Jurrjens makes shortened debut

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Atlanta Braves right-hander Jair Jurrjens managed to make his spring debut, anyway.

Jurrjens threw two scoreless innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday before the game was called after three due to showers that washed away the exhibition slate in Florida.

Jurrjens had been struggling with inflammation around his right shoulder and manager Bobby Cox decided to be cautious. Jurrjens, who turned 24 in January, went 14-10 with a 2.60 ERA for the Braves last season.

Jurrjens was supposed to start Wednesday against the New York Yankees, but the game was called due to rain. He made the 90-mile bus ride to Tampa and said it was tough to get back into his rhythm for a second straight day, but he said his arm felt fine.

Brewers 12, Cubs (ss) 3

PHOENIX — Jim Edmonds hit a two-run homer to strengthen his case for making Milwaukee’s opening-day roster and the Brewers beat a Cubs split-squad.

Edmonds, who finished with two hits and scored twice, agreed to a minor league deal with the Brewers on Jan. 28. The 39-year-old outfielder with eight Gold Gloves is a career .284 hitter with 382 homers and 1,176 RBI in 16 seasons, but took last year off.

Mariners 6, Royals 6

PEORIA, Ariz. — Chone Figgins ended his spring slump with two hits, including a two-run triple during Seattle’s four-run fifth inning, and the Mariners tied Kansas City.

Figgins, who signed a free-agent deal with Seattle over the winter, was 0 for 11 this spring.

Ken Griffey Jr. also had his first two hits of spring training for Seattle, a one-hop double off the center-field wall in the fourth and a bloop RBI single that drove in Figgins in the fifth. Griffey also had a sacrifice fly in the first.

Indians 7, Angels (ss) 7

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Fausto Carmona pitched three scoreless innings and Cleveland blew a three-run lead in the ninth against a Los Angeles Angels split-squad.

The Indians failed to score in their half of the ninth and the game ended in a tie.

Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera left with an undisclosed injury in the fourth inning. He walked off after tripling, then diving back on a pickoff attempt.

White Sox (ss) 10, Angels (ss) 7

TEMPE, Ariz. — Chicago looked impressive at the plate in a victory against Los Angeles, getting two-run homers from Gordon Beckham and Alex Rios in a split-squad game.

Jake Peavy finally got to take the mound in the desert. His first scheduled start Sunday was rained out, though he still made the most of the day by throwing a bullpen session in the cage against live hitters.

Reds 3, Dodgers 2

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Aroldis Chapman struck out two over two scoreless innings and Cincinnati beat the Dodgers.

Chapman allowed just two infield singles. His strikeouts came on the last two batters he faced, overpowering Matt Kemp on a high fastball and getting Casey Blake looking.

Rangers 6, Padres 2

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Chris Davis had three hits and drove in two runs, extending his streak of hits to eight consecutive at-bats before finally being retired, and Texas beat San Diego.

The Rangers got six runs off Clayton Richard, who gave up six hits and four walks in his two innings. The left-hander was scheduled to go three innings, but threw 48 pitches and was done after two.

Giants 9, Rockies 2

TUCSON, Ariz. — Jason Giambi made his spring training debut Friday, flying out to center and taking a pitch off the forearm in Colorado’s loss to San Francisco.

Giambi also made a diving stop at first base, a play he might have missed out on had he followed through with his original plan of being a designated hitter with an American League team this spring.

CANCELLATIONS

• Heavy rains washed out Friday’s scheduled exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals.

A sellout crowd was expected at Space Coast Stadium for the defending World Series champions’ only visit of the spring. The Yankees were already en route from Tampa when informed of the cancellation early Friday.

It’s the second consecutive rainout for the Nationals, who were planning to start right-hander Jason Marquis against Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte.

• The Philadelphia Phillies-Tampa Bay Rays spring training game has been canceled because of rain.

Friday’s cancellation means Tampa Bay’s franchise-record streak of nine straight exhibition wins will remain intact at least another day. The Rays are scheduled to host the Florida Marlins in Port Charlotte today.

• Rain has forced the cancellation of the Philadelphia Phillies-Detroit Tigers exhibition game.

Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Robertson were scheduled to pitch for the Tigers and Drew Naylor for Philadelphia’s split squad.

• The New York Mets-Minnesota Twins spring training game has been canceled because of rain.

The cancellation has forced New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez to postpone pitching to live batters. Rodriguez said Friday he expects to throw to live hitters Today in what should be the final step before pitching in a spring training game.

• The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox postponed their on Friday because of rain and agreed to a rare spring training makeup date.

Boston and St. Louis will split their squads on March 22, adding a game in Jupiter. Stadium officials were expecting one of the largest crowds of the spring Friday.

• After Friday’s game between the Florida Marlins and Baltimore Orioles was canceled because of rain, to give pitchers extra work the Marlins and Orioles scheduled a 7-inning game at Sarasota this morning.

Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said Sean West will start. Mark Hendrickson will start for the Orioles.

Florida traveled from Jupiter for games Friday in Sarasota and Saturday in Port Charlotte against Tampa Bay. The Orioles had been scheduled to start Jeremy Guthrie, and Florida was to start Andrew Miller.