Spencer Jones batted 3-for-3 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run amid a seven-run third, as the New York Yankees demolished the host Philadelphia Phillies 12-3 in spring-training action Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla.
Jones, a top prospect in the Yankees’ system, had a run-scoring double in the second after fellow prospect George Lombard Jr. got New York on the board with a single. Paul Goldschmidt wrapped the Yankees’ big third inning with a two-run blast, and Jasson Dominguez also went deep.
Lombard, Dominguez, Oswaldo Cabrera and Pablo Reyes each finished with two of New York’s 15 hits. Starter Will Warren (2-0) struck out four in three innings with one run on one hit and one walk.
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (0-1) was shelled for eight hits and six runs (five earned) in two-plus innings. Max Kepler hit a solo home run for the hosts.
Red Sox 12, Pirates 4
Nate Eaton’s grand slam broke the game open in the fifth and visiting Boston cruised to victory over Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla.
Abraham Toro hit a three-run triple and Trayce Thompson added a two-run homer to help the Red Sox build a 6-0 lead. Nick Sogard went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs, and starter Quinn Priester (1-0) yielded one run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings.
Ji Hwan Bae finished 3-for-3 with a solo shot and two runs, and Tsung-Che Cheng also homered for the Pirates. Starter Andrew Heaney (0-1) was tagged for four runs on two hits and three walks in the first 1 2/3 frames.
Rays 4, Tigers 1
Nine-hole hitter Matthew Etzel hit a go-ahead two-run double and added a solo homer for Tampa Bay to beat visiting Detroit in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Eloy Jimenez had a solo shot to provide the Rays’ other run. The win went to reliever Alex Faedo (1-1) for a spotless fifth inning as seven pitchers limited the Tigers to five hits.
Ryan Kreidler plated Colt Keith on a sacrifice fly to put the Tigers on the board before reliever Dietrich Enns (0-1) gave up Etzel’s go-ahead double in the next inning.
Twins 0, Braves 0
Chris Sale worked four hitless innings for Atlanta in a scoreless draw with visiting Minnesota in North Port, Fla.
Sale fanned four and walked one before giving way to four relievers who allowed four hits to the Twins. The Braves finished with five, including two from Austin Riley. Garrett Cooper’s double was the only extra-base hit of the game.
Twins starter Randy Dobnak tossed five strikeouts and allowed three hits and two walks in his three innings. Jose Miranda went 2-for-3.
Cardinals 6, Mets 1
Matt Koperniak belted a two-run home run as St. Louis’ split squad defeated visiting New York in Jupiter, Fla.
Nolan Arenado had a two-run double one inning before Koperniak’s homer. Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (1-0) threw two strikeouts and limited the Mets to one hit in three innings.
Mets starter Tylor Megill (0-1) worked 2 2/3 innings and gave up the first run of the game on Jose Fermin’s single in the second. The Mets had just five hits and only scored on a fielding error in the eighth.
Cardinals 6, Nationals 4
Yordalin Pena lifted a pitch into the left field seats for a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth and St. Louis held on to beat host Washington in Palm Beach, Fla.
Thomas Saggese hit a solo shot and Lars Nootbaar had a two-run single for a 4-0 Cardinals lead before the Nationals came back to tie it in the seventh. Alex Call hit a two-run double and Amed Rosario (2-for-3) followed that with a two-run single.
Cardinals reliever Maxwell Rajcic (1-0) worked around three walks and a hit in the final two innings for the victory. Andry Lara (0-1) gave up the decisive homer to Pena.
–Field Level Media
