The Arizona Republic

GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Astros P Keuchel tosses 3 shutout innings in ’17 debut

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Nationals 5, Astros 4: Dallas Keuchel, the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner, made his 2017 debut for Houston, pitching three shutout innings.

Bryce Harper and Adam Eaton homered for Washington. Harper has five home runs this spring.

Prospect A.J. Reed belted a grand slam for the Astros, giving him four homers in just 24 at-bats.

Tigers 4, Mets 3: J.D. Martinez hit a solo homer and a double for the Tigers, and Justin Upton and Omar Infante also had multihit games. Reigning AL Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer struggled through 2 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs and three hits.

L.J. Mazzilli and Patrick Biondi each hit RBI doubles for New York.

Braves 10, Yankees 2: Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run double in Atlanta’s six-run first against Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia.

Sabathia got two outs and was charged with four earned runs.

Austin Romine and Jorge Mateo homered for New York.

Cardinals 9, Marlins 9: Matt Adams hit a two-run homer and an RBI double for St. Louis, and Adam Wainwright threw four innings of one-run ball.

Marcell Ozuna hit a solo shot and added a sacrifice fly for Miami.

Phillies 6, Red Sox 5: Aaron Nola started for Philadelph­ia and worked into the fourth, allowing five hits and three runs while striking out six. Daniel Nava went 4 for 4 with a triple, raising his batting average to .476.

Eduardo Rodriguez allowed a run and three hits in four innings for Boston. Pablo Sandoval went 2 for 3 with a home run for Boston.

Pirates 4, Twins (ss) 3: Chris Stewart had two hits and three RBIs for Pittsburgh, and Trevor Williams allowed two runs in three innings.

Minnesota right-hander Ryan Vogelsong allowed three runs and four hits in 2 1/3 innings. Matt Hague doubled three times for the Twins.

Rays 8, Blue Jays 2: Erasmo Ramirez, who has battled hamstring tightness, worked two scoreless innings for the Rays. Tommy Hunter followed and worked a perfect third. Evan Longoria belted his first home run and prospect Jake Bauers hit his second homer.

Orioles 8, Twins (ss) 6: Dylan Bundy struggled in his second start for Baltimore, giving up five runs and five hits. First base prospect Trey Mancini, Craig Gentry and Anthony Santander homered off Minnesota starter Phil Hughes.

Hughes worked five innings, allowing four runs and six hits.

– Associated Press

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