeCroy (2), Cuddyer (5). Philadelphia, Thome (2).
Michael Cuddyer and Matthew LeCroy homered, and starter Joe Roa allowed one hit over three innings for the Twins. Jim Thome hit a home run in his third start at first base since breaking the tip of the middle finger on his right hand March 5.
BLUE JAYS 5, REDS 1
Toronto000000500--5120
Cincinnati00000001x--140
Baker, Speier (6), Ogiltree (7), Buzachero (8), Haines (9) and Chiaffredo, Umbria; Haynes, Sanchez (6), Wagner (8), Graves (9) and Miller. W--Speier, 3-0. L--Sanchez, 1-2. HRs--Guiel (1).
Jimmy Haynes pitched five shutout innings, but was denied the win after Toronto rallied in the seventh by scoring five runs off reliever Jesus Sanchez. Blue Jays starter Chris Baker pitched five scoreless innings, giving up three hits, and reliever Justin Speier threw a perfect sixth to get the win.
TIGERS 6, BRAVES 3
Atlanta100000101--360
Detroit00014001x--6102
Wright, Cunnane (7), Cruz (8) and Estrada; Johnson, Schmack (3), Ahearne (6), Patterson (8), Dingman (9) and DiFelice. W--Schmack, 1-0. L--Wright, 0-2. HR--Detroit, Higginson (1).
Bobby Higginson hit a grand slam in the fifth inning off Braves starter Jaret Wright, who gave up five runs and seven hits over six innings. Jason Johnson, Detroit's opening day starter, gave up one run and two hits before leaving the game after two innings because of a blister on his right middle finger.
MARLINS 9, ORIOLES 6
Florida111400200--9150
Baltimore231000000--6140
Pavano, Bump (7), Phelps (9) and Redmond, Treanor; Riley, Parrish (2), DeJean (4), Ormand (5), Groom (7), Ryan (8), Julio (9) and Lopez, Osik. W--Pavano, 3-0. L--DeJean, 1-1. Sv--Phelps (1). HRs--Nunez 2 (8), Cordero (3), Gibbons (2).
Abraham Nunez went 4-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs for Florida. Nunez has eight homers this spring, a team record, surpassing the seven hit by Bobby Bonilla in 1997. Wil Cordero also homered for the Marlins. Jay Gibbons homered and Larry Bigbie had three hits and two steals for the Orioles.
CARDINALS 2, EXPOS 1
Montreal000001000--181
St. Louis11000000x--252
Patterson, Hill (6) and Schneider, Zaun (5); Morris, Lincoln (8), King (9) and Matheny, McKay (8). W--Morris, 2-1. L--Patterson, 1-1. Sv--King (1). HR--Cepicky (3).
Matt Morris pitched seven strong innings, scattering seven hits and allowing one run for St. Louis. Morris ran his string of scoreless innings to 15 1-3 before Montreal's Matt Cepicky hit a home run in the sixth. John Patterson pitched five good innings for the Expos, giving up two runs on three hits.
WHITE SOX 15, PADRES 11
Chicago (A)103033032--15251
San Diego110043020--11161
Wright, Marte (5), Politte (6), Jackson (7), Koch (8), Smith (9) and Alomar, Burke; Lawrence, Osuna (4), Otsuka (6), Hoffman (7), Oropesa (8), Szuminski (9) and Hernandez. W--Wright, 3-0. L--Lawrence, 1-3. HRs--Konerko 2 (2), Alomar (1), Hernandez (2), Loretta (3).
Paul Konerko homered twice and Aaron Rowand went 4-for-6 with three RBIs as the White Sox beat the Padres. Brian Giles had three doubles and a pair of singles while Mark Loretta homered and drove in three runs. Ramon Hernandez hit a grand slam for San Diego.
ANGELS 9, ROCKIES 5
Anaheim131010111--9100
Colorado003020000--5111
Lackey, Percival (7), Shields (8), Gregg (9) and BMolina, Paul; Stark, Fuentes (6), Reed (7), JLopez (8), Chacon (9) and Greene. W--Lackey, 1-2. L--Stark, 0-2. HRs--Anaheim, DaVanon (1), Quinlan (2). Colorado, Wilson (3).
