Ethier and Blake homers lift Dodgers over Royals

Los Angeles Dodgers starter James McDonald looked good after two scoreless innings, but should have stayed in the dugout. In the third inning the starter allowed the Kansas City Royals to score three runs highlighed by a Scott Podsednik homer. Russ Ortiz was not overly impressive in his one inning allowing two hits, but managed to record three strikouts in his scoreless inning.

Royals starter Gil Meche looked rusty in his two innings allowing seven hits and four earned runs including a homer to Andre Ethier. Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake went 2-for-3 on the day with two batted in and a homer in the fifth. The Royals are now 4-3 on the season while the Dodgers moved to 2-3-1.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAD	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	9	1
KC	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	1

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Sox and Tribe tie after ten

Chicago White Sox starter Freddy Garcia would go three innings to start the game against the Cleveland Indians before seven other Sox pitchers would take to the mound for exactly one inning each. Garcia allowed five hits and three runs while striking out three. The Tribe held a 4-2 lead heading into the eighth inning before Jess Todd would allow five hits and a walk that lead to three earned runs in his .2 innings of work.

Indians lead off hitter and center fielder Michael Brantley went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a walk. Five Indians would knock in one run each. Sox second baseman CJ Retherford would hit a 2-run homer as part of the eighth inning surge. Right fielder Carlos Quentin went 2-for-3 and scored a run for the Sox who now stand at 3-3-2 while the Indians still do not have a defeat at 5-0-1.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
CLE	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	12	0
CWS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	9	0

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Silva pitches 3 scoreless in Cubs in

Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Silva allowed four hits and a walk in his three innings of work, but managed to keep the San Diego Padres off the scoreboard. Former D-backs starter Jon Garland did not have as much luck only lasting 1.2 innings after allowing three hits, three walks and four runs to score.

Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro scored three runs on two hits and a walk including a homer. Catcher Robinson Chirinos knocked in two more runs with his 6th inning homer. The Cubs moved above .500 on the spring going to 4-3 while the Padres fell to 2-6.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	8	12	4
SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	10	0

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Edwin Jackson continues to look impressive in D-backs win

Arizona Diamondbacks starter Edwin Jackson who came over from the Tigers in an off-season trade looked impressive for the second straight time this spring. Jackson pitches three innings and allowed only one hit with no walks against the LA Angels in Tucson. Angels starter Jered Weaver also went three innings, but allowed a run on three hits.

Catcher Chris Snyder hit his first homer of the spring in the fourth inning which at the time gave the D-backs a 2-1 lead. Tony Abreu played third today, but continued to get on base going 2-for-3 scoring two runs. Angels DH Mike Napoli hit his third homer of the early spring for the Angels only run. The D-backs moved to 3-5 while the Halos fell to 2-4.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
ARI	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	x	4	9	0

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Padres split-squad downs Brew Crew

The San Diego Padres used only four pitchers in a split-squad match up against the Milwaukee Brewers, but it was all they needed as they downed the Brewers by a score of 5-4. The Padres jumped out to an early lead off Brewers Yovani Gallardo scoring three in the first inning. Gallardo would settle down pitching two more scoreless innings.

The big shot in the first was off the bat of right fielder Will Venable hit a three-run homer. The other offensive threat for the Padres in the game was third baseman Logan Forsythe who knocked in two runs on a double.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIL	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	9	1
SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	x	5	6	1

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