Orioles slugger Davis feeling the power so far this spring

Don’t tell Chris Davis that home runs in the Grapefruit League don’t count.

Coming off a couple of seasons so poor that he considered retirement, the Baltimore Orioles slugger kept up his spring power surge with a three-run homer against Miami on Saturday in Sarasota, Fla., his third longball in four games.

“I’ll take them in exhibition, spring training, winter ball, whenever,” Davis said. “Especially after the way the last two years have gone. I’ve got plenty of baseball left to give.”

Davis turns 34 next month and is in the middle of a $161 million, seven-year deal. He got that contract after twice leading the majors in home runs.

In 2018, Davis hit only .168 with 16 home runs and 49 RBIS, striking out 192 times in 128 games. Last season he batted .179 with 12 homers and 36 RBIS in 105 games.

He began the season hitless in his first 33 at-bats, extending an overall 0-for54 skid.

“It’s nice to see some results,” Davis said. “I would like to get off to a good start just for peace of mind, especially after struggling the past couple years.”

“Having some success on the baseball field feels good.

But it’s still spring training. It’s still early. There are still a lot of things I have to accomplish and things I still need to work on.”

MOST TESTS FOR JUDGE >> New York Yankees star Aaron Judge has undergone an MRI and further tests as the team tries to determine the cause of his ailing right shoulder.

Manager Aaron Boone said Judge “was not right” while taking batting practice in an indoor cage Friday.

“We’re in a holding pattern with it, just trying to figure out what exactly is going on,” Boone said Saturday. “We’’re trying to get our arms around if we can pinpoint something that’s causing some of the discomfort. At this point we haven’t found that.”

Judge was shut down from hitting a week before spring training after experiencing soreness in the shoulder.

Boone feels Judge could be ready for the start of the season if he’s able to play in games over the final 10 days or so at spring training.

• Elsewhere around the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues on Saturday: DODGERS (SS) 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 >> Mookie Betts singled and stole second, and Justin Turner had two hits and two RBIS Los Angeles. Ross Stripling, who debuted a new changeup in his spring debut Monday, allowed one hit over two innings in his second start.

Arizona starter Taylor Clarke gave up seven runs on six hits over 2 2/3 innings. DODGERS (SS) 14, ROCKIES 2 >> Walker Buehler retired six straight batters, striking out two, in a clean twoinning start for the Dodgers. Cody Thomas homered twice and Austin Barnes added a three-run shot. YANKEES (SS) 8, TIGERS 2 >> Gleyber Torres hit a threerun homer and Gerrit Cole pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings for the Yankees, allowing two hits with two strikeouts.

Matthew Boyd made his second start for Detroit, striking out four in three shutout innings. YANKEES (SS) 5, RED SOX 2 >> Jordan Montgomery made his first start for New York’s split squad, giving up a hit in two scoreless innings while striking out four.

Eduardo Rodriguez was stellar in his first start for Boston, striking out six in three shutout innings. CARDINALS 6, NATIONALS 3 >> Carlos Martinez issued three walks and nothing else, pitching three shutout innings with four strikeouts in a start for St. Louis. Paul Dejong hit his second spring home run. Dylan Carlson, the Cardinals’ top prospect, doubled and singled, scoring two runs.

Patrick Corbin made his first spring start for Washington, allowing one run on a hit and two walks in two innings.

METS 2, ASTROS 1 >> Steven Matz threw two scoreless innings for New York. NL Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso went 0 for 3, striking out twice and leaving his average at .067. BREWERS 4, CUBS 3 >> Pitching for the first time since signing a $15.5 million, fiveyear contract, Freddy Peralta allowed a walk over three nohit innings and struck out three for Milwaukee.

Logan Morrison hit a three-run homer.

Cubs starter Yu Darvish gave up a homer to Orlando Arcia on his first pitch of the spring, then settled in to retire six of the next seven batters he faced. He struck out three without a walk. PADRES 7, REDS 3 >> Dinelson Lamet allowed a hit and a walk while striking out three over two innings in the start for the Padres. Jason Vosler, a non-roster invitee who compiled a .890 OPS at Triple-a El Paso last season, hit his first home run of the spring and has hit safely in 7 of his 11 atbats after going 3 for 4.

Cincinnati starter Luis Castillo struck out four of the six batters he retired over two innings, but also gave up a run on four hits.