Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Las Vegas taking big cash on Cubs

  • David Purdum, ESPN.com
The Chicago Cubs are a longtime running joke among Las Vegas bookmakers: "You know how many casinos have been built on bets on the Cubs to win the World Series?"
Vegas is once again poised for expansion.
Heading into the opening week of baseball season, more money has been bet on the Cubs to win the World Series than any other team at two of Nevada's largest sportsbooks.
The Cubs are 6-1 to win the World Series at the MGM. Only the Washington Nationals, at 5-1, have better odds. The number of bets on the Cubs more than doubles any other team in the MGM's World Series futures pool.
"Every year, they bet the Cubs," Jeff Stoneback, assistant manager at MGM race and sports. "I could be their ace and you could be their No. 2 starter, and they'd still bet them."
The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908. But with the offseason additions of manager Joe Maddon and ace starter Jon Lester, bettors this is their year.
In October, William Hill opened the Cubs at 40-1 and promptly took a $1,000 bet. The Cubs are now 10-1 at William Hill, where 10 percent of the total amount wagered on the World Series odds is on Chicago.
The second most popular team in Vegas? The Seattle Mariners, who, along with the Los Angeles Dodgers, are now 8-1 at the MGM. After just missing the playoffs last season, the Mariners have attracted the second most bets behind the Cubs at MGM and William Hill.
The Nationals are the consensus favorites, though. At the Westgate SuperBook, Washington is a commanding 1-5 favorite to win the NL East.
The Dodgers, at 4-11, are also big favorites in the NL West, and the Cardinals (6-5) are the favorites in the Central.
The Boston Red Sox are the co-favorites, at 12-1, with the Los Angeles Angels in the American League. The Detroit Tigers (7-4) are the favorites in the AL Central.
The Colorado Rockies (80-1) have the fewest bets to win the World Series at the MGM, but are within bets of overtaking the Houston Astros (125-1) and Arizona Diamondbacks (125-1), Stoneback said.
The loss of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish caused the largest injury adjustment on the SuperBook's season-win totals. The SuperBook opened the Rangers' projected wins at 79.5, before it was announced Darvish would undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery in mid-March.
"He was a three-game adjustment," Ed Salmons, oddsmaker at the SuperBook said. The Rangers' win total now sits at 76.
Bettors have backed the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals to eclipse their season win total. The Orioles' projected wins have been bet up from 81.5 to 83.5. The Royals' win total has grown from 79.5 to 81.5.
"The public is in love with K.C.," Salmons said. "All last week, the first week of the NCAA tournament, all I heard was 'Orioles over,' 'Royals over.'"
Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, at 6-1, is favored to lead the league in home runs at the SuperBook. But a Cub attracted the largest bet on the home run title odds. Last week, a gambler at the bet four figures on Cubs rookie Kris Bryant hitting the most home runs in baseball this season. The odds were 30-1. Bryant was sent down Monday.
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Average salaries top $4M for 1st time