Colorado's Preston Wilson, who didn't play in an exhibition game until Sunday because of a sore left knee, homered in his third straight game. He hit a three-run homer off John Lackey in the third. Lackey, who was named the fifth starter in Anaheim's rotation earlier Wednesday, got the win despite allowing eight hits and five runs in six innings. Denny Stark got the loss, giving up six runs -- five earned -- and six hits in five innings.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, RANGERS 1
Texas0000100--121
Arizona022400x--8110
RRodriguez, Francisco (5), Powell (6) and Diaz; Daigle, Choate (7), Villafuerte (7). W--Daigle, 1-2. L--RRodriguez, 1-2. HR--Daigle (1).
Casey Daigle allowed a run on two hits through six innings and hit a two-run home run for Arizona. Richie Sexson went 2-for-2 with a two-run double and Alex Cintron had a three-run double for Arizona as well. Matt Kata went 3-for-3.
MARINERS 10, ATHLETICS 5
Seattle100042012--10191
Oakland00210200x--5101
Jarvis, Mullholland (3), Soriano (5), Atchison (7), Looper (9) and Davis, Borders (5); Hudson, Rincon (6), Hammond (6), Mecir (8), Gomes (9) and Melhuse, Rose (8). W--Mullholland, 2-1. L--Hudson, 2-3. HRs--Oakland, Dye (3), Crosby (6), Durazo (1).
Edgar Martinez drove in three runs, Raul Ibanez had four hits and Rich Aurilia added a three-run double during a four-run fifth for Seattle. Jermaine Dye, Bobby Crosby and Erubiel Durazo homered for the Athletics.
GIANTS 6, ROYALS 5
San Francisco000051000--6110
Kansas City002020100--590
Cooper, Jensen (4), Veres (7), Estrella (8), Walker (9) and Pierzynski, Torrealba (4); Anderson, Swindell (7), Sullivan (8), Carrasco (9) and Santiago, Castillo (5). W--Jensen, 3-1. L--Anderson, 0-2. Sv--Walker (1). HRs--San Francisco, Torrealba (2), Torcato (1).
Tony Torcato hit a two-run homer and former Royal Michael Tucker drove in a pair of runs in San Francisco's five-run fourth inning. Brian Anderson, who will pitch the opener for Kansas City, allowed six runs and 10 hits in six innings.
CUBS 12, BREWERS 4
Chicago (N)032010204--12111
Milwaukee000000031--481
Wood, Farnsworth (5), Wellemeyer (7), Cabrera (8), Hawkins (9) and Barrett, Bako (6); Sheets, Hernandez (6), Vizcaino (8), Burba (9) and Moeller, Villanueva (8). W--Wood, 5-0. L--Sheets, 0-3. HRs--Chicago, Barrett (1), Lee (3), Weston (1).
Kerry Wood finished 5-0 with a 1.05 ERA in six spring starts after tossing four scoreless innings to lead the Cubs. Meanwhile, his counterpart Ben Sheets went 0-3 this spring for the Brewers. Sheets gave up six runs in five innings. Michael Barrett and Derrek Lee both hit two-run homers off Sheets.
DODGERS 11, METS 5
New York (N)000005000--5113
Los Angeles40102211x--11140
Roberts, Weathers (6), Stanton (8) and Phillips, Wilson (7); Nomo, Colyer (6), Dreifort (6), Martin (7), White (8), Gagne (9) and Lo Duca, Ross (7). W--Nomo, 1-4. L--Roberts, 1-1. HRs--New York, Cameron (4), Phillips (4). Los Angeles, Beltre (3), Lo Duca (3).
Hideo Nomo pitched five shutout innings but struggled in the sixth, allowing four runs without retiring a batter. Nomo will be starting for the Dodgers in their season opener. The outing still was the best performance of the spring for Nomo, who entered the game with an 0-4 record and 8.34 ERA. Grant Roberts, competing for the fifth spot in the Mets' rotation, gave up seven runs in five innings. Mike Piazza had three hits and two RBI for New York.