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Spring training roundup: Yankees, Red Sox unleash bats in big wins
Mar 4, 2025; Clearwater, Florida, USA; New York Yankees outfielder Spencer Jones (78) runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the third inning during spring training at BayCare Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Spencer Jones batted 3-for-3 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run amid a seven-run third, as the New York Yankees demolished the host Philadelphia Phillies 12-3 in spring-training action Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla.
Jones, a top prospect in the Yankees’ system, had a run-scoring double in the second after fellow prospect George Lombard Jr. got New York on the board with a single. Paul Goldschmidt wrapped the Yankees’ big third inning with a two-run blast, and Jasson Dominguez also went deep.
Lombard, Dominguez, Oswaldo Cabrera and Pablo Reyes each finished with two of New York’s 15 hits. Starter Will Warren (2-0) struck out four in three innings with one run on one hit and one walk.
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (0-1) was shelled for eight hits and six runs (five earned) in two-plus innings. Max Kepler hit a solo home run for the hosts.
Red Sox 12, Pirates 4
Nate Eaton’s grand slam broke the game open in the fifth and visiting Boston cruised to victory over Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla.
Abraham Toro hit a three-run triple and Trayce Thompson added a two-run homer to help the Red Sox build a 6-0 lead. Nick Sogard went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs, and starter Quinn Priester (1-0) yielded one run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings.
Ji Hwan Bae finished 3-for-3 with a solo shot and two runs, and Tsung-Che Cheng also homered for the Pirates. Starter Andrew Heaney (0-1) was tagged for four runs on two hits and three walks in the first 1 2/3 frames.
Rays 4, Tigers 1
Nine-hole hitter Matthew Etzel hit a go-ahead two-run double and added a solo homer for Tampa Bay to beat visiting Detroit in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Eloy Jimenez had a solo shot to provide the Rays’ other run. The win went to reliever Alex Faedo (1-1) for a spotless fifth inning as seven pitchers limited the Tigers to five hits.
Ryan Kreidler plated Colt Keith on a sacrifice fly to put the Tigers on the board before reliever Dietrich Enns (0-1) gave up Etzel’s go-ahead double in the next inning.
Twins 0, Braves 0
Chris Sale worked four hitless innings for Atlanta in a scoreless draw with visiting Minnesota in North Port, Fla.
Sale fanned four and walked one before giving way to four relievers who allowed four hits to the Twins. The Braves finished with five, including two from Austin Riley. Garrett Cooper’s double was the only extra-base hit of the game.
Twins starter Randy Dobnak tossed five strikeouts and allowed three hits and two walks in his three innings. Jose Miranda went 2-for-3.
Cardinals 6, Mets 1
Matt Koperniak belted a two-run home run as St. Louis’ split squad defeated visiting New York in Jupiter, Fla.
Nolan Arenado had a two-run double one inning before Koperniak’s homer. Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (1-0) threw two strikeouts and limited the Mets to one hit in three innings.
Mets starter Tylor Megill (0-1) worked 2 2/3 innings and gave up the first run of the game on Jose Fermin’s single in the second. The Mets had just five hits and only scored on a fielding error in the eighth.
Cardinals 6, Nationals 4
Yordalin Pena lifted a pitch into the left field seats for a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth and St. Louis held on to beat host Washington in Palm Beach, Fla.
Thomas Saggese hit a solo shot and Lars Nootbaar had a two-run single for a 4-0 Cardinals lead before the Nationals came back to tie it in the seventh. Alex Call hit a two-run double and Amed Rosario (2-for-3) followed that with a two-run single.
Cardinals reliever Maxwell Rajcic (1-0) worked around three walks and a hit in the final two innings for the victory. Andry Lara (0-1) gave up the decisive homer to Pena.
–Field Level Media
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Manchester City look to extend win streak, take on Everton
[Subscription Customers Only] Jun 30, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Manchester City forward Erling Haaland (9) celebrates scoring their second goal with midfielder Rodri (16) during a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lee Smith-Reuters via Imagn Images Manchester City will try to keep pace with Premier League front-runner Arsenal on Monday night when they pay a visit to an Everton side still on the fringes of the European picture.
City (21-5-7, 70 points) will begin the day six points back of Arsenal with two matches in hand after the Gunners dispatched Fulham 3-0 on Saturday. The Cityzens won’t be even on games played until May 13, when they make up a postponed match against Crystal Palace that was delayed because of City’s triumphant League Cup run.
As a result, there continues to be the appearance of a chase, although the teams would finish level on points if they win out.
Manager Pep Guardiola insists it shouldn’t matter.
“It’s normal, so it’s the calendar,” Guardiola said on Friday. “Sometimes you play first. Sometimes behind. It is what it is. So, nothing changes in these stages, and you know exactly what you have to do.”
City have won six in a row in all competitions, the last three by a single goal: A 2-1 home league win over the Gunners on April 19, a 1-0 league victory at Burnley three days later, and a 2-1 FA Cup semifinal triumph over Southampton on April 25.
