Sanchez pitches 6 hitless innings, but Pittsburgh rallies to edge Detroit
Pirates 5, Tigers 4: Anibal Sanchez pitched six hitless innings for Detroit, striking out six. Tyler Collins hit a three-run homer off Pirates starter Tyler Glasnow.
Glasnow struck out nine in four innings. Adam Frazier and Pittsburgh prospect Austin Meadows both homered and Francisco Cervelli hit a two-run triple.
Mets 3, Braves 0: Mets starter Rafael Montero tossed five shutout innings and allowed four hits and a walk. Michael Conforto hit his third spring homer.
Braves starter R.A. Dickey went six innings and gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk. Brandon Phillips had two hits.
Marlins 1, Cardinals 0: Miami starter Justin Nicolino went five shutout innings, giving up three hits. Derek Dietrich doubled in a run.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn, who hasn’t pitched in a big league game since October 2015 due to an elbow injury and subsequent Tommy John surgery, was lifted after one inning for “precautionary reasons, “general manager John Mozeliak said during the Cardinals broadcast of the game. Lynn didn’t allow a hit or run and struck out one. He’s pitched 15 innings this spring to a 1.29 ERA.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays (ss) 5: Yankees first baseman Greg Bird hit his seventh home run this spring, tying Kansas City’s Pete O’Brien for the big league lead. Adam Warren was roughed up for four runs on four hits and two walks over 3 1/3 innings.
Devon Travis, in his second spring game returning from knee surgery, got two hits for Toronto. Jerrod Saltalamacchia and Ryan Goins both homered. Starter Mat Latos gave up two earned runs on five hits and a walk over three innings.
Nationals 4, Astros 1: Tanner Roark, in his first start for Washington since the World Baseball Classic, gave up one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out five. Team USA teammate Daniel Murphy went 2 for 4 with a two-run double while Trea Turner added an RBI and stolen base.
Astros starter Lance McCullers gave up four runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings. Jose Altuve hit a run-scoring double.
Phillies 3, Red Sox (ss) 3 (9 innings): Jackie Bradley Jr. homered for Boston. Kyle Kendrick gave up two runs on eight hits, striking out six through six.
Phils starter Alec Asher gave up two runs on three hits and a walk over three innings. Tommy Joseph had two hits.
Red Sox (ss) 7, Rays 5: Pablo Sandoval, returning from an injury-plagued 2016, hit his fourth spring homer and Rusney Castillo had two hits and scored twice.
Rays starter Blake Snell allowed four runs on six hits and a walk over 4 2/3 innings. Corey Dickerson homered and is hitting .367 this spring.
Orioles 6, Twins 3: Gabriel Ynoa gave up just one hit and one walk over five scoreless innings for Baltimore, lowering his ERA to 1.98 this spring. J.J. Hardy and Jonathan Schoop each hit a solo homer, and Chris Davis hit a tworun shot. Seth Smith returned from a hamstring injury and went 2 for 3 with a double.
Minnesota’s Hector Santiago allowed two runs on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts in four innings. Ehire Adrianza fouled a ball off his foot and was replaced by Benji Gonzalez in the third.
– Associated Press