Ventura remembered before Royals’ opener

Late Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was remembered before Kansas City’s spring training opener against Texas in Surprise.

With teams lined up on the foul lines, the Rangers’ Carlos Gomez and Adrian Beltre placed flowers on the mound. After highlights of Ventura’s career were shown on the videoboard, Royals manager Ned Yost was given a plaque honoring the pitcher, who died Jan. 22 in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

Bourn setback

Michael Bourn had a major setback in his attempt to make the Baltimore Orioles, breaking a finger while playing catch with a football during a team workout.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Saturday that Bourn will miss about four weeks. The 34-year-old outfielder injured his right ring finger Friday.

Bourn spent the final month of the 2016 season with Baltimore. If added to the 40-man roster, he would get a $2 million, one-year contract.

Games

Nationals 8, Mets 6: At Port St. Lucie, Fla., Bryce hit a long solo homer and a single, helping Washington to a victory over New York Mets.

Andrew Stevenson and Matt Skole also connected for Washington, and Gio Gonzalez struck out one in a scoreless first inning.

Joe Nathan, bidding to fill the Nationals’ closer spot, gave up one hit in a scoreless third inning.

At Bradenton, Pirates (ss) 6, Orioles 2: Fla., Pirates star Andrew McCutchen , playing right field for the first time as a major leaguer, went 1 for 2 with a double off the left-field wall and scored a run. At Goodyear, Indians 8, Reds 2: sprinklers turned on with two outs in the eighth inning, causing a delay of about 20 seconds.

Cleveland prospect Bradley Zimmer had two hits, including a three-run, opposite-field homer to left-center, and five RBIs in his first Cactus League game.

Dodgers 5, White Sox 3: At Glendale, Clayton Kershaw breezed through his first inning of spring training work , not allowing a runner in throwing 12 pitches. Justin Turner drove in a run and Yasmani Grandal went 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Chicago starter Carson Fulmer struck out three in two scoreless innings. Avasail Garcia went 2 for 2 with two runs scored. The White Sox scored twice off Alex Wood in the second inning on an RBI groundout by Geovany Soto and a sacrifice fly from Yolmer Sanchez.

Phillies 6, Yankees 5: At Clearwater, Fla., Maikel Franco connected twice for Philadelphia, including an inside-thepark homer . Adam Morgan pitched two scoreless innings, and Brock Stassi hit a game-ending single.

Yankees starter Adam Warren pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts, and Chris Carter, the NL home run co-leader last season, went 1 for 3.

Tigers 11, Astros 4: At Lakeland, Fla., Andrew Romine, Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez homered in consecutive atbats in the third inning against minor leaguer Edison Frias. Frias hit the next batter, Miguel Cabrera, and was ejected.

Pirates (ss) 7, Rays 2: At Port Charlotte, Fla., Jacob Stallings hit a solo homer in Pittsburgh’s six-run fifth inning, and Joey Terdoslavich had three hits and two RBIs.

Marlins 8, Cardinals 7: At Jupiter, Fla., Christian Yelich and Justin Bour homered off closer Seung Hwan Oh in the third inning, and Matt den Dekker added a two-run single in the fifth.

Braves 7, Blue Jays 4: At Kissimmee, Fla., Bartolo Colon gave up one run and three hits in two innings in his Braves debut. John Danks followed Colon and was charged with two runs and three hits in 11⁄3 innings.

Red Sox 8, Twins 7: At Fort Myers, Fla., Hanley Ramirez and Chris Young each hit an RBI double for Boston, and Mookie Betts went 2 for 3 and scored two runs.

Byungho Park and Drew Stubbs homered for Minnesota. Phil Hughes allowed two runs and four hits in two innings.

At Surprise, Salvador Royals 7, Rangers 5: Perez went 2 for 2 with a run-scoring double and a three-run homer as he prepares to play for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

Texas starter Martin Perez, who plans to compete for Venezuela, allowed two earned runs and four hits in Rougned Odor and Jonathan Lucroy had RBI doubles in a five-run third inning.

At Mesa, Cubs (ss) 4, Athletics 3: Matt Szczur keyed a three-run second inning for the World Series champions and Charcer Burks hit a solo homer in front of 14,929 fans.

Burks also had a diving catch in left field with two on and one out in the eighth inning.

At Scottsdale, Giants 8, Cubs (ss) 6: Giants starter Matt Cain gave up two runs — one earned — and three hits over two innings.

New Giants closer Mark Melancon tossed a 1-2-3 third inning in his first outing. Cain threw 40 pitches and Justin Ruggiano had an RBI double in a threerun fifth.

At Peoria, Nelson Mariners 13, Padres 3: Cruz hit a three-run homer in the first and Seattle finished with 17 hits. Starter Ariel Miranda, fighting for a rotation spot, gave up one hit over two innings with a strikeout.

Dan Vogelbach had two hits for the Mariners and Guillermo Heredia was 3 for 3 with three RBIs.

At Tempe, new Angels 2, Brewers 0: Angel Ben Revere went 1 for 1 with a walk and an RBI and Yusmeiro Petit pitched two scoreless innings. Seven Los Angeles pitchers combined on a four-hitter.

Ryan LaMarre hit a seventh-inning sacrifice fly.