NEW YORK -- Even before the first pitch of the 2015 season is thrown, an eye-popping baseball record will be set.
The average salary when Opening Day rosters are finalized Sunday will break the $4 million barrier for the first time, according to a study of all major league contracts by The Associated Press. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw tops players at $31 million and Los Angeles projects to open the season with a payroll at about $270 million, easily a record.
"We're enjoying a tremendously bountiful season in baseball," said Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner with the New York Mets.
Fueled by the largest two-year growth in more than a decade, the average salary projects to be about $4.25 million, according to the AP study, with the final figure depending on how many players are put on the disabled list before the first pitch is thrown. That is up from $3.95 million on the first day of last season and $3.65 million when 2013 began.
"MLB's revenues have grown in recent years, with the increase in national and local broadcast rights fees being a primary contributor," said Dan Halem, MLB's chief legal officer. "It is expected that player compensation will increase as club revenues increase."
Baseball's average salary was approximately $50,000 in 1976, the last year before free agency. Back then, many players took offseason jobs to pay their bills.
Now almost all of them do their heavy lifting in gyms, not warehouses.
In a $9 billion industry propelled by ballpark luxury suites and premium tickets, regional sports networks and streaming video, more than half the major leaguers are millionaires.
The average broke the $1 million mark in 1992, topped $2 million in 2001 and reached $3 million in 2008.
By comparison, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers has risen slightly less than fourfold since the first class of free agents started negotiations in November 1976. And the average U.S. wage in 2013, the latest figure available, was $44,888, according to the Social Security Administration, up 1.28 percent from 2012.
"It isn't just the TV deals," players' association head Tony Clark wrote in an email to the AP. "From the parity on the field to the fan support & business off it (including the national TV contracts), the industry has never been healthier."
Last year, the Dodgers opened with a payroll at $234 million and ended the New York Yankees' 15-year streak as baseball's biggest spenders. Still seeking its first World Series title since 1988, Los Angeles is No. 1 by a huge margin. The Yankees project to be second at about $215 million, followed by Boston at around $185 million.
Detroit is fourth at roughly $170 million -- about $100 million less than the Dodgers. Coming off its third World Series title in five years, San Francisco is fifth, about $1 million behind the Tigers.
The low rollers are led by Miami (about $65 million), with Houston a few million dollars higher. The large-market Mets are right around $100 million, a mark they haven't reached since 2011.
"The industry is doing very well," Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran said. "The owners are making a lot of money and the salaries for the players are going up."
Following Kershaw are Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander ($28 million), Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke ($27 million) and injured Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton ($25.4 million). Hamilton has a lengthy history of drug and alcohol abuse, and has been suspended in the past.
The AP's figures include salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income for players on active rosters, disabled lists and the restricted list. For some players, parts of deferred money are discounted to reflect current values.
Payroll numbers factor in adjustments for cash transactions in trades, signing bonuses that are the responsibility of the club agreeing to the contract, option buyouts and termination pay for released players. San Diego is receiving $18 million from the Dodgers to cover most of Matt Kemp's salary, and the Marlins are getting about $12.68 million from Los Angeles as part of the seven-player trade that sent Dan Haren to Miami.
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Trumbo, Goldschmidt homer as Diamondbacks beat Rangers 8-7

  • Associated Press
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Mark Trumbo and Paul Goldschmidt homered, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-7 victory over a split-squad of Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
Trumbo and Goldschmidt had three hits apiece, and Blake Lalli singled in the winning run in the ninth. Lalli is trying to make the team as a backup catcher.
Trumbo played the whole game.
"Anytime that you can go more innings in spring, it's a good thing," he said. "It was nice to be able to get nine in and I was happy with the result, obviously."
Texas center fielder Delino DeShields had two hits, including a solo homer, and two RBIs, bolstering his case for a spot on the Rangers' opening-day roster. DeShields is 7 for 17 in his last four games.
Nick Martinez, who was recently selected for the fifth spot in Texas' rotation, was charged with six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.
"I'm a pitcher that likes to establish his fastball," Martinez said. "I ran into a team that was hunting for a lot of fastballs and ambushing fastballs and seeing the fastball well."
Diamondbacks starter Chase Anderson labored through four innings, giving up six runs and 11 hits. Trevor Cahill then came in and struck out five in two scoreless innings.
Manager Chip Hale was happy with what he saw from Cahill.
"Electric sinker," Hale said. "That's what we've been seeing. We just need him to be consistent with it and trust it."
ARIZONA'S CATCHERS
The Diamondbacks and catcher Gerald Laird agreed to a $100,000 retention bonus that gives the club an out clause for his contract by June 1. Laird is in the mix for the backup catcher role.
The bonus gives Arizona more time to decide on Laird, a 12-year veteran, and allows the team to send him to Triple-A Reno for a while if he does not break camp with the Diamondbacks.
"Obviously they haven't seen enough," Laird said, "so they're going to take another couple of days."
RANGERS MOVES
Texas traded veteran infielder Elliot Johnson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash, and released pitcher Jamey Wright from his minor league contract.
The 31-year-old Johnson hit .194 in 19 spring games for the Rangers. He is a .215 career hitter in 318 games with Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Atlanta and Cleveland.
Wright, 40, appeared in nine games for Texas in spring training and had a 7.50 ERA over 12 innings. He was trying to make the club as a long reliever.
STARTING TIME
Rangers: Martinez said he's ready to start the season.
"There are some positives to take out of this and also some things to learn," he said. "Good situation for me to play in my head when the season comes."
Diamondbacks: Anderson got the start over Cahill in a last-minute move. The two were named to the major league rotation this week.
"Felt a little off," Anderson said. "Other than that, curveball was good, my changeup was pretty good, just couldn't get in those counts and use those pitches more effectively. It's kind of the only bad outing I've had all spring, so I guess get it out of my system now and move on to the season."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: RHP Tanner Scheppers was in Texas on Tuesday for a scan on his sore right ankle. He reported soreness after his outing last Saturday. ... OF Shin-Soo Choo (left triceps inflammation) was scheduled to start in right field in the Rangers' other split-squad game. ... RHP Shawn Tolleson (right forearm stiffness) was scheduled to pitch in a minor league game Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Colby Lewis and Yovani Gallardo, two pitchers set for the major league rotation, with Gallardo as the opening-day starter, are scheduled to pitch Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies.
Diamondbacks: Opening-day starter Josh Collmenter will pitch in a minor league game, so long relief candidate Archie Bradley faces the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.


