Indians lose to Tigers 5-4



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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Jeremy Bonderman allowed two runs in five innings to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Thursday night.
Bonderman, who won 14 games for the Tigers last season, yielded four hits, struck out four and walked three.
Curtis Granderson hit two sacrifice flies, including the winner in the ninth, and Carlos Guillen hit an RBI double for the Tigers.
Indians left-hander Juan Lara (0-1), who hadn't yielded any runs through his first 7 2/3 innings this spring, gave up a leadoff single to Chris Shelton. Omar Infante, running for Shelton, went from first to third on Brandon Inge's third single of the game and scored the winner on Granderson's fly ball to center.
The Indians tied it at 4 with two runs in the ninth off Todd Jones, the Detroit closer who saved 38 games last season. Luis Rivas and Shin-Soo Choo had RBI singles in the Cleveland rally.
Detroit hit five doubles in the first two innings off Fausto Carmona, but also grounded into six double plays during the game.
Guillen doubled in Gary Sheffield in the first inning and scored on Magglio Ordonez's double to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
David Dellucci hit a one-out solo homer -- his fourth of the spring -- in the second inning and Travis Hafner went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Indians.
Blue Jays 5, Pirates 3
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Roy Halladay had a so-so outing in his next-to-last spring training start, allowing three runs over six innings.
Halladay, the 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner, used his cutter in a game for the first time this year. He gave up seven hits, struck out two and walked none.
Brad Eldred drove in Pittsburgh's runs with a three-run homer in the fourth, his fifth home run of spring training. Toronto's Frank Thomas homered for the second straight game.
Pittsburgh starter Tony Armas allowed two runs, four hits and three walks in five innings. He is competing with Shawn Chacon and Sean Burnett for the fifth spot in the rotation.
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