Spring training roundup: Phillies rally in ninth inning to edge Yankees
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[March 16, 2023]
Madison Stokes homered during a two-run ninth inning to help
lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-8 victory over the host New
York Yankees on Wednesday in a spring training game in Tampa, Fla.
Stokes, in his lone at-bat, led off the ninth by sending Jack
Neely's four-seam fastball 369 feet to left to tie the game at
8-all. After Leandro Pineda singled, Dalton Guthrie doubled with one
out and Will Toffey walked to load the bases. Jim Haley then
grounded out to score Pineda for the go-ahead run.
Philadelphia's Brandon Marsh doubled and drove in three runs.
Starter Aaron Nola struck out seven and walked two while allowing
one run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings.
New York, which had scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth
for an 8-7 lead, got doubles from Aaron Judge and Oswaldo Cabrera.
Yankees starter Luis Severino allowed two hits, four runs and three
walks with four strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.
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Astros 9, Braves 3
Right-hander Bryan Garcia threw three scoreless innings as Houston
pitchers scattered seven hits and six walks while fanning nine in a
win over host Atlanta in North Port, Fla.
Zach Daniels and Bligh Madris each drove in two runs for the Astros.
Braves starter Spencer Strider was touched up for six hits and two
runs with eight strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
Houston pulled away with three runs in the sixth before blowing the
game open with another three in the eighth.
Red Sox 9, Rays 1
Rob Refsnyder hit a three-run double as Boston handled visiting
Tampa Bay in Fort Myers, Fla.
Adam Duvall homered for the second time this spring for Boston.
Bobby Dalbec tripled and drove in a run, and Christian Koss had two
RBIs for the Red Sox.
Rays right-hander Evan McKendry yielded three hits, three runs and
one walk with one strikeout in 1 1/3 innings. Daniel Robertson's RBI
double provided the Rays' only run.
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Blue Jays 7, Pirates 1
LJ Talley hit a solo homer in support of Kevin Gausman, who fanned
seven in 3 1/3 scoreless innings as host Toronto knocked off
Pittsburgh in Dunedin, Fla.
Gausman, a right-hander, allowed two hits and two
walks as Toronto pitchers combined to record 15 strikeouts.
Connor Joe went 3-for-3 for Pittsburgh.
Cardinals 4, Mets 1
Alec Burleson, Dylan Carlson, Kramer Robertson and Juan Yepez
doubled for four of St. Louis' seven hits in a victory over host New
York in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Six Cardinals pitchers combined to limit the Mets to five hits with
three walks and 11 strikeouts. Starter Connor Thomas registered two
strikeouts in four scoreless innings.
New York starter Justin Verlander threw five shutout innings,
fanning eight while allowing one hit.
Rangers 4, Royals 3
Sandy Leon's walk-off double with two outs in the bottom of the
ninth inning scored Frainyer Chavez as Texas edged visiting Kansas
City in Surprise, Ariz.
Leon doubled twice for Texas, which had only four hits and struck
out 14 times. The Rangers got a strong start from Dane Dunning, who
allowed no runs, one hit and one walk with six strikeouts in five
innings.
The Royals mustered five hits, as Jake Means homered and Nate Eaton
doubled and went 2-for-3.
--Field Level Media
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