 

TEXAS (7) AT ARIZONA (8)

 TEXAS            AB  R  H BI  ARIZONA          AB  R  H BI
 DeShields cf      4  2  2  2  Pollock cf        3  0  0  0 
 Cone lf           1  0  0  0  Owings 2b         4  1  1  1 
 Rosales 3b        4  0  2  1  Goldschmidt 1b    5  1  3  1 
 L Mendez ss       0  0  0  1  Pena pr           0  1  0  0 
 Peguero rf        5  1  2  0  Trumbo rf         5  2  3  2 
 Moreland 1b       3  0  1  1  Lamb 3b           4  1  2  0 
 Shoulders 1b      2  0  0  0  Pacheco 3b        1  0  1  0 
 Rua lf            3  0  1  0  Ross lf           2  1  0  1 
 Skole lf-cf       1  0  0  0  Haniger lf        0  0  0  0 
 Odor 2b           3  0  0  0  Thomas c          3  0  1  2 
 Spivey 2b         2  0  0  0  Lalli c           2  0  1  1 
 Gimenez c         4  1  1  0  Ahmed ss          4  1  1  0 
 Marte ss-3b       2  2  2  1  Anderson p        1  0  0  0 
 N. Martinez p     2  1  1  0  Peralta ph        1  0  0  0 
 Pirela p          0  0  0  0  Cahill p          1  0  0  0 
 Klein p           0  0  0  0  Paredes p         0  0  0  0 
 Méndez p          0  0  0  0  Inciarte ph       1  0  1  0 
 Moorman p         1  0  1  0  Reed p            0  0  0  0 
 Kela p            0  0  0  0  
 Wolf p            0  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           37  7 13  6  TOTALS           37  8 14  8

 TEXAS                     041 100 010 --  7
 ARIZONA                   103 120 001 --  8

ONE OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED.
 E--Thomas, N. Martinez. DP--ARIZONA 1. LOB--TEXAS
 8, ARIZONA 10. 2B--Trumbo, Thomas, Pacheco, 
 Peguero 2, Rua, Gimenez, Moorman, N. Martinez, 
 Rosales. 3B--Lamb. HR--Trumbo 1 (3) (off N. 
 Martinez), Goldschmidt 1 (2) (off N. Martinez), 
 DeShields 1 (1) (off Anderson). SB--Owings 1 (4), 
 DeShields 1 (3). CS--Pollock, Rosales. SF--Owings,
 L Mendez.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TEXAS
 N. Martinez                    4 1-3   8   7   6   3   2   2
 Pirela                           2-3   1   0   0   0   1   0
 Klein                              1   1   0   0   1   0   0
 Méndez                             1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 Kela                               1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 Wolf (L,0-1)                     1-3   3   1   1   1   0   0
  ARIZONA
 Anderson                           4  11   6   6   1   2   1
 Cahill                             2   1   0   0   1   5   0
 Paredes                            2   1   1   1   1   2   0
 Reed (W,1-0)                       1   0   0   0   0   2   0

 WP--Pirela, N. Martinez. HBP--Marte by Paredes. 
 BALK--Paredes. SO--TEX: Peguero 3, Gimenez 2, Odor
 2, Skole, DeShields, Rosales, Shoulders. ARI: Lamb
 2, Cahill, Thomas, Ross, Pollock. BB--TEX: Skole, 
 Marte, N. Martinez. ARI: Ross 2, Pollock 2, 
 Haniger. T--3:18. A--6,252.

