The Colorado Rockies broke a tie game by scoring six runs in the top of the ninth inning and held on to beat the host Arizona Diamondbacks 12-8 in spring training action Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Benny Montgomery got the surge going with a three-run double. Julio Carreras added an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch, and Jake Rice (0-1) proceeded to hit Zac Veen with a pitch with the bases loaded.
Brenton Doyle hit a fourth-inning grand slam for the Rockies, who then squandered a 5-1 lead before rallying. Veen tied the game at 6-6 with a seventh-inning double. Dugan Darnell (1-0) pitched a spotless eighth to earn the win.
Ildemaro Vargas hit a two-run home run and Tristin English had two RBI singles for the D-backs.
Yankees 4, Rays 0
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run double in his first at-bat in a New York uniform as the hosts blanked Tampa Bay in Tampa, Fla.
Jasson Dominguez and Brendan Jones added RBIs while eight pitchers scattered eight hits and struck out 11. Starter Marcus Stroman (1-0), who expressed opposition to the possibility of coming out of the Yankees’ bullpen this season, yielded two hits and struck out one in one inning of work.
Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson each finished with two hits for the Rays. Joey Krehbiel (0-1) gave up Goldschmidt’s two-run hit. Goldschmidt joined the Yankees from the St. Louis Cardinals via free agency.
Cubs 7, Dodgers 3
Miguel Amaya had a two-run homer among his two hits and two runs as host Chicago defeated Los Angeles in Mesa, Ariz.
Starter Jordan Wicks threw two scoreless innings before Caleb Kilian (1-0) scattered a run and five hits over the next 1 2/3 frames. The Cubs prevailed despite being out-hit 13-11.
Tony Gonsolin struck out two batters in one inning as the Dodgers’ starter before Luis Garcia (0-1) took the loss due to a three-run third. Chris Okey hit a two-run shot in the seventh to soften the margin.
Royals 5, Rangers 2
Tyler Gentry bashed the tiebreaking three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth as Kansas City fended off visiting Texas in Surprise, Ariz.
Gentry’s hit made a winner out of Austin Cox (1-0), who blew a save in the top half of the inning by giving up a tying two-run double to Trevor Hauver. The Rangers’ Nolan Hoffman (0-1) took the loss after allowing three earned runs on Gentry’s blast.
Royals third baseman Nick Loftin had two hits, including a two-run single in the second that provided the only scoring until the eighth.
Padres 5, Mariners 2
Manny Machado homered 428 feet to center in his first at-bat of the spring to put two runs on the board and send San Diego on its way to victory over visiting Seattle in Peoria, Ariz.
Machado’s bomb was followed in the first inning by Oscar Gonzalez’s RBI double. Gavin Sheets and Eguy Rosario later added RBI doubles. Starter Ryan Bergert (1-0) pitched a perfect first inning.
Samad Taylor hit a solo shot in the ninth for the Mariners. Starter Jhonathan Diaz (0-1) went two innings and yielded three runs on three hits and a walk.
–Field Level Media
