Spring Training Daily - 3.3.2017

Spring Training scores from 3.2.2017:

MIN 6 BAL 6
BOS 19 TB 2
PIT 11 DET 1
WSH 13 HOU 1
STL 9 ATL 4
PHI 8 TOR 8
NYM 11 MIA 6
KC 3 COL 1
OAK 5 TEX 1
CIN 6 CHI 2
LAD 4 CLE 2
CWS 8 SF 6
LAA 5 SF 4
SEA 6 MIL 2
SD 9 ARI 6
NYY 8 BAL 1
ARI 3 CHC 1

Spring Training games scheduled for 3.3.2017:

BOS @ ATL
STL @ WSH
MIN @ PHI
BAL @ PIT
WSH @ MIA
DET @ TB
NYY @ TOR
HOU @ NYM
COL @ CLE
SF @ OAK
SEA @ TEX
CIN @ CHC
KC @ LAD
MIL @ LAA
LAD @ ARI
CWS @ SD

Spring Training Daily - 3.2.2017

Spring Training scores from 3.1.2017:

BAL 12 BOS 5
WSH 9 DET 1
PIT 3 MIN 1
MIA 9 HOU 5
STL 6 NYM 1
PHI 5 TB 5
DET 5 TOR 4
CWS 3 ARI 2
SEA 7 CLE 3
CHC 7 KC 3
MIL 3 CIN 2
LAA 3 TEX 2
SD 5 OAK 0
COL 3 SD 1
NYY 8 ATL 7
LAD 7 SF 6

Spring Training games scheduled for 3.2.2017:

MIN @ BAL
TB @ BOS
PIT @ DET
WSH @ HOU
ATL @ STL
PHI @ TOR
MIA @ NYM
COL @ KC
TEX @ OAK
CHC @ CIN
CLE @ LAD
CWS @ SF
SF @ LAA
MIL @ SEA
SD @ ARI
BAL @ NYY
CHC @ ARI

Spring Training Daily - 2.28.2017

Spring Training scores from 2.27.2017:

NYY 4 BAL 1
STL 7 BOS 2
DET 10 ATL 7
MIN 9 MIA 6
TB 7 PHI 2
STL 5 WSH 4
PIT 2 TOR 1
HOU 5 NYM 2
CLE 3 TEX 2
MIL 5 TEX 0
CWS 4 CHC 4
OAK 5 SF 4
LAA 5 SD 3
KC 14 SEA 3
ARI 6 CIN 1

Spring Training games scheduled for 2.28.2017:

SEA @ CWS
KC @ MIL
CLE @ OAK
ARI @ TEX
LAA @ CHC
CWS @ CIN
SF @ SD
LAD @ COL
NYY @ BOS
DET @ NYY
STL @ ATL
HOU @ WSH
BAL @ PHI
TOR @ PIT
NYM @ MIA
MIN @ TB

Spring Training Daily - 2.27.2017

Spring Training scores from 2.26.2017:

BAL 8 PIT 3
MIN 5 WSH 2
NYY 7 TOR 2
HOU 3 ATL 2
STL 7 MIA 4
TB 7 BOS 3
PHI 10 TOR 3
NYM 5 DET 2
CWS 7 COL 3
TEX 6 KC 4
LAD 10 MIL 8
LAA 5 OAK 3
CLE 1 CHI 1
SF 9 CIN 5
SEA 13 SD 2
COL 6 ARI 1

Spring Training games scheduled for 2.27.2017:

NYY @ BAL
STL @ BOS
ATL @ DET
MIA @ MIN
TB @ PHI
WSH @ STL
PIT @ TOR
HOU @ NYM
TEX @ CLE
MIL @ TEX
CWS @ CHX
COL @ LAD
OAK @ SF
SD @ LAA
KC @ SEA
CIN @ ARI

Spring Training Daily - 2.26.2017

Spring Training scores from 2.25.2017:

BOS 8 - MIN 7
DET 11 - HOU 4
ATL 7 - TOR 4
WSH 8 - NYM 6
PHI 6 - NYY 5
PIT 6 - BAL 2
MIA 8 - STL 7
PIT 7 - TB 2
CLE 8 - CIN 2
KC 7 - TEX 5
CHC 4 - OAK 3
LAD 5 - CWS 3
SF 8 - CHC 6
LAA 2 - MIL 0
SEA 13 - SD 3
COL 8 - ARI 4

Spring Training games scheduled for 2.26.2017:

PIT @ BAL
WSH @ MIN
TOR @ NYY
HOU @ ATL
MIA @ STL
BOS @ TB
PHI @ TOR
DET @ NYM
COL @ CWS
TEX @ KC
LAD @ MIL
LAA @ OAK
CLE @ CHC
SF @ CIN
SD @ SEA
ARI @ COL

Brinson pops 2 HRs in first game with Crew

By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com

PHOENIX -- Lewis Brinson's first game in a Brewers uniform was a blast.