Game Information

StadiumSalt River Fields at Talking Stick, Pima County, AZ




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Wainwright to start for Cardinals on opening night

  • Associated Press
JUPITER, Fla. -- Next up for Adam Wainwright is opening night in Chicago. The right-hander proved he is ready to go by pitching into the seventh inning in St. Louis' 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
Wainwright allowed two runs and eight hits while throwing 93 pitches in 6 2/3 innings. The ace was slowed by an abdominal injury early in spring training, raising questions about whether he would be ready to pitch in that first game against the Cubs.
"We know what he does on the big stage and how he rises to the occasion for big opportunities -- and opening day is a big opportunity," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
The majors' first game of the regular season will be Wainwright's third consecutive opening start and No. 4 overall.
"It's just really a validation for the work that you put in," he said. "The years that I've been here and saw (Chris Carpenter) do it and see the number of times that Bob Gibson did that, each time I get to do it is just a very special thing. It's an assignment that they don't hand out lightly."
Wainwright allowed the leadoff batter to reach in each of the first five innings against Miami. But he also induced four double-play grounders.
Ichiro Suzuki went 2 for 2 and drove in a run for Miami. He also made a sliding catch in center field.
Henderson Alvarez, who will start on opening day for the Marlins, allowed one run and six hits in six innings.
STARTING TIME
Cardinals: Newly named fifth starter Carlos Martinez will make his final start of the spring when St. Louis takes on the Mets on Wednesday. John Lackey will pitch in a minor league game at the Cardinals' spring complex.
Marlins: Alvarez struck out one and walked two while throwing 55 of his 85 pitches for strikes.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals: OF Randal Grichuk was sent home before the game because of an illness.
Marlins: Reliever Aaron Crow is experiencing elbow soreness and will be re-evaluated on Wednesday. If healthy, Crow is expected to break camp as a member of the Marlins' bullpen.
CENTER OF ATTENTION
The Cardinals announced that Grichuk and infielder Pete Kozma had made the opening-day roster. Along with Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos, Grichuk gives the Cardinals three options for center field.
The addition of Kozma and Grichuk also means that when the Cardinals employ their expected opening-day lineup all five bench players will be right-handed bats. Catcher Tony Cruz, first baseman Mark Reynolds and Bourjos round out the bench.
MARLIN MOVES
Miami announced that outfielder Don Kelly and infielder Donovan Solano had made their opening-day roster. The Marlins reassigned Reid Brignac, Tyler Colvin and Cole Gillespie to minor league camp and released Nick Masset.
UP NEXT
Marlins: Jarred Cosart gets the ball when the Nationals come to Roger Dean Stadium on Wednesday. Cosart was scratched from his last start because of a blister on his middle finger.
Cardinals: St. Louis travels to Port St. Lucie to face the Mets.



 

MIAMI (3) AT ST LOUIS (2)

 MIAMI            AB  R  H BI  ST LOUIS         AB  R  H BI
 Gordon 2B         4  1  2  0  Carpenter 3B      2  0  0  0 
 Black 2B-C        0  0  0  0  Moore PH-LF       1  0  1  1 
 Yelich LF         4  0  1  0  Heyward RF        2  0  0  0 
 Y Perez LF        1  0  0  0  Ty Kelly PH-3B    1  0  0  0 
 Stanton RF        3  0  1  1  Holliday LF       3  0  1  0 
 Valdespín RF      0  0  0  0  Bourjos LF-CF     1  0  0  0 
 Morse 1B          4  0  0  0  Adams 1B          3  0  2  0 
 Kelly 1B          0  0  0  0  Williams 2B       1  0  0  0 
 Prado 3B          4  1  1  0  Molina C          4  0  0  0 
 Ozuna CF          3  1  2  0  Jay CF            3  0  0  0 
 D. Solano SS      1  0  0  0  J Rodriguez 1B    1  0  0  0 
 Saltalamacchia C  3  0  1  0  Kozma SS          4  2  2  0 
 Dyson P           0  0  0  0  Wong 2B           2  0  2  1 
 Hechavarría SS    3  0  0  0  Piscotty PH-RF    1  0  0  0 
 Dunn P            0  0  0  0  Wainwright P      1  0  0  0 
 Ramos P           0  0  0  0  Maness P          0  0  0  0 
 Cishek P          0  0  0  0  Reynolds PH       0  0  0  0 
 Baker PH-2B       1  0  0  0  Harris P          0  0  0  0 
 Álvarez P         1  0  0  0  Siegrist P        0  0  0  0 
 Suzuki PH-CF      2  0  2  1  
 TOTALS           34  3 10  2  TOTALS           30  2  8  2

