Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal earned his first victory of spring training on Sunday as the host Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in Lakeland, Fla.

Skubal (1-0) gave up two runs and four hits over the first 3 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. He has a 2.16 ERA this spring, with eight strikeouts in three starts covering 8 1/3 innings.

Last season, Skubal finished with an 18-4 record, a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts to earn the pitching Triple Crown and the Cy Young Award.

The Pirates’ Tommy Pham hit a solo homer off Skubal in the third on Sunday. For the Tigers, Javier Baez went 2-for-3, including a three-run homer that highlighted the team’s four-run third inning.

Orioles 4, Twins 3

Starter Tomoyuki Sugano pitched three perfect innings to help host Baltimore win its split-squad game against Minnesota in Sarasota, Fla.

Sugano (1-0) struck out five and maintained his 0.00 ERA in three spring games (two starts).

Ramon Laureano led the Orioles with two runs, while the Twins scored all of their runs on solo homers — by Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien and Brooks Lee.

Phillies 12, Orioles 2

Edmundo Sosa went 2-for-3 with a homer and a double as Philadelphia won a rout in Baltimore’s split-squad game in Clearwater, Fla.

The Phillies scored nine runs over their final three innings. Sosa’s homer came in the third, and Bryce Harper’s two-run single made it a three-run inning for Philadelphia. Agnnel Escobar also hit a two-run homer.

Coby Mayo had a double and an RBI for the Orioles.

Cardinals 6, Yankees 5

St. Louis, led by Nolan Gorman’s two hits and two RBIs, extended its spring winning streak to three games with the victory over visiting New York in Jupiter, Fla.

Gorman hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning for the Cardinals, who won despite being out-hit 14-10.

For the Yankees, Anthony Volpe, J.C. Escarra and Jazz Chisholm Jr. all hit home runs. Volpe and Chisholm combined for four hits, three RBIs and three runs.

Blue Jays 13, Rays 9

Daulton Varsho and Addison Barger each had two hits as visiting Toronto used a 15-hit attack to beat Tampa Bay, which got four RBIs from Ricardo Genoves in the game in Port Charlotte, Fla.

The Blue Jays scored eight runs over the final two innings. Will Robertson and Jay Harry hit two-run home runs to ignite a six-run eighth and put the Jays in front for good. Damiano Palmegiani also went deep.

The Rays finished with 14 hits. Brandon Lowe hit a three-run shot in the third and Genoves hit a two-run homer in the sixth.

Red Sox 7, Braves 3

Reliever Liam Hendriks overcame a rough outing to improve to 2-0 this spring as host Boston defeated Atlanta in Fort Myers, Fla.

Hendriks, a cancer survivor who missed the 2024 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2023, gave up two runs and three hits in one inning on Sunday to raise his spring ERA to 13.50.

Trayce Thompson and Nate Eaton hit back-to-back homers off Bryce Elder (0-1) to put Boston ahead for good in the fifth. The Braves got a two-run homer from Garrett Cooper off Hendriks in the top of that inning.

Marlins 10, Astros 6

Derek Hill homered, knocked in two, walked twice and scored three runs to lead visiting Miami past Houston in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Hill’s home run was a two-run shot in the Marlins’ three-run sixth inning. Eric Wagaman also went yard for Miami.

For the Astros, Jeremy Pena went 2-for-3 with two runs, including a solo homer in the sixth. Yordan Alvarez and Zach Dezenzo homered as well.

Mets 7, Nationals 6

Clay Holmes pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings — giving up only one hit and striking out eight — to help host New York edge Washington in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Mark Vientos hit a two-run shot before Jakson Reetz had a grand slam for the Mets in the first inning.

The Nationals scored their six runs in the seventh, a rally capped by Nasim Nunez’s two-run single.

Athletics 7, Dodgers 5

Luis Urias went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs as an Athletics split squad pounded 10 hits in downing host Los Angeles in Phoenix.

Urias signed with the Athletics as a free agent in February after playing for four other club since 2018. Drew Avans, who homered, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes collected two hits apiece. Gio Urshela hit a two-run double.

Athletics starter Joey Estes (2-0) earned the win after allowing two runs, three hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. Dodgers starter Blake Snell (0-1) was touched up for four runs, five hits and one walk with five strikeouts. James Outman smacked a three-run homer for Los Angeles.

Guardians 1, White Sox 0

Gabriel Arias’ single in the second inning drove in the game’s lone run as host Cleveland shut out Chicago in Goodyear, Ariz.

Jhonkensy Noel hit a one-out single to center, advanced to second on a wild pitch by White Sox starter Mason Adams, and scored on Arias’ two-out single to left. Adams (0-1) gave up four hits in three innings, and five Chicago relievers limited the Guardians to one hit over five scoreless innings.

