Rafael Marchan hit two doubles for four runs in one inning to help a Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates’ split squad 14-10 in a spring-training offensive showcase Friday in Bradenton, Fla.
The Phillies dropped a nine-run fourth inning after the Pirates went ahead 3-0 on Ryan O’Hearn’s three-run home run in the third. Marchan plated Philadelphia’s first run, and after Felix Reyes tied the game with a double and two batters drew bases-loaded walks, Marchan hit a three-run double to center. Bryan De La Cruz finished the inning with an RBI double of his own.
The Pirates didn’t go quietly, as Yordany De Los Santos, Derek Berg and Omar Alfonzo homered to pull them into a 10-10 tie by the eighth. But De La Cruz scored the go-ahead run on an error in the top of the ninth and Carson DeMartini added cushion with a three-run blast to center.
Otto Kemp and Paul McIntosh joined Marchan and De La Cruz with two hits for the Phillies, while Jared Triolo went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI for the Pirates.
Blue Jays 9, Pirates (ss) 2
Nathan Lukes’ two-out grand slam in the fourth inning turned the tide and Toronto took down the visiting Pittsburgh split squad in Dunedin, Fla.
Yohendrick Pinango and Edward Micheletti added late home runs to pad the margin for the Blue Jays. Jose Berrios allowed two runs on five hits and struck out three in a four-inning start.
The Pirates went in front on Termarr Johnson’s single and Dominic Fletcher’s solo shot before the Jays rallied. Starter Bubba Chandler had one earned run and three walks but struck out five in three innings.
Cardinals 10, Orioles 2
Nelson Velazquez and Joshua Baez homered, Yohel Pozo went 2-for-2 with a two-run double and visiting St. Louis beat Baltimore in Sarasota, Fla.
Jeremy Rivas and Ivan Herrera, who each had two hits, broke a 1-1 tie with RBI singles in the fifth. Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy struck out four and scattered one run and four hits through four innings for his second win of the spring.
Ryan Mountcastle and Willy Vasquez had the RBIs for the Orioles. Chris Bassett allowed one unearned run in his three-inning start, but Albert Suarez was dinged for seven runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings of middle relief.
Tigers 11, Red Sox 3
Matt Vierling went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double and four RBIs, Jace Jung smacked three RBI singles and host Detroit walloped Boston in Lakeland, Fla.
The Tigers scored all 11 of their runs between the fifth and eighth innings, long after Justin Verlander left his start having struck out four and given up two runs in two innings.
Kristian Campbell hit a two-run homer in the first for the Red Sox, and Andrews Opata had a solo shot in the ninth.
Astros 7, Nationals 1
John Garcia homered and Brice Matthews doubled to bring in two runs apiece for host Houston in a win over Washington in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Jose Altuve brought in a run on a double-play grounder for the Astros, who got four strikeouts from starter Mike Burrows in 3 2/3 innings of one-hit, no-run ball.
Daylen Lile homered and starter Cade Cavalli fanned six in four innings for the Nationals.
–Field Level Media
