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Philadelphia’s Ross Gload scores on a single by Delwyn Young in the first inning of a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota, Fla., on Friday. The Phillies beat the Orioles 13-6.
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SARASOTA, Fla. — Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez and Philadelphia’s hitters looked to be in midseason form.
Cliff Lee, not quite.
Lee allowed three runs and five hits in three innings Friday in the Phillies’ 13-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
Lee, who signed a five-year, $120 million contract with the Phillies in the offseason, has allowed five runs in nine innings. In his previous start, he shut out Tampa Bay on two hits in four innings.
“The results obviously weren’t as good, but — whatever,” a relaxed Lee said.
“I feel fine. I felt like I could have kept going easily, but you want to build up to where you need to be and be smart,” Lee said.
The Phillies hit four homers, including two-run shots by Howard and Ibanez.
Lee and Baltimore’s Jeremy Guthrie were both victimized by a wind blowing at 26 mph, and Phillies manager Charlie Manuel took that into account.
“He was all right. The wind was blowing. It definitely looked like he was having some command (problems),” Manuel said.
“His breaking ball — he had a good one — but he was having trouble getting it over the plate. He got his work in. That’s what he’s out there for. He got his pitch count built up. He stayed healthy. He did that.”
Twins 3, Red Sox (ss) 2
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Justin Morneau went 0 for 2 in his spring training debut for Minnesota, but the Twins beat a Boston Red Sox split squad.
Morneau played in a “B” game earlier this week, but this was the 2006 AL MVP’s first Grapefruit League action since he sustained a season-ending concussion last July 7.
The first baseman struck out swinging and reached base on an error.
Blue Jays 10, Yankees (ss) 3
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Home run champion Jose Bautista connected for the first time this spring and Adam Lind also homered to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past a New York Yankees.
Bautista had a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a solo homer in the third. He led the majors with 54 home runs last season.
Curtis Granderson hit his third spring home run for the Yankees.
Braves 6, Yankees (ss) 2
TAMPA, Fla. — Tommy Hanson had his third consecutive solid start, allowing one run and five hits in four innings and the Atlanta Braves beat a New York Yankees split squad.
Hanson had given up two hits over five scoreless innings in his previous two outings.
Chipper Jones had a RBI single and Jordan Schafer homered for Atlanta.
Tigers 7, Cardinals 4
JUPITER, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs on Friday, leading Detroit to a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
It was Cabrera’s first game since fresh details came out this week regarding his February arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.
Cabrera smacked the first pitch he saw over leaping Cardinals right fielder Allen Craig for an RBI double. In his next at-bat, Cabrera belted an opposite field home run, his first this spring.
Cubs 4, White Sox 3
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Dempster threw five shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox.
Dempster struck out six, including the last four he faced. He gave up two hits, a walk and hit a batter.
Cubs newcomer Carlos Pena hit his first homer of the spring, connecting in the second off Mark Buehrle. Pena hit an RBI single off Buehrle in the third.
Buehrle gave up six hits and three runs in three innings.
Rockies 4, Royals 3 (10 inn.)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alex Gordon and Mike Aviles each homered for the Kansas City Royals in a 10-inning loss to the Colorado Rockies.
Rockies right-hander Aaron Cook broke the ring finger on his throwing hand when he caught his finger in a door and will be indefinitely.
Red Sox (ss) 9, Astros (ss) 3
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Dustin Pedroia tripled and doubled as the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros in a split squad game.
Coming back from a season cut in half by a fractured left foot, Pedroia drove in two runs against Brett Myers with a double in the first inning.
Mets 10, Marlins 0
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Ike Davis and Josh Thole homered and the New York Mets took advantage of Florida’s five early errors to beat the Marlins.
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez made two of those errors, with all the miscues coming the first four innings as the Mets scored 10 times. Florida made five mistakes alone in the third inning.
Pirates 8, Rays 7
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Rookie Jeremy Hellickson, slowed since the opening week of camp by a right hamstring strain, pitched one perfect inning for the Tampa Bay Rays in their loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen left the game because of discomfort in his left wrist.
Athletics (ss) 9, Dodgers 2
PHOENIX — Coco Crisp homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Josh Willingham, Chris Carter and Andy LaRoche drove in runs off Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley. Crisp had three hits.
Brewers 4, Athletics (ss) 3
PHOENIX — Yovani Gallardo kept building toward his opening day start, giving up one run in 3 2-3 innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the split-squad Oakland Athletics.
Brandon Boggs had three hits for Milwaukee, including a go-ahead double in the eighth.
Angels 9, Diamondbacks 8
TEMPE, Ariz. — Bobby Wilson went 5 for 5 and hit a tying double in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Angels beat Arizona.
Hitting in a lineup with most of the Angels’ likely starters, Wilson made a strong case to be a regular at catcher, where he’s competing with Jeff Mathis and Hank Conger.
Mark Trumbo had three hits, including a three-run homer, and four RBI. Conger hit the winning single.
Reds 5, Rangers 5 (9 inn.)
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Reds starter Johnny Cueto cut short his start because of tightness in his right forearm and Cincinnati tied the Texas Rangers in a game called after nine innings.
Texas’ Ian Kinsler hit his fifth home run of the spring.
Mariners 5, Indians 5 (10 inn.)
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Seattle rookie Michael Pineda allowed his first two runs of the spring in his bid for a rotation spot as the Mariners played to a 10-inning tie with Cleveland.
Pineda struck out three over three innings.