Cleveland starter Gavin Williams (1-0) yielded two hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. He received stellar support from relievers Zak Kent, Emmanuel Clase, Jakob Junis and Logan Allen.

Royals 5, Brewers 2

Jonathan India led off the bottom of the first inning with a 355-foot home run and Kansas City never trailed in topping visiting Milwaukee in Surprise, Ariz.

Jac Caglianone, the Royals’ first pick (sixth overall) in the 2024 draft, hit his third homer of the spring, a solo shot in the third inning to give the Royals a 2-1 edge. Maikel Garcia broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the sixth, and Daniel Vazquez hit an RBI triple and later scored on a fielding error in the eighth.

Austin Cox (2-0) pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts for Kansas City. Nestor Cortes (0-1) took the loss after yielding one run, four hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.

Giants 7, Padres 4

Spencer Bivens scattered three hits while fanning three batters in 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to help a San Francisco split squad defeat visiting San Diego in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Bivens (1-0) was one of six Giants pitchers, including starter Jordan Hicks, who was roughed up for three runs, six hits and two walks with one strikeout in 2 2/3 innings. Bo Davidson hit a two-run double for San Francisco.

Padres starter Nick Pivetta emerged basically unscathed from his three scoreless innings with one hit and one walk with three strikeouts. But his replacement, Matt Waldron (1-2), allowed six runs on four hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. Gavin Sheets homered for the Padres.

Giants 8, Cubs 6

Aeverson Arteaga and Sabin Ceballos homered in the ninth inning as a San Francisco split squad pushed across five runs to surge past host Chicago in Mesa, Ariz.

The Giants trailed 6-3 when Arteaga led off the ninth with a solo shot off Brandon Hughes, who then hit Jose Ortiz with a pitch. Two outs later, James Tibbs III walked and Adrian Sugastey hit an RBI single. Cayne Ueckert relieved Hughes (0-1) and gave up Ceballos’ three-run homer.

Reliever Trent Harris (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Kai-Wei Teng got his first save with a perfect ninth. LaMonte Wade Jr. and Casey Schmitt homered for the Giants. Kyle Tucker hit his first homer for the Cubs.

Diamondbacks 7, Athletics 5

A Diamondbacks split squad rallied from an early 4-0 deficit, scoring seven consecutive runs to get past the host Athletics, also a split squad, in Las Vegas.

Arizona manufactured runs on a single, a steal of home, a wild pitch, a groundout, a double and a sacrifice fly in totaling eight hits. No Diamondbacks players had more than one. Eight pitchers combined for the victory, with Jeff Brigham (1-0) earning the decision with two scoreless innings.

Jhonny Pereda went 2-for-2, and his two-run home run in the third gave the Athletics a 4-0 advantage. Noah Murdock (0-1) allowed two runs, one hit and one walk with two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings in the loss.

Angels 4, Reds 1

Leadoff batter Taylor Ward was 3-for-3 with a run and Yoan Moncada homered as host Los Angeles dealt a loss to Cincinnati in Tempe, Ariz.

Los Angeles starter Jack Kochanowicz (1-0) pitched a stellar four hitless, scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Shaun Anderson earned his first save after yielding one run, three hits and one walk with one strikeout in two innings.

The Reds avoided a shutout on Austin Wynns’ sacrifice fly in the ninth. Starter Graham Ashcraft (0-2) allowed one run, three hits and one walk with five strikeouts in four innings.

Mariners 8, Rockies 1

Jacob Nottingham and Luis Suisbel each smacked three-run home runs to lead host Seattle to a decisive win over Colorado in Peoria, Ariz.

J.P. Crawford also homered and Miles Mastrobuoni had an RBI single for the Mariners, who totaled 10 hits. Reliever Gabe Speier (2-0) pitched one perfect inning, while starter Luis Castillo went 3 1/3 and gave up one run on four hits with a walk and a strikeout.

Kyle Farmer (2-for-3) was the only Rockies player with more than one hit as they totaled six. Jake Woodford (0-1) was roughed up for four runs on three hits, including Nottingham’s 428-foot blast in the seventh.

Diamondbacks 14, Rangers 1

An Arizona split squad put on an offensive show, with Caleb Roberts and Randal Grichuk each driving in four runs in a rout of visiting Texas in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Diamondbacks totaled 16 hits in eight innings, with Roberts hitting a grand slam, Grichuk (2-for-3) delivering a two-run shot and a two-run double, and designated hitter Eugenio Suarez going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs.

Arizona starter Corbin Burnes (3-0) was dominant, yielding two hits and one walk with five strikeouts in four innings. Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi (0-1) allowed four runs, five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in four innings.

–Field Level Media