Erling Haaland scored once in both league fixtures to bring his EPL-leading total to 24. In the FA Cup semifinal, Jeremy Doku and Nico Gonzalez scored inside the final 10 minutes to complete a late rally.
Everton (13-13-8, 47 points) finished Saturday in 11th place, but only four points out of seventh, which currently would earn a berth in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Should City win the FA Cup, it could be the top eight English league finishers who earn a spot in Europe.
And if Everton could return to continental competition for the first time since 2017-18, it would conclude a much-improved first season at their new Hill Dickson Stadium, after bringing the curtain down on historic Goodison Park last May.
“We still believe there could be something out there for us. And we’ll keep pushing,” manager David Moyes said. “Building Everton back up is a process which I think is going to take quite a bit of time, but I think the first year or so here, we’ve certainly put decent foundations down. And hopefully we can continue to build on it.”
The Toffees are looking to avoid a third consecutive league defeat for the first time this season after a 2-1 home loss to derby rivals Liverpool on April 19 and a 2-1 away defeat at West Ham last weekend.
Beto, one of two Everton players with eight goals, departed the former contest late with a head injury and missed the latter fixture working through the league’s concussion protocol. He should be available Monday night, Moyes said.
–Field Level Media
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Yankees tee off on Orioles to win third straight in 4-game series
May 3, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) hits a two run home run in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Jasson Dominguez scored the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning before hitting a two-run homer and an RBI double during a seven-run eighth as the New York Yankees pulled away for an 11-3 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.
The Yankees won for the 13th time in 15 games and beat the Orioles for the 11th time in the past 12 meetings.
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off Baltimore rookie Trey Gibson. Ben Rice hit his 12th home run of the season in the first and doubled ahead of Judge’s 13th homer in the third.
Rice exited after the Yankees batted in the third because of a bruised left hand. The Yankees announced X-rays were negative and the first baseman is day-to-day. Rice appeared to get injured fielding a low pickoff throw from Max Fried and was replaced by Paul Goldschmidt.
Dominguez started the tiebreaking rally with a double to left field against Grant Wolfram (1-1) and advanced to third on a groundout by Austin Wells. Ryan McMahon, facing a drawn-in infield, followed with a single that first baseman Coby Mayo couldn’t handle after diving to stop it.
Dominguez started New York’s big inning with a two-run drive into the right field seats off Andrew Kittredge for a 6-3 lead. After an RBI sacrifice fly by Trent Grisham, Goldschmidt ripped a two-run single after the Yankees executed a double steal.
Following a sacrifice fly by Jazz Chisholm Jr., Dominguez added a double to left field for an 11-3 lead.
The Orioles tied it twice before losing their fourth straight and for the 12th time in 18 games.
Blaze Alexander had an RBI single in the third before getting thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. After Judge’s 413-foot drive bounced into Baltimore’s bullpen in left field, Leody Taveras hit an RBI infield single and Tyler O’Neill scored on a double play grounder by Jeremiah Jackson in the fourth.
Fried allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked three.
Fernando Cruz (3-0) got the final two outs of the sixth and the first out of the seventh. Brent Headrick ended the eighth by getting a double play grounder against Mayo.
Gibson allowed three runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings during his major league debut.
The four-game series concludes Monday.
–Field Level Media
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Cam Smith drives in 2 in 10th, Astros edge Red Sox
May 3, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Houston Astros right fielder Cam Smith (11) hits a two run RBI against the Boston Red Sox during the tenth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images Cam Smith had three hits, including a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning, to help the visiting Houston Astros earn a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
Smith’s two-out single came against Zack Kelly (0-2) and drove in Braden Shewmake and Jose Altuve.
Boston had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the 10th, but Bryan Abreu got Ceddanne Rafaela to ground into a double play to end the game.
Jarren Duran hit a solo home run for the Red Sox, who stranded 13 runners and were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Duran’s home run was his third of the season and his second of the series. He hit a three-run homer in Boston’s 3-1 victory Friday night.
Abreu (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one.
Willson Contreras collected three of Boston’s nine hits in the loss.
Christian Walker and Christian Vazquez each had two-hit games for the Astros, who won two games in the three-game set.
Boston starting pitcher Ranger Suarez was pulled after four scoreless innings because of hamstring tightness. He gave up three hits, walked one and struck out three. Suarez threw 70 pitches.
Duran’s home run off Houston reliever AJ Blubaugh opened the scoring in the fifth. Houston tied the game in the sixth, when Walker reached on an infield single, took third on Altuve’s double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brice Matthews.
The Red Sox had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth. An error on Abreu allowed Contreras to reach second with two outs in the inning, but Roman Anthony grounded out to first to end the inning.
Houston had the bases loaded with no outs in the 10th, but Altuve grounded into a 6-2-5 double play. Following a walk to Matthews, Smith delivered his two-run single.
–Field Level Media
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