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Cubs' Baez goes deep twice -- again

Yelich, Cole, Rondon perform well in Grapefruit League action
March 16, 2013

Late-Afternoon Games

Cubs (ss) 8, Royals 3 Box »

Javier Baez (CHC No. 1): MLB.com's No. 16 overall prospect enjoyed his two-homer performance in Friday's exhibition game against Japan so much, he repeated the feat in Cactus League play. The 20-year-old shortstop hit a solo blast in the first inning and followed it up with another in the fifth. He finished the day 2-for-3 to push his spring average to .324 to go with four homers -- not including Friday's pair -- and eight RBIs in 14 games.
Jorge Soler (CHC No. 3): 1-for-4
Christian Villanueva (CHC No. 8): 1-for-2
Josh Vitters (CHC No. 14): 0-for-2, K
Christian Colon (KC No. 10): 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
David Lough (KC No. 20): 2-for-3

Cubs (ss) 5, Rangers (ss) 1 Box »

Mike Olt (TEX No. 2): 0-for-1, BB, K
Joey Gallo (TEX No. 9): 1-for-1, 2B
Rougned Odor (TEX No. 11): 0-for-1, K
Nick Tepesch (TEX No. 18): 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, HR

Reds (ss) 7, Giants (ss) 6 Box »

Billy Hamilton (CIN No. 1): 1-for-2, 3B, R
Gary Brown (SF No. 2): 0-for-1, BB, K
Francisco Peguero (SF No. 6): 1-for-4, 2B, R
Ehire Adrianza (SF No. 14): 1-for-1, 2B, RBI, R

Rangers (ss) 4, Dodgers 0 Box »

Luis Sardinas (TEX No. 3): 1-for-2, E
Nomar Mazara (TEX No. 12): 0-for-1, R
Lewis Brinson (TEX No. 15): BB
Yasiel Puig (LAD No. 1): 1-for-3, CS
Tim Federowicz (LAD No. 9): 0-for-1, K
Alex Castellanos (LAD No. 18): 0-for-2, K

Mariners 5, Rockies 2 Box »

Mike Zunino (SEA No. 3): 0-for-1, K
Nick Franklin (SEA No. 4): 1-for-4, RBI
Nolan Arenado (COL No. 2): 0-for-3
Tim Wheeler (COL No. 7): 0-for-2
Charlie Culberson (COL No. 14): 0-for-1

Padres 10, D-backs 6 Box »

Jedd Gyorko (SD No. 1): 0-for-3
Donn Roach (SD No. 15): 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
Tyler Skaggs (ARI No. 1): 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Didi Gregorius (ARI No. 3): 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, BB
Adam Eaton (ARI No. 5): 0-for-3, CS
A.J. Pollock (ARI No. 8): 1-for-3, K, CS

White Sox 11, A's (ss) 5 Box »

Carlos Sanchez (CWS No. 4): 0-for-1
Conor Gillaspie (CWS No. 15): 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
Michael Choice (OAK No. 3): 0-for-2, BB, R
Grant Green (OAK No. 4): 0-for-1
Michael Taylor (OAK No. 12): 2-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI, K

Reds (ss) 9, Brewers 9 Box »

Logan Schafer (MIL No. 12): 2-for-2, 3B, RBI, R
Khris Davis (MIL No. 16): 3-for-3, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R
Caleb Gindl (MIL No. 18): 0-for-2
Ryan Wright (CIN No. 7): 0-for-1, K
Sean Buckley (CIN No. 8): BB, R
Henry Rodriguez (CIN No. 10): 1-for-1, R
Ryan LaMarre (CIN No. 13): 0-for-1

Braves 4, Yankees 0 Box »

J.R. Graham (ATL No. 4): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Joe Terdoslavich (ATL No. 15): 1-for-1
Evan Gattis (ATL No. 16): 0-for-3, 2 K
Tom Kahnle (NYY No. 20): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Angels 13, A's (ss) 13 Box »

Kaleb Cowart (LAA No. 1): 1-for-2, 3 RBI
Kole Calhoun (LAA No. 5): 0-for-3, R
Luis Jimenez (LAA No. 6): 1-for-4, 2 RBI
Randal Grichuk (LAA No. 7): 0-for-1, R, BB
Eric Stamets (LAA No. 17): 0-for-1
Alex Yarbrough (LAA No. 18): 2-for-2, 2 RBI

Night Games

Astros 4, Nationals 2 Box »

Jonathan Singleton (HOU No. 1): 0-for-1
Carlos Correa (HOU No. 2): 1-for-2, RBI, R, SB
Domingo Santana (HOU No. 13): BB
Robbie Grossman (HOU No. 18): 0-for-3, 2 K
Chris Marrero (WAS No. 12): 0-for-1, K
Zach Walters (WAS No. 14): 0-for-1, K

Indians 4, Giants (ss) 3 Box »

Chris McGuiness (CLE No. 14): 0-for-1, K
Chris Heston (SF No. 8): 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HR
Ricky Oropesa (SF No. 17): 1-for-2, 2 RBI, BB, K
Juan Perez (SF No. 20): 0-for-3, 3 K

Early-Afternoon Games

Marlins 4, Mets 2 Box »

Christian Yelich hit his fourth longball in his 18th Spring Training game on Saturday, an opposite-field shot off Mets prospect Jeurys Familia in his only at-bat of the afternoon. Yelich, who's batting .368, is expected to begin the season at Double-A Jacksonville.

Christian Yelich (MIA No. 2): 1-for-1, HR, R, RBI
Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA No. 11): 0-for-3
Rob Brantly (MIA No. 11): 0-for-3
Travis d'Arnaud (NYM No. 1): 1-for-2, R, BB
Jeurys Familia (NYM No. 5): 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Twins 2, Pirates 1 Box »

Gerrit Cole (PIT No. 1): 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 4 K
Justin Wilson (PIT No. 9): 3 IP, 2 H, 5 K
Aaron Hicks (MIN No. 6): 1-for-4, R, 2 K, SB
Joe Benson (MIN No. 13): 0-for-3

Tigers 3, Cardinals 0 Box »

After struggling early in Spring Training and losing his grasp on Detroit's closer role, Bruce Rondon has righted himself with four straight scoreless appearances. He struck out the side on Saturday. Cardinals top prospect Oscar Taveras was his first victim in his only inning of work, the fifth.

Bruce Rondon (DET No. 2): 1 IP, 1 BB, 3 K
Nick Castellanos (DET No. 1): 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, BB, K
Avisail Garcia (DET No. 3): 0-for-1
Tyler Collins (DET No. 6): 0-for-1
Jeff Kobernus (DET No. 16): 0-for-3, BB, SB
Oscar Taveras (STL No. 1): 0-for-3, K
Kolten Wong (STL No. 5): 0-for-1
Matt Adams (STL No. 8): 1-for-3
Michael Blazek (STL No. 11): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Maikel Cleto (STL No. 12): 1 IP, 2 BB, 2 K
MEric Fornataro (STL No. 14): 1 IP

Red Sox 9, Rays 2 Box »

Wil Myers (TB No. 1): 1-for-1
Jackie Bradley (BOS No. 2): 1-for-4, R, BB, K
Jose Iglesias (BOS No. 6): 2-for-4, 3B, 2 R, K
Blake Swihart (BOS No. 9): 1-for-1, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Phillies 7, Yankees (SS) 0 Box »

Zoilo Almonte (NYY No. 10): 0-for-1, K
Ramon Flores (NYY No. 11): BB

Orioles 3, Blue Jays 1 Box »

L.J. Hoes (BAL No. 6): 0-for-3, 2 K