GRAPEFRUIT ROUNDUP \ Tribe/Bucs

Reds 7, Indians 4

SARASOTA, Fla. — Cleveland left-hander Cliff Lee returned from a sinus infection and pitched one inning in a rain-shortened game. Lee, competing for the fifth spot in the rotation, gave up one hit in his scoreless inning. “I’ve never been sick for a week and felt that bad,” Lee said. “It feels good to feel good now. I felt like I threw the ball remotely close to where I wanted to, so I’ll take that.” Left-handers Aaron Laffey and Jeremy Sowers, the other candidates for the final spot in the rotation, followed Lee and gave up Cincinnati’s seven runs in a game called after the Indians batted in the fifth. Laffey walked three and gave up three hits while retiring only two batters in the second inning. He was charged with five runs in all. Sowers pitched the fourth and gave up four hits, a walk and two runs. “All three of those lefties have been throwing the ball good,” manager Eric Wedge said. Joey Votto singled home a run for Cincinnati. Jolbert Cabrera doubled home two runs, and Ryan Freel had a run-scoring single. Right-hander Matt Belisle, part of a group of pitchers competing for the last three spots in Cincinnati’s rotation, pitched a perfect first inning before giving up three runs and three hits in the second. Andy Marte had a two-run double. Right-hander Josh Fogg, who signed a one-year deal with the Reds last month, gave up a solo homer by Franklin Gutierrez during his three innings. Fogg also is competing for a spot in the rotation.

Red Sox 5, Pirates 3

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one run in three innings. “Not only [did he] throw his fastball in to right-handers but he also threw his changeup in to righties,” pitching coach John Farrell said. “That was something he didn’t do a whole lot of last year. ... Today was a very productive day.” Matsuzaka allowed two hits and two walks with two strikeouts while throwing 47 pitches, including 28 strikes. He struck out the last batter he faced, Freddy Sanchez, then threw about 30 more pitches in the bullpen afterward. He allowed Brian Bixler’s RBI triple in the second off the glove of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who made a long run to the right-center field fence. Boston tied it on J.D. Drew’s run-scoring single in the second. Minor league shortstop Argenis Diaz singled in the go-ahead run in the fourth off loser Bryan Bullington. He finished with three hits and two RBIs. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect fourth and got the victory. Pirates starter Phil Dumatrait allowed one run on four hits in three innings but isn’t expected to make the rotation, although he could win a bullpen job. “I’d like to think that I’ve made a good impression,” said Dumatrait, a Red Sox draft choice in 2000 who was claimed off waivers from Cincinnati in October. “I think I’ve thrown the ball pretty well my first two times out.”

Associated Press