Feb 27, 2017; Fort Myers, FL, USA; St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams (32) smiles as he comes up to bat during the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park. Photo Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Matt Adams, Paul DeJong and Anthony Garcia each homered as the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Atlanta Braves 9-4 in a spring training game on Thursday in Jupiter, Fla. Dansby Swanson and Adam Walker each tagged homers off Adam Wainwright for Atlanta. Jedd Gyorko doubled twice for St. Louis, knocking in a run, and Wainwright fanned three in his two innings.
Twins 6, Orioles (ss) 6
Jorge Polanco smacked a three-run double and a solo homer for the Minnesota Twins, but they blew a 6-1 eighth inning lead and settled for a tie with a split squad of Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota, Fla. David Washington, Joey Rickard and Ryan Mountcastle homered in the last two innings for Baltimore, with Mountcastle’s two-run blast in the bottom of the ninth tying the game. Manny Machado doubled and singled in three at-bats for Baltimore.
Pirates 11, Tigers 1
Francisco Cervelli, Jordy Mercer and Adam Frazier each belted homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates blew out the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Fla. Jose Osuna also cracked a homer for Pittsburgh, which roughed up Detroit starter Justin Verlander for three hits and three runs in two innings. Justin Upton swatted a solo homer in the second for the Tigers’ only run.
Red Sox 19, Rays 2
Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley, Jr. each knocked in five runs as the Boston Red Sox annihilated the Tampa Bay Rays in Fort Myers, Fla. Bradley, Jr. cracked two of Boston’s five homers, while Ramirez, Bryce Brentz and Steve Selsky also walloped the long ball. Andrew Velazquez hit a homer for Tampa Bay, which used eight pitchers and saw seven allow runs.
Nationals 13, Astros 1
Jayson Werth, Anthony Rendon and Bryce Harper each homered as the Washington Nationals walloped the Houston Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jhonatan Solano went 3-for-4 with two RBI for Washington, which pounded out 18 hits and scored in six of nine innings. Tyler White belted a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth for Houston’s only run.
Phillies 8, Blue Jays 8
Jose Bautista and Anthony Alford each homered as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a tie with the Philadelphia Phillies in Dunedin, Fla. Freddy Galvis, Tommy Joseph and Jesmuel Valentin each knocked in two runs for Philadelphia, which took an 8-5 lead to the bottom of the ninth. But Toronto rallied for three runs, with Rowdy Tellez supplying a two-out RBI single to tie it.
Mets 11, Marlins 6
Phillip Evans’ grand slam highlighted a five-run fifth inning that carried the New York Mets past the Miami Marlins in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Neil Walker and Yoenis Cespedes hit homers to key a four-run fourth for New York, which got two scoreless innings from starter Robert Gsellman. Tomas Telis paced Miami’s attack with a pair of RBI singles.
