Hendricks, Musgrove solid for Cubs
HOUSTON - Kyle Hendricks and Joe Musgrove each wrapped up successful springs with solid starts on Friday.
Hendricks yielded two hits and struck out three over five scoreless innings to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 6-3 in the last tuneup for the teams before opening day.
Musgrove allowed three hits with four strikeouts over four scoreless innings for Houston.
Hendricks, who led the majors with a 2.13 ERA last season, posted a 2-0 record with a 1.66 ERA in six starts this spring for the reigning World Series champions.
Phillies 7, Rays 7, 9 innings: Philadelphia starter Clay Buchholz gave up five runs on seven hits and a walk over five innings. Freddy Galvis homered and Andrew Knapp drove in three runs for the Phillies.
Alex Cobb allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in 32⁄3 innings for Tampa Bay. Steven Souza Jr. homered and Tim Beckham hit a basesloaded triple.
Twins 3, Triple-A Rochester 3, 9 innings: Miguel Sano hit his first home run this spring and Minnesota starter Kyle Gibson gave up two runs and three hits over three innings.
Twins top prospect Jose Berrios, who also pitched for Puerto Rico at the World Baseball Classic, walked five over 21⁄3 innings for the team’s top affiliate.
Orioles 3, Triple-A Norfolk 3, 9 innings: J.J. Hardy hit his first spring home run and Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs.
Braves 8, Yankees 5: Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer, Bartolo Colon got in a final tuneup before his 20th big league season and the Atlanta Braves opened their new stadium with an 8-5 exhibition victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
New York’s Greg Bird picked up his eighth homer — tied with Washington’s Bryce Harper for the most in the majors this spring — with a two-run shot off the 43-year-old Colon in the third inning. Freeman put the Braves ahead in the bottom half with a drive over the high brick wall in right-center field at SunTrust Park.
The exhibition, before a crowd of 21,392, wrapped up the spring for both teams and served as a soft opening for the new stadium, which still has some kinks to work out.
The lights flickered a couple of times, the center field scoreboard went out briefly and the press elevator malfunctioned.
Marlins 7, Tigers 1: Detroit announced outfielder J.D. Martinez will start on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained right foot. The move was made retroactive to Thursday.
Tigers starter Jordan Zimmerman continued to struggle, allowing four runs on five hits in three innings to finish the spring with an 8.74 ERA in 111⁄3 innings. Miguel Cabrera hit a home run and Justin Upton had two of the Tigers’ four hits.
Cardinals 5, Double-A Springfield 2: Mike Leake scattered six hits over seven innings in his final tuneup for St. Louis. He allowed one run and had eight strikeouts without a walk. Greg Garcia’s two-run single in the seventh broke a tie.
Reds 1, Triple-A Louisville 1, 9 innings: Rookie Davis allowed a run on three hits in three innings and Joey Votto drove in Billy Hamilton with a firstinning run as Cincinnati tied its Triple-A team.
Games that were rained out included the New York Mets at Army and Boston at Washington.