It's official. Baseball is here. Spring Training baseball games started today, and there were 4 games on the slate, with only one game featuring two major league teams. Here's a short recap of all 4 games on the docket today.
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Boston Red Sox vs Northeastern Huskies
The Red Sox always start their spring training games with a game against the Northeastern Univeristy Huskies, who play a few miles away from them in Boston. The game was an abbreviated one, it only lasted 7 innings, and the Red Sox came out on top by a 3-0 score. All 3 Red Sox runs came in the 6th inning, with an RBI single from Ryan Fitzgerald and a two run single from Jantzen Witte. Two of the guys from the Mookie Betts trade played as well. Jeter Downs had an infield single and two errors, and Connor Wong went 0-1 and threw out two runners attempting to steal. Adam Lau got the win for the Red Sox, and Eduard Bazardo locked down the 7th for the save. Rick Burroni took the loss for Northeastern. The Red Sox outhit the Huskies 6-4 in the game. Daniel McGrath started for Boston, and Cam Schlitter started for Northeastern.
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Detroit Tigers vs Southeastern University Fire
The Tigers started their spring training season against Southeastern University. We had the Spring's first walkoff, as the Tigers walked it off with a 5-4 victory on Danny Pinero's RBI single. There were only 11 hits in the game, with Detroit getting the 6-5 advantage. Tarik Skubal started for the Tigers, and threw two innings of no hit ball before giving it up to the bullpen. Ryan Munoz started the game for Southeastern, throwing just one inning. Jared Tobey was given the win for the Tigers, and Carlos Soto took the loss for the Fire. Southeastern had a 2-0 lead on the Tigers when the Tigers scored twice in the 5th, and both teams scored in their frames of the 6th to tie it at 4. That set the stage for Pinero to deliver in the 9th.
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Minnesota Twins vs Minnesota University Golden Gophers
This one wasn't a contest from the very beginning, as the Twins ran away with this one, winning 16-0 for the spring's first rout. They didn't even need all 9 innings, this game took 7. Trent Schoeberl started for the Golden Gophers, going two innings and giving up 8 runs on 4 hits and 5 walks. He took the loss for the Golden Gophers. Randy Dobnak started for the Twins, throwing two innings of no hit ball. The Twins held the Golden Gophers to just one hit, with Blaine Hardy giving up the lone hit. Gilberto Celestino had a big day, going 1-2 with 3 RBI for the Twins. 1B Zander Wiel had two RBI for the Twins. Top prospect Royce Lewis went 1-2 with two walks and he crossed the plate 3 times for the Twins.
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Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
The only major league vs major league matchup of the day, and there were some homers. Jorge Soler of the Royals hit the spring's first homer, and Texas's Rob Refsnyder homered later in the game. The Rangers prevailed 5-4 while outhitting the Royals 8-6. Kolby Allard started for the Rangers, throwing one inning and giving up two runs, and Jorge Lopez started for the Royals, throwing two innings of one hit ball. James Jones picked up the win for the Rangers, and Chance Adams gave up two runs in the 9th to put the Rangers ahead 5-4, taking the loss for the Royals. Ryan O'Hearn also homered for the Royals in the losing effort
Looking ahead
Every MLB team has a spring training game on Saturday! Baseball season is in full swing now!
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