Indians/PIrates baseball \ Friday’s games

Giants 10, Indians 3

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — American League Cy Young winner Cliff Lee again struggled for the Cleveland Indians, giving up 12 hits and seven runs in five innings. “I definitely have to make an adjustment somewhere,” said Lee, who has given up 17 earned runs in his last 12 2/3 innings. “It wasn’t the result I was looking for. It’s definitely harder to get up for a game in spring training than in the regular season. There is a little different mentality. You still have to work on locating pitches and getting better at something each time you go out.” Lee also talked about his contract, which is up after this season — Cleveland holds an option. He said the Indians approached him in the offseason but there haven’t been any talks this spring, and he won’t discuss a new deal in the offseason. “Once the season starts, I’m not going to consider anything like that. The offseason and spring training is when you talk about those things,” Lee said. The Giants scored three runs in the first inning off Lee and four in the second, when Rich Aurilia hit his second home run. Eugenio Velez had three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in two runs.

Blue Jays 4, Pirates 1

BRADENTON, Fla. — Roy Halladay already has that opening day look. The Blue Jays’ 20-game winner was in start-of-the-season form, limiting the Pirates to one run and four hits over seven innings. Brad Emaus backed Halladay’s effective start with a wind-aided solo homer over the left field wall in the third inning and a run-scoring double in a two-run fifth against Virgil Vasquez. Travis Snider doubled and scored on Emaus’ double and Alex Rios followed with a sacrifice fly. Halladay gave up Brad Hinske’s double and Brandon Moss’ run-scoring single in the second, then permitted only one hit over his final five innings — Brian Bixler’s single in the fifth. He lowered his spring ERA to 3.67.

Associated Press