Wednesday’s Exhibition baseball games


Dominican Republic 10, Pirates 6

Baltimore All-Star Manny Machado hit a two-run homer for the Dominican Republic. Gregory Polanco, who plays for the Pirates, went 3 for 3 for the DR, and Starling Marte added two hits and two RBIs. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole allowed two hits in three shutout innings.

Twins 3, Team USA 2

Nick Gordon left off the sixth inning with a double and scored on a Byung Ho Park sacrifice fly to right field. The Twins got two-out RBI singles from Jason Castro and Jorge Polance off Andrew Miller, who relieved USA starter Luke Gregerson.

Mets (ss) 8, Red Sox 7

Mets starter Noah Syndergaard threw 47 pitches and lasted 21/3 scoreless innings, and Bruce hit his first home run of spring training and had three RBIs.

Cardinals 9, Nationals 3

Stephen Strasburg was hit hard in his second start, giving up six runs and seven hits in two innings. Jhonny Peralta hit an RBI groundout in the first, and Matt Adams, Patrick Wisdom and Harrison Bader followed with run-scoring singles.

Astros 12, Mets (ss) 2

Houston said 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel pitched a simulated game Tuesday with no issues and he is to make his exhibition debut Sunday against Miami. The left-hander did not appear in a game after Aug. 27 last year because of pitching shoulder inflammation.

Yankees 10, Canada 4

Former AL MVP Justin Morneau had a single and struck out twice for Canada, and Seattle’s Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer. Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer and Gary Sanchez had a solo drive for the Yankees.

Braves 3, Phillies 2

Bartolo Colon allowed one run and one hit in three innings, striking out three, and Nick Markakis hit a two-run double. Jeremy Hellickson gave up two runs and five hits in four innings, leaving him with a 5.00 ERA.

Orioles 6, Blue Jays 4

Craig Gentry, battling for a roster spot, hit a three-run homer as part of a two-hit day. Mat Latos, trying to earn a job with Toronto, allowing five runs, five hits and three walks in two innings.

A’s 7, Italy 0

A’s starter Kendall Graveman struck out three in three shutout innings. Jesse Hahn worked three innings of two-hit relief and Frankie Montas went the final two innings of the five-hit shutout.

Angels 9, Reds 0

Ricky Nolasco went three innings, starting off a combined three-hitter. Mike Trout hit an RBI triple. Amir Garrett gave up five runs, none of them earned, on seven hits in 22/3 innings.

Brewers (ss) 7, Dodgers 2

Dodgers starter Rich Hill allowed three runs and walked four in 12/3 innings. Joc Pederson homered for Los Angeles. Milwaukee reliever Neftali Feliz struck out two in a hitless inning.

Brewers (ss) 5, White Sox 4

Milwaukee newcomer Eric Thames doubled to raise his spring batting average to .167. Lewis Brinson, Travis Shaw and Ivan DeJesus Jr. each homered for the Brewers. Avisail Garcia, Tyler Saladino and Rymer Liriano homered for the White Sox.

Venezuela 11, Royals 0

Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer and a two-run single, Alcides Escobar tripled twice and drove in three runs against his big league team and Kansas City teammate Salvador Perez had two hits for Venezuela. Royals starter Ian Kennedy gave up one earned run in two innings.

Giants 6, Puerto Rico 5

Carlos Beltran and Angel Pagan each finished with multihit games for Puerto Rico. Mike Morse hit a two-run homer for San Francisco, and Jeff Samardzija allowed one run through 32/3 innings. Chris Marrero, a former first-round pick of Washington in 2006, hit a game-ending, two-run homer.

Diamondbacks 10, Mexico 4

Arizona ace Zack Greinke struggled, allowing two runs and six hits in 22/3 innings. Luis Alfonso Cruz had an RBI double and scored a run for Mexico and Efren Navarro had an RBI single.

Colombia 9, Rays 7

Tim Beckman hit a two-run home run and doubled, and Steven Souza Jr. homered for Tampa Bay. Rays starter Chase Whitley gave up one earned run in three innings. Tito Polo of the New York Yankees and Jorge Alfaro of the Philadelphia Phillies hit home runs for Colombia.

Associated Press