 MIAMI                     110 000 001 --  3
 ST LOUIS                  000 010 100 --  2

 E--Adams. DP--MIAMI 2, ST LOUIS 3. LOB--MIAMI 8, 
 ST LOUIS 6. 2B--Kozma, Moore. 3B--Ozuna. 
 SB--Suzuki 1 (2). CS--Wong. S--Álvarez, 
 Wainwright.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  MIAMI
 Álvarez                            6   6   1   1   2   1   0
 Dunn                             1-3   1   1   1   1   0   0
 Ramos                            2-3   1   0   0   1   0   0
 Cishek (W,1-0)                     1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 Dyson (S,2)                        1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  ST LOUIS
 Wainwright                     6 2-3   8   2   1   1   2   0
 Maness                           1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Harris                             1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 Siegrist (L,1-1)                   1   2   1   1   2   1   0

 SO--MIA: Morse, Yelich, Ozuna, Baker. STL: 
 Heyward, J Rodriguez, Williams. BB--MIA: 
 Saltalamacchia, Black, Stanton. STL: Reynolds, 
 Piscotty, Carpenter, Heyward. T--2:39. A--4,973.

Game Information

StadiumRoger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, FL


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Bruce hits 3-run homer in Reds' win over Brewers

  • Associated Press
PHOENIX -- Jay Bruce snapped a spring slump with a three-run homer among his two hits and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-4 on Tuesday.
Bruce, who was hitting .162 coming in, scored twice and singled during a five-run sixth inning.
Michael Lorenzen helped his cause in a bid for the Reds' final rotation spot by allowing four hits and one run over four innings against the Brewers' opening-day lineup.
Reds closer Aroldis Chapman left the game after pitching to one batter in the fifth inning for precautionary reasons. There were initial concerns about his right hamstring, but Chapman said there was no injury. It may have been more of a miscommunication, Reds manager Bryan Price said.
"We went out to check on him and the word `hamstring' came up and with his history, we were being extra cautious," Price said. "It may be a non-issue and no more than a miscommunication. But at this point in time, there was way to take a chance there. I don't think there is anything to worry about."
Ryan Braun had an RBI single in the first inning for the Brewers. Adam Lind and Khris Davis had RBI singles in the sixth.
Mike Fiers, who will be the No. 5 starter for Milwaukee, allowed only three hits over five innings but walked four.
STARTING TIME
Reds: Lorenzen's ERA for the spring is 1.80 and he handled Milwaukee's everyday lineup well.
"It was a fun, competitive environment. They got on me early and we started mixing it up a little bit," he said. "I threw a 3-2 changeup to strike out Braun that was huge. That let (catcher Brayan) Pena know `I can trust his changeup and his slider' and we started mixing up a little more. It made me feel a lot better about myself and where I'm at to compete at this level."
Brewers: Fiers will stay behind and get one more start in a minor league game here on Sunday. He wants the extra work after missing a turn with a minor shoulder setback two weeks ago.
"For me, it's good to get back out there to face more hitters and work on my stuff again," he said. "I don't think I'm 100 percent ready, so I'll take one more before the real one. I felt good today but I'll take another one."
GREGG MAKES THE REDS
The Reds informed RHP Kevin Gregg that he has made team as a non-roster invite. The 36-year-old Gregg, who allowed two earned runs in seven appearances in Cactus League play, struck out six and did not allow a batter.
ROSTER MOVES
The Brewers trimmed their roster to 27 on Tuesday, sending C Juan Centeno, INF Matt Clark, INF/OF Jason Rogers, RHP Rob Wooten to their Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Sky Sox.
Both Rogers (.351) and Clark (.341) hit well this spring but general manager Doug Melvin said the final spot will go to either INF Elian Herrera or OF Logan Schafer with an emphasis on defense.
"We feel it's better for both of them to go out, get regular at-bats and be ready in case something did happen over the long haul," Melvin said. "The bench is going to be more defense oriented. Our bats are in the lineup."
Milwaukee also sent C Nevan Ashley, OF Matt Long and RHP Ariel Pena to their minor league camp for reassignment.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Johnny Cueto will start against the Diamondbacks in Goodyear. RHP Homer Bailey will start a minor league game in the morning.
Brewers: RHP Kyle Lohse, the opening-day starter, will make his final spring tuneup against the Chicago Cubs in Mesa.



