Javier Rivas met a walk-off-SOLO home run to complete a three-run uprising and hand over Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in spring training on Tuesday in Bradenton, FLA.
Spotsless through eight, the pirates came on the board with a pair of RBI sacrifice flies by Nick Yorke and Bryce Johnson before Phillies-Reliever Josh Hjoska (0-1) replaced Devin Sweet and Rivas blasted the game winner on the left.
Joey Bart and Adam Frazier finished with two hits per piece for Pittsburgh. Wilkin Ramos (1-0) beat the eighth and ninth round and found two without one hit.
Nick Castellanos ran in Phillie’s runs on a solo shot in the first and an infield single in sixth. Starter Cristopher Sanchez lasted five rounds, with two strikes and four hits.
Tigers 6, twins 5
Detroit made three at the top of the ninth and excavated out of a 5-0 hole to host Minnesota in Fort Myers, FLA.
Thayon Liranzo worked an 11-ton height walk to load the bases at the top of the ninth against Jhoan Duran (0-1) and, after a pitching change, pushed Ben Malgeri over a walk with a walk. Brady Allen’s Grounder was started to get two runners.
The Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a two-run single to get Tiger’s crime running, and Reliever Troy Watson (1-0) threw a hitless eighth for victory. Edouard Julien had two hits, including one double, and two RBI to lead the crime of the twins.
Red Sox 4, Yankees 4
Anthony Volpe met two RBI singles for New York when it went to visit Boston in Tampa, FLA.
Volpe’s second single got an extra runner thanks to a field error in the middle of Trayce Thompson, which made it 4-2 Yankees. Roman Anthony beat a driving single in seventh and Rob Refnyder band with a bag fly in the eighth.
Masataka Yoshida met a two-run Homer for Red Sox while Walker Buehler worked five rounds and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, Fanning Four. Max Fried threw 4 1/3 speechless frames with two hits and knocked out three for Yankees.
Marlins 4, Cardinals 4
Connor Caskenettes Pinch-Hit RBI single band The game at the top of the ninth when Miami ended the entire Square with host St. Louis in Jupiter, Fla.
Nick Fortes had an RBI double and Xavier Edwards added a driving single for marlins. Starter Connor Gillispie went four rounds and gave a run on two hits and two walks.
The Cardinals turned a two-run deficit into a 4-3 lead with an RBI base followed by Pedro pages and Jose Fermin’s Back-to-Back-Homers. Miles Mikolas threw six rounds and allowed three runs on six hits and two walks and knocked out four.
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