Puig cracks his 1st HR of spring for Dodgers
Yasiel Puig touched off his first spring homer for Los Angeles with a huge bat flip and scored another run on Cody Bellinger’s single. Bellinger finished with two hits, and prized young pitcher Julio Urias threw two scoreless innings.
Pitching prospect Andrew Moore tossed two spotless innings for Seattle. Moore was a second-round draft pick in 2015.
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Buster Posey had two hits, including a two-run single, and San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner allowed one run in three innings with four strikeouts.
Kansas City starter Danny Duffy was inconsistent through three innings, yielding four hits and two runs.
Chicago rookie Albert Almora Jr., the sixth pick in the 2012 amateur draft, slugged a grand slam and had two hits. Wilson Contreras hit his second homer of the spring, but Jon Lester struggled a bit while allowing two runs and three hits in two innings.
Nomar Mazara and Mike Napoli each had an RBI single for Texas. Jonathan Lucroy added two hits.
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Trevor Story launched his second home run and doubled for Colorado. The shortstop had 27 homers last year before his stellar rookie season was cut short two months early due to thumb surgery.
Tommy Milone, signed by Milwaukee in December, threw two scoreless innings.
Brewers 9, Rockies 4:
All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor laced a pair of RBI doubles and scored twice for Cleveland. Trevor Bauer allowed three hits and an unearned run in three innings.
Indians outfielder Tyler Naquin left after bruising his foot on a foul ball. Xray results were expected Monday.
San Diego starter Clayton Richard lasted just one inning, tagged for six runs and eight hits.
Indians 8, Padres 2:
Hernandez allowed two first-inning runs but settled down over the next two for Seattle. Ryon Healy hit an RBI double and Mark Canha added a run-scoring single off Hernandez.
Athletics 5, Mariners (ss) 4:
Garrett Richards gave up three runs and four hits over two innings in his first start this spring for Los Angeles and said he felt “totally
Reds 11, Angels 3:
fine.”
A partially torn elbow ligament limited Richards to six starts last season, but he opted against Tommy John and instead had a combination of stem-cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma injections.
Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer for the Angels. Cincinnati starter Brandon Finnegan gave up three runs in three innings.
– Associated Press