 

CINCINNATI (10) AT MILWAUKEE (4)

 CINCINNATI       AB  R  H BI  MILWAUKEE        AB  R  H BI
 Negron 2b         2  0  1  1  C. Gómez cf       2  1  0  0 
 Díaz p            0  0  0  0  H. Gómez ss       1  0  0  0 
 Blandino ph       1  0  0  0  Lucroy c          3  1  3  0 
 Medina lf         1  0  0  0  Herrera 3b        1  0  0  0 
 Frazier 3b        3  1  0  0  Braun rf          2  1  1  1 
 Selsky rf         1  0  1  1  Jiménez 2b        1  0  0  0 
 Votto 1b          3  0  0  0  A. Ramírez 3b     3  0  0  0 
 Badenhop p        0  0  0  0  Schafer lf        1  0  0  0 
 Wallach c         1  0  0  0  Lind 1b           3  0  1  1 
 Byrd lf           2  1  1  0  Long rf           1  1  1  0 
 Winker pr-lf      2  1  0  0  K. Davis lf       3  0  1  1 
 Cingrani p        0  0  0  0  Taylor cf         1  0  0  0 
 Bruce rf          3  2  2  3  Gennett 2b        3  0  0  0 
 Dominguez c-3b    2  0  0  0  Centeno c         1  0  0  0 
 Peña c            4  1  2  1  Segura ss         1  0  0  0 
 B Greene pr-2b    0  1  0  0  Parra 1b          2  0  1  1 
 Hamilton cf       3  1  1  0  Fiers p           1  0  1  0 
 Silva cf          1  0  0  0  Rogers ph         1  0  0  0 
 Cozart ss         5  2  3  2  Cotts p           0  0  0  0 
 Lorenzen p        1  0  0  0  Peña p            0  0  0  0 
 Chapman p         0  0  0  0  Clark ph          1  0  0  0 
 Rogers p          0  0  0  0  Smith p           0  0  0  0 
 J Curtis ph       1  0  0  0  Dillard p         0  0  0  0 
 M. Smith 1b       2  0  2  1  Ashley ph         1  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           38 10 13  9  TOTALS           33  4  9  4

 CINCINNATI                000 305 011 -- 10
 MILWAUKEE                 100 002 001 --  4

 E--C. Gómez, Lorenzen. DP--CINCINNATI 3. 
 LOB--CINCINNATI 9, MILWAUKEE 5. 2B--Long, Fiers, 
 Cozart. HR--Bruce 1 (3) (off Fiers). CS--Negron. 
 S--Lorenzen.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  CINCINNATI
 Lorenzen (W,3-0)                   4   4   1   1   2   2   0
 Chapman                          1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Rogers                           2-3   0   0   0   0   1   0
 Badenhop                           1   3   2   2   0   0   0
 Díaz                               1   0   0   0   0   3   0
 Cingrani                           2   2   1   1   0   1   0
  MILWAUKEE
 Fiers (L,1-2)                      5   3   3   3   4   3   1
 Cotts                            1-3   5   5   5   0   0   0
 Peña                           1 2-3   1   0   0   0   2   0
 Smith                              1   3   1   1   0   2   0
 Dillard                            1   1   1   1   1   2   0

 HBP--B Greene by Dillard, Byrd by Cotts, Braun by
 Badenhop. SO--CIN: Cozart 2, Winker 2, Medina, 
 Wallach, Votto, Byrd, Dominguez. MIL: C. Gómez, 
 Braun, Parra, Gennett, H. Gómez, Schafer, Clark. 
 BB--CIN: Negron 2, Silva, Frazier, Votto. MIL: 
 Segura, C. Gómez. T--3:04. A--3,214.

Game Information

StadiumMaryvale Baseball Park, Phoenix, AZ


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Gausman gives up 4 runs to Rays in Orioles' 4-3 loss

Tampa Bay Rays

 

12-11
4
Final
3

Baltimore Orioles

11-17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TB 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 0
BAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 - 2

