Pirates open spring training with 2 wins
BRADENTON, Fla – Gregory Polanco went 3 for 3, drove in two runs and swiped two bases, leading Pittsburgh’s split squad to a 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the Pirates’ spring training home opener Saturday.
Pirates star Andrew McCutchen, who was shopped all winter long in trade talks, went 1 for 2 with a double and scored a run. Daniel Hudson, trying to make the club in the bullpen, gave up a run and two hits in one inning.
For the Orioles, Adam Jones went 1 for 3 and scored a run, and Jonathan Schoop also had a hit.
Pirates 7, Tampa Bay 2: At Port Charlotte, Jacob Stallings hit a solo homer in Pittsburgh’s six-run fifth inning, and Joey Terdoslavich had three hits and two RBIs, as the Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2.
Terdoslavich and Phil Gosselin, who was acquired in a trade with Arizona durign the offseason, each had a two-run double in the fifth.
For Tampa Bay, Corey Dickerson went 2 for 4 with a solo home run and starter David Carpenter pitched one perfect inning with a strikeout.