Milwaukee's top prospect homered twice and drove in four runs in the Brewers' 11-0 exhibition win over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers on Friday at Maryvale Baseball Park. Scooter Gennett followed Brinson's second home run of the day with a solo shot, and Jesus Aguilar added a three-run homer for the Brewers in an eight-run fourth inning to put the game away.

"To get two out, you know the swing is looking good so far," said Brinson, acquired from Texas on Aug. 1 as part of the Jonathan Lucroy trade.

After flying out to lead off the first inning, Brinson homered in his next two at-bats before Brett Phillips took over in center field.

Brinson is expected to begin the season in the Minor Leagues after topping out at Triple-A Colorado Springs after the trade. He will get a look at all three outfield positions during Spring Training, including center field, saying that he has enjoyed getting to know left fielder Ryan Braun this month because, "I'm going to be playing next to him, hopefully, in the near future."

"He's got a good approach," Gennett said of Brinson. "He doesn't try to do too much. He's naturally gifted, he's blessed, so those guys don't have to do too much. They don't have to create or try to hit the ball out of the ballpark, it comes natural when they square it up. That was an example of it today."

Brinson's third-inning home run provided the game's first run. In the fourth, Brinson's three-run homer made it 4-0.

"He had a great game. It's his first at-bats of the season, and the timing -- he made it look pretty easy," said Brewers manager Craig Counsell.

Brinson was among a handful of prospects who got a chance to impress in the Brewers' first game of the year. Another, infielder Mauricio Dubon, made a diving defensive play in the ninth inning while manning second base.

"There's lots of guys we're looking forward to watching this spring," Counsell said. "That's what makes it fun, the guys keep coming from over there [in Minor League camp] and you can get excited about them."

Brewers pitchers limited the Panthers to a pair of singles in the third annual meeting between Wisconsin's top two teams. The Panthers are the state's only Division I baseball program.

"It's certainly a day we circle on the calendar as soon as we see it on there," UWM coach Scott Doffek said. "Most of our kids are Wisconsin kids so they all grew up watching these guys, so getting an opportunity to compete against them was great. Unfortunately, we did not play very well. Whether we're playing big league guys or not, that wasn't a very good brand of baseball from our side of things."

Beckham doubles and triples in spring opener

By Rhett Bollinger and Bill Chastain / MLB.com

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Shortstop Tim Beckham, competing for a utility role, doubled and tripled to help lead the Rays to a 3-1 win over the Twins in the Grapefruit League opener for both teams Friday night at Hammond Stadium.

Byungho Park paced the offense for Minnesota, going 2-for-2 with a double off the right-field wall. Park, who was designated for assignment shortly before Spring Training, is competing with Kennys Vargas and Ben Paulsen to be the Twins' designated hitter.

Beckham led off the game with a double and tripled to lead off the third inning. He came around to score in the third on an RBI single from Daniel Robertson off Twins reliever Brandon Kintzler.

"Beck looked awesome," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Happy for [Rays starter Austin] Pruitt, the way his outing went. ... Good to get it going."

Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, while Pruitt got the start for the Rays and threw two scoreless frames with three strikeouts.

"I threw a lot of four-seamers tonight, and worked on the sinker a little bit with the new delivery, especially to the glove side," Gibson said. "Other than that, it was pretty good. Was able to attack with the fastball and was able to get ahead, for the most part. When I got behind, I was able to locate and get back into counts."

The Rays scored their second run in the sixth against Rule 5 Draft pick Justin Haley. Curt Casali started the rally with a leadoff double and came around to score on a sacrifice fly from Shane Peterson after a single from Luke Maile.

Right-hander Jacob Faria was also impressive for Tampa Bay, striking out three over two scoreless innings. The lone hit he gave up was the double to Park in the fourth.

After the Rays got an RBI double from Patrick Leonard in the ninth against reliever Michael Tonkin, who is competing for a spot in Minnesota's bullpen, the Twins cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning on a groundout by Benji Gonzalez.

What's next
Rays: The Rays open their home Grapefruit League schedule on Saturday afternoon in a 1:05 ET contest at Charlotte Sports Park. David Carpenter will get the start, with Dana Eveland, Danny Farquhar, Cory Rasmus, Justin Marks, Jaime Schultz, Neil Wagner and Taylor Guerrieri also scheduled to pitch. Josh Lindblom will start for the Pirates. Fans can listen to this game live on Gameday Audio.

Twins: The Twins head down the street to play the Red Sox on Saturday at 12:05 p.m. CT at JetBlue Park. Right-hander Phil Hughes, who is coming off surgery to alleviate thoracic outlet syndrome, is slated to make his first start of the spring. Other pitchers scheduled to throw include Tyler Duffey, Ryan Vogelsong, Adalberto Mejia, Ryan Pressly, Ryan O'Rourke, J.T. Chargois and Alex Wimmers. Duffey, Vogelsong and Mejia are expected to get stretched out this spring to compete for the fifth spot in the rotation with other candidates such as Jose Berrios and Trevor May. This game will be available live on MLB.TV.