  • Associated Press
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Competing for the fifth spot in the Baltimore Orioles' rotation, Kevin Gausman gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings of a 4-3 loss to a Tampa Bay Rays split-squad on Tuesday.
Gausman and Ubaldo Jimenez are vying for the final position and, lately, Jimenez, who signed a four-year, $50 million contract a year ago, has outpitched the 24-year-old.
David De Jesus homered off Gausman to key a three-run third.
"I thought I was hitting a lot of spots. I think that one inning kind of got away from me a little bit. A couple of bounces different ways, and my line probably looks a lot different," Gausman said.
Manager Buck Showalter isn't saying whether Gausman will start, relieve or go to Triple-A Norfolk.
"Gausman was OK. Was working with a pretty tight strike zone," Showalter said. "Pretty hitter-friendly day. Some hard-hit balls. I think it was actually kind of good for him today. He wouldn't look at it that way."
Chris Davis' sixth-inning double scored Adam Jones for the Orioles' first run. Nolan Reimold homered for Baltimore in the eighth.
Everett Teaford, who was reassigned to minor league camp on Monday, started for the Rays, and pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits.
Bench coach Tom Foley managed the split squad for the Rays while Kevin Cash stayed in Port Charlotte to run the game against Boston.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy wasn't happy when he learned he would start the season on the disabled list with a left shoulder strain.
"That's a little disappointing, but I guess it could have been a lot worse. I feel better today than I did yesterday. At this rate, who knows how long it's going to be?" Hardy said. ... OF David Lough (left hamstring) will also be on the DL at the beginning of the season. He also had back spasms. "We think those two were related in the injury. At that point my hamstring wasn't 100 percent. Now my back is completely fine, it's just taking care of my hamstring and getting healthy," Lough said.
STARTING TIME
Rays: Teaford joked about starting after his demotion.
"The ol' reassigned from the reassignment -- I don't know if that's ever happened," said Teaford, "But hey, I felt like I did everything I could this camp to really put my best foot forward."
Orioles: RHP Chris Tillman will make his second consecutive opening-day start, on April 6 at Tampa Bay.
Tillman was pleased with the assignment.
"It means a lot. I think when we've got five guys who are capable of doing it, that makes it that much more special. And I think every guy in here thinks the same way. We really do have five guys," Tillman said. "There's only opening day, the first game, once and then the rest of the season it's our best guys going that night. I think as a group we all feel that way and I'm just excited to get this thing underway."
TRANSACTIONS:
Rays: Released INF Alexi Casilla. The veteran infielder had signed a minor league contract with the Rays last month.
Orioles: Acquired minor league C Audry Perez from Colorado for cash considerations. ... LHP Mark Hendrickson, who was released by Baltimore on March 16, has announced his retirement. Hendrickson, who pitched 10 seasons in the major leagues and four in the NBA, may pursue a career in professional golf.
UP NEXT
Rays: LHP Jordan Norberto starts against the New York Yankees and RHP Chase Whitley in Tampa.
Orioles: Tillman will start against Pittsburgh LHP and Francisco Liriano on Wednesday.




 

TAMPA BAY (4) AT BALTIMORE (3)

 TAMPA BAY        AB  R  H BI  BALTIMORE        AB  R  H BI
 DeJesus RF        4  1  1  1  Cabrera SS        4  0  0  0 
 Goeddel LF        1  0  0  0  Janish SS         1  0  0  0 
 Jaso LF           3  2  2  0  Pearce LF         4  0  0  0 
 R Shaffer 3B      1  0  0  0  Martínez 2B       0  0  0  0 
 Cabrera SS        4  0  2  1  A. Jones CF       3  1  1  0 
 Blair SS          0  0  0  0  J Borbon CF       1  0  0  0 
 Longoria 3B       4  1  1  0  Young RF          3  0  1  0 
 Gotta RF          0  0  0  0  Reimold LF        1  1  1  1 
 Loney 1B          4  0  0  0  C. Davis 1B       3  0  1  1 
 Leonard 1B        0  0  0  0  Clevenger C       1  0  1  0 
 Jennings CF       3  0  1  1  Machado 3B        3  0  1  0 
 Milone CF         0  0  0  0  Flaherty 1B       1  0  0  0 
 Forsythe 2B       4  0  1  1  Paredes DH        4  1  1  0 
 Coyle 2B          0  0  0  0  J. Schoop 2B      3  0  2  1 
 Brown DH          2  0  0  0  Yastrzemski RF    1  0  0  0 
 Wilson C          4  0  0  0  Joseph C          3  0  2  0 
 Acosta C          0  0  0  0  Nix 3B            1  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           34  4  8  4  TOTALS           37  3 11  3

