Marcelo Mayer went 3-for-3 with an RBI triple and a two-run home run, Roman Anthony added the go-ahead double and the visiting Boston Red Sox hung on to beat the Detroit Tigers’ split squad in spring training action Thursday in Lakeland, Fla.
Anthony and Mayer are considered two of the top prospects in baseball, as is their teammate Kristian Campbell, who scored a run. Anthony’s double in the fifth inning put Boston ahead for good, and David Hamilton and Trayce Thompson added home runs in the sixth to provide crucial insurance, as the Tigers rallied from a 6-1 deficit to make it a one-run game.
Justice Bigbie had an RBI in a three-run Detroit seventh and then hit a run-scoring single in the ninth before Boston’s Hobie Harris struck out Max Anderson looking to end the game.
Red Sox starter Quinn Priester allowed two hits and two walks in two innings before Josh Winckowski (1-0) got the decision in two innings of relief. Jack Flaherty started for the Tigers and finished with one run on one hit and two walks with two strikeouts. Kenta Maeda (0-1) yielded three runs and five hits in three relief innings while fanning five.
Tigers 7, Rays 7
Tres Barrera, Tanner Murray and Tristan Peters each hit solo home runs in the bottom of the ninth for Tampa Bay to earn a come-from-behind tie with visiting Detroit in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Barrera, Murray, Peters and Jake Mangum each had two hits in the Rays’ 14-hit attack. Starter Mike Vasil lasted 1 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out two.
Spencer Torkelson opened the scoring with a two-run shot for the Tigers and Tomas Nido went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Starter Matt Manning went 2 2/3 frames and gave up one run on four hits and two walks, fanning two.
Yankees 7, Phillies 7
Philadelphia drew a hit by pitch and three consecutive walks in the bottom of the ninth, the last one scoring Oscar Mercado to force a tie with visiting New York in Clearwater, Fla.
Johan Rojas and Rafael Lantigua homered for the Phillies in the back-and-forth game. Zack Wheeler started for the hosts and struck out four with just one hit over two innings.
Anthony Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera went deep for the Yankees before prospect Tyler Hardman put the Yankees ahead 7-6 in the eighth with a three-run shot. Starter Carlos Rodon was tagged for three runs on four hits while striking out four in 2 2/3 innings, and reliever Cade Austin was responsible for the disastrous ninth.
Mets 5, Astros 0
Converted reliever Clay Holmes went three innings in his second start of spring, yielding one hit and one walk while fanning two, as host New York blanked Houston in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Ryan Clifford and Brett Baty each provided two-run home runs in the sixth inning for the Mets, with reliever TJ Shook (1-0) picking up the win with one out of relief.
New Astros first baseman Christian Walker supplied two of the team’s four hits. Starter Colton Gordon struck out three with one hit over two innings, and Miguel Ullola (0-1) surrendered all five runs on three hits and two walks in 1 2/3 frames.
Cardinals 8, Marlins 4
Trade candidate Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer and a double for St. Louis in a win over visiting Miami in Jupiter, Fla.
Willson Contreras broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the second with a single to score Victor Scott II. Starter Andre Pallante pitched one-plus inning and gave up all four Marlins runs in the top of the second before Matthew Liberatore (1-0) pitched two perfect innings.
Andrew Pintar hit a two-run single and Xavier Edwards and Matt Mervis added RBIs in the Marlins’ second-inning uprising after St. Louis’ four-run first off starter Cal Quantrill. Valente Bellozo (0-1) threw two innings of relief.
Pirates 12, Twins 1
Nick Solak went 3-for-3 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI as visiting Pittsburgh hammered Minnesota in Fort Myers, Fla.
Jack Suwinski drove in runs on a single in the second inning and a double in the fourth before the Pirates poured on three runs in the sixth and another five in the eighth. Starter Caleb Ferguson (1-0) scattered one run and five hits in two innings, fanning three.
The Twins’ only run came when Ferguson hit Matt Wallner with a pitch with the bases loaded in the second. Ty France went 2-for-2 to lead Minnesota’s offense while starter Pablo Lopez (0-1) allowed three runs on four hits and two walks with four Ks in two innings.
Orioles 11, Blue Jays 8
Ramon Urias delivered a two-run shot and Tyler O’Neill had a three-run blast in a seven-run second inning for host Baltimore in a victory over Toronto in Sarasota, Fla.
Nine different Orioles had one hit apiece, including Sam Basallo’s solo homer in the seventh. Roansy Contreras (1-0), the second of nine pitchers, threw 1 1/3 spotless innings.
Orelvis Martinez and Myles Straw had two-run singles for the Blue Jays, and Charles Mcadoo cut the deficit in half with a three-run bomb in the ninth. Starter Easton Lucas (0-1) went 1 2/3 innings and gave up three runs off three hits and two walks.
–Field Level Media
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