Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal earned his first victory of spring training on Sunday as the host Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in Lakeland, Fla.
Skubal (1-0) gave up two runs and four hits over the first 3 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. He has a 2.16 ERA this spring, with eight strikeouts in three starts covering 8 1/3 innings.
Last season, Skubal finished with an 18-4 record, a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts to earn the pitching Triple Crown and the Cy Young Award.
The Pirates’ Tommy Pham hit a solo homer off Skubal in the third on Sunday. For the Tigers, Javier Baez went 2-for-3, including a three-run homer that highlighted the team’s four-run third inning.
Orioles 4, Twins 3
Starter Tomoyuki Sugano pitched three perfect innings to help host Baltimore win its split-squad game against Minnesota in Sarasota, Fla.
Sugano (1-0) struck out five and maintained his 0.00 ERA in three spring games (two starts).
Ramon Laureano led the Orioles with two runs, while the Twins scored all of their runs on solo homers — by Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien and Brooks Lee.
Phillies 12, Orioles 2
Edmundo Sosa went 2-for-3 with a homer and a double as Philadelphia won a rout in Baltimore’s split-squad game in Clearwater, Fla.
The Phillies scored nine runs over their final three innings. Sosa’s homer came in the third, and Bryce Harper’s two-run single made it a three-run inning for Philadelphia. Agnnel Escobar also hit a two-run homer.
Coby Mayo had a double and an RBI for the Orioles.
Cardinals 6, Yankees 5
St. Louis, led by Nolan Gorman’s two hits and two RBIs, extended its spring winning streak to three games with the victory over visiting New York in Jupiter, Fla.
Gorman hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning for the Cardinals, who won despite being out-hit 14-10.
For the Yankees, Anthony Volpe, J.C. Escarra and Jazz Chisholm Jr. all hit home runs. Volpe and Chisholm combined for four hits, three RBIs and three runs.
Blue Jays 13, Rays 9
Daulton Varsho and Addison Barger each had two hits as visiting Toronto used a 15-hit attack to beat Tampa Bay, which got four RBIs from Ricardo Genoves in the game in Port Charlotte, Fla.
The Blue Jays scored eight runs over the final two innings. Will Robertson and Jay Harry hit two-run home runs to ignite a six-run eighth and put the Jays in front for good. Damiano Palmegiani also went deep.
The Rays finished with 14 hits. Brandon Lowe hit a three-run shot in the third and Genoves hit a two-run homer in the sixth.
Red Sox 7, Braves 3
Reliever Liam Hendriks overcame a rough outing to improve to 2-0 this spring as host Boston defeated Atlanta in Fort Myers, Fla.
Hendriks, a cancer survivor who missed the 2024 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2023, gave up two runs and three hits in one inning on Sunday to raise his spring ERA to 13.50.
Trayce Thompson and Nate Eaton hit back-to-back homers off Bryce Elder (0-1) to put Boston ahead for good in the fifth. The Braves got a two-run homer from Garrett Cooper off Hendriks in the top of that inning.
Marlins 10, Astros 6
Derek Hill homered, knocked in two, walked twice and scored three runs to lead visiting Miami past Houston in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hill’s home run was a two-run shot in the Marlins’ three-run sixth inning. Eric Wagaman also went yard for Miami.
For the Astros, Jeremy Pena went 2-for-3 with two runs, including a solo homer in the sixth. Yordan Alvarez and Zach Dezenzo homered as well.
Mets 7, Nationals 6
Clay Holmes pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings — giving up only one hit and striking out eight — to help host New York edge Washington in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Mark Vientos hit a two-run shot before Jakson Reetz had a grand slam for the Mets in the first inning.
The Nationals scored their six runs in the seventh, a rally capped by Nasim Nunez’s two-run single.
–Field Level Media
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