 TAMPA BAY                 103 000 000 --  4
 BALTIMORE                 000 001 110 --  3

 E--Joseph, Janish. DP--TAMPA BAY 1. LOB--TAMPA 
 BAY 7, BALTIMORE 7. 2B--Clevenger, Paredes, C. 
 Davis, Forsythe, Cabrera. HR--Reimold 1 (2) (off 
 Bellatti), DeJesus 1 (1) (off Gausman). 
 SB--Cabrera 1 (2). CS--Brown. SF--Jennings.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TAMPA BAY
 Teaford (W,2-1)                3 2-3   3   0   0   0   2   0
 Montgomery                     2 1-3   4   1   1   0   3   0
 Bellatti                           2   4   2   2   0   1   1
 Schreiber (S,1)                    1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  BALTIMORE
 Gausman (L,1-2)                3 2-3   7   4   4   1   0   1
 Garcia                         2 1-3   0   0   0   1   2   0
 Brach                              2   1   0   0   0   1   0
 Hunter                             1   0   0   0   1   0   0

 WP--Bellatti. SO--TB: Wilson, Jennings, Longoria.
 BAL: Young 2, Flaherty, C. Davis, A. Jones, 
 Pearce. BB--TB: Brown 2, Jaso.  T--2:43. A--5,305.

Game Information

StadiumEd Smith Stadium, Sarasota, FL


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Cactus League

Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(11-16, 2-11 away)
  • 6
  • 11
  • 0
(13-15, 8-6 home)
  • 8
  • 11
  • 2
 123456789 RHE
SEA310000020 
CLE43000100X 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(14-11, 7-5 away)
  • 10
  • 13
  • 1
(11-14, 5-8 home)
  • 4
  • 9
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
CIN000305011 
MIL100002001 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(14-15, 6-9 away)
  • 15
  • 14
  • 0
(9-16, 6-8 home)
  • 10
  • 16
  • 2
 123456789 RHE
CHC010040208 
TEX030402001 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(10-15, 8-7 away)
  • 2
  • 10
  • 0
(16-9, 7-5 home)
  • 1
  • 7
  • 0
 123456789 RHE
CHW002000000 
LAD000010000 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(15-14, 7-9 away)
  • 3
  • 10
  • 0
(10-20, 5-9 home)
  • 4
  • 8
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
COL000030000 
SF01010002X 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(20-9, 7-7 away)
  • 13
  • 18
  • 1
(13-13, 8-7 home)
  • 10
  • 9
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
OAK004400221 
LAA004300300 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(9-17, 3-9 away)
  • 7
  • 13
  • 1
(15-14, 8-8 home)
  • 8
  • 14
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
TEX041100010 
ARI103120001 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(18-10, 11-4 away)
  • 4
  • 11
  • 0
(15-12, 8-6 home)
  • 1
  • 8
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
KC210001000 
SD001000000 

Grapefruit League

Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(12-11, 6-5 away)
  • 4
  • 8
  • 0
(11-17, 3-10 home)
  • 3
  • 11
  • 2
 123456789 RHE
TB103000000 
BAL000001110 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(15-10, 10-3 away)
  • 7
  • 9
  • 1
(10-18, 6-8 home)
  • 3
  • 5
  • 0
 123456789 RHE
PIT000403000 
DET010000002 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(15-13, 8-6 away)
  • 1
  • 7
  • 2
(12-14, 6-6 home)
  • 3
  • 8
  • 0
 123456789 RHE
NYY000100000 
MIN00111000X 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(18-11, 7-8 away)
  • 2
  • 8
  • 0
(10-14, 7-4 home)
  • 0
  • 6
  • 2
 123456789 RHE
NYM000011000 
WSH000000000 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(13-12, 5-8 away)
  • 3
  • 10
  • 0
(12-11, 8-6 home)
  • 2
  • 8
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
MIA110000001 
STL000010100 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(15-10, 7-5 away)
  • 11
  • 14
  • 4
(12-12, 6-7 home)
  • 8
  • 13
  • 3
 123456789 RHE
BOS000002009 
TB130002020 
W: Couch   L: Riefenhauser  
HR »  TB: Robertson 2 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(11-16, 7-8 away)
  • 6
  • 8
  • 2
(17-12, 8-7 home)
  • 10
  • 10
  • 0
 123456789 RHE
PHI020120010 
TOR21002113X 
Final
  • R
  • H
  • E
(11-10, 6-5 away)
  • 8
  • 13
  • 1
(13-15, 6-10 home)
  • 5
  • 9
  • 1
 123456789 RHE
HOU200103020 
ATL000140000 

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