Giants (12-6) 7, (ss) Indians (9-5-2) 6

(ss) Indians (9-5-2) 12, Rangers (6-9) 2

 

Hits: Against the Rangers in Surprise, first baseman Andy Marte went 2-for-4 with a grand slam in the first inning. … Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo went 1-for-3 with his second homer of the spring. … Designated hitter Shelley Duncan went 2-for-4 with his first homer of the spring. … Starting pitcher Aaron Laffey allowed a run on four hits and struck out three in four innings to get the win. … Chris Perez pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out one. … Against the Giants in Scottsdale, center fielder Grady Sizemore had hits in all three of his trips to the plate. He scored a run and drove one in. … First baseman Matt LaPorta went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. … Reliever Jamey Wright pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings and allowed just a hit and struck out two.  

 

Misses: Against the Rangers in Surprise, Reliever Jensen Lewis allowed a run on two hits in his only inning of work in the seventh. … Against the Giants in Scottsdale, Justin Masterson offered up his worst start of the spring. He allowed six runs on nine hits and a walk over 3 1/3 innings of a scheduled four-inning outing. … Right fielder Austin Kearns and third baseman Jhonny Peralta each went 0-for-3 and struck out twice. … Reliever Tony Sipp allowed the game-winning run in the ninth inning on a hit and a walk.  

 

Run mongers: The Indians battered Rangers’ pitchers for six runs over the final three innings of the rout in Surprise.

 

Attendance: 12,017 at Scottsdale Stadium, 6,668 at Surprise Stadium.

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