Michael Snyder hit a solo home run deep to left with one out in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Miami Marlins to come back from six runs down to tie the visiting Washington Nationals 9-9 in a spring training shootout Monday in Jupiter, Fla.
Stone Garrett hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the fourth inning for the Nationals to break out to a 7-1 lead. Jesus Sanchez homered in the bottom half before Miami scored four in the fifth on a throwing error, a sacrifice fly, a single by Dane Meyers and a wild pitch.
Mitchell Parker went four innings in his start for Washington, yielding two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Matt Mervis and Sanchez homered off Parker.
Sandy Alcantara pitched 2 2/3 innings for the Marlins, giving up two unearned runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Washington’s Keibert Ruiz homered off Miami’s first reliever, William Kempner.
Yankees 10, Tigers 2
Austin Wells, Paul Goldschmidt and Trent Grisham smacked solo homers off Kenta Maeda in the first inning and New York rolled past visiting Detroit in Tampa, Fla.
Reserves Jacob Morales and Alexander Vargas added home runs later to pile on. Will Warren (3-0) allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and a walk in 3 2/3 innings.
Gleyber Torres had a two-run double against his former team to provide the Tigers’ only scoring. Maeda (0-2) was dinged for five runs on seven hits over four innings. He fanned five without a walk.
Rays 4, Braves 3
Brandon Lowe hit a two-run shot and Tampa Bay held off host Atlanta in North Port, Fla.
Joe Boyle (1-0) gave up two runs on two hits and two walks, striking out four in his three-inning start for the Rays. Carson Williams and Jose Caballero drove in runs in the fourth to make it 4-2.
Bryan De La Cruz cut it to 4-3 in the sixth on a run-scoring groundout, but the Braves could not get closer. Matt Olson also had an RBI. Chris Sale (0-1) was charged with four runs on five hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Blue Jays 8, Astros 3
Bo Bichette (solo) and Addison Barger (two-run HR) went deep for Toronto as it rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat visiting Houston in Dunedin, Fla.
The key to the Blue Jays’ four-run sixth was Ernie Clement’s two-run double that put the Jays in front. Reliever Nick Sandlin (1-0) was credited with the win for a two-strikeout inning and Jake Bloss struck out five in a three-inning save.
Jake Meyers hit a solo shot for the Astros, who scored all their runs in the third. Nick Hernandez (0-1) earned all four runs in the sixth on a walk and three hits.
Phillies 4, Twins 1
Kody Clemens had a triple among his two hits as visiting Philadelphia scored all of its runs in the second inning and held on to beat Minnesota in Fort Myers, Fla.
Clemens’ triple was the Phillies’ only extra-base hit, but they had nine singles, including by Cal Stevenson (one RBI), Rafael Lantigua (two) and Bryson Stott (one) in the second. Starter Seth Johnson (1-0) threw two innings with a hit and a walk.
The Twins ended the shutout bid in the ninth on Anthony Prato’s run-scoring flyout. Starter Pablo Lopez (0-3) gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks in three innings, striking out two.
–Field Level Media
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