WASHINGTON (AP) - Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia sure looked ready for the regular season Tuesday, combining for four hits, four RBIs and four runs before taking the rest of the afternoon off, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 in the exhibition finale for both clubs.
With a crowd of 30,568 at Nationals Park, Boston took an 8-7 lead in the ninth on Jason Repko's RBI double off reliever Henry Rodriguez, who hadn't allowed a run in his previous 11 innings this spring.
Repko, the center fielder, threw out Ian Desmond at the plate for the game's final out.
Alfredo Aceves, a candidate to replace the injured Andrew Bailey as Boston's closer, pitched a scoreless eighth. Bailey will have reconstructive ligament surgery on his right thumb on Wednesday.
PHILLIES 7, PIRATES 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cole Hamels pitched four scoreless innings in his final tuneup before the regular season, and Placido Polanco hit a three-run homer for Philadelphia.
Hamels gave up three hits, struck out five and retired the final nine batters.
Polanco provided the bulk of the offense with a blast off Tim Wood into the seats in left field as part of a four-run fifth inning. It was Polanco's first homer of the spring.
The Phillies open the regular season Thursday afternoon at Pittsburgh.
BLUE JAYS 13, TIGERS 8
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Detroit slugger Prince Fielder was on the move, stealing a base and then getting thrown out at the plate in the Tigers' loss to Toronto.
Fielder grounded into a forceout in the third inning. One out later, the burly slugger stole second for his first spring training swipe since 2008.
Jhonny Peralta later singled and Fielder tried to score, but was easily nailed by left fielder Eric Thames.
Thames homered off Tigers starter Max Scherzer, who was charged with nine runs and 11 hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the Detroit first. Danny Worth homered off Kyle Drabek in the Tigers seventh.
WHITE SOX 5, ASTROS 1
HOUSTON (AP) - Chris Sale struck out six in four solid innings to lead the White Sox to the victory.
Sale (2-1) was charged with one run and three hits. The left-hander gave up one run and struck out seven in six innings in his last start.
The 23-year-old Sale, who has appeared in 79 games as a reliever, will make his first major league start when his spot in the rotation comes up.
Jordan Schafer was back in center field for the Astros and appeared to be fully recovered from a hand injury that had kept him out for more than two weeks.
Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko homered for Chicago.
RAYS 6, TWINS 2
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Reid Brignac went 2 for 2 with an RBI double in Tampa Bay's win over Minnesota.
Brignac raised his batting average for the spring to .333 after a hitting a miserable .193 last year. He has been competing with Sean Rodriguez for a starting spot at shortstop.
Both of Brignac's hits came off of Twins starter Liam Hendriks, who is getting ready to begin the season in Minnesota's rotation while Scott Baker and Jason Marquis catch up after missing time this spring.
Jeremy Hellickson, the American League Rookie of the Year last season, gave up two runs on six hits through four innings to lower his ERA to 9.00.
METS 7, YANKEES 6
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - Ike Davis hit a tiebreaking home run off Mark Montgomery with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Mets a victory over the Yankees in the first spring training game between the New York rivals since 1996.
Yankees starter Ivan Nova struggled with his fastball location and gave up five runs, eight hits and two walks in 2 2-3 innings. His ERA rose to 8.06.
Mets starter Mike Pelfrey allowed one run and two hits in four innings with no walks and five strikeouts, lowering his ERA from 8.59 to 7.62.
CUBS 5, BREWERS (SS) 3
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Starlin Castro hit a two-run homer in the first inning off minor leaguer Kyle Heckathorn, and the Cubs beat a Milwaukee split squad.
Castro's homer went off the scoreboard in left field. He was replaced later by Alfredo Amezaga, who homered off Heckathorn leading off the fifth.
Scooter Gennett had three hits for the Brewers, including a run-scoring double.
PADRES 2, ROYALS 1
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Clayton Richard pitched six shutout innings to lead San Diego to the win.
Chase Headley and Jesus Guzman hit back-to-back homers off Kansas City left-hander Jonathan Sanchez with two out in the third inning.
Richard allowed just three singles while striking out five and walking none.
Brayan Pena homered for Kansas City in the seventh inning. Sanchez allowed two runs and four hits in three innings.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, BREWERS (SS) 3
PHOENIX (AP) - Alex Gonzalez had three hits. Including a two-run homer, in Milwaukee's loss at Chase Field.
Brewers right fielder Corey Hart went 2 for 3 with a double in his spring debut. Hart had arthroscopic right knee surgery on March 6.
Randy Wolf pitched four innings for Milwaukee, yielding one run and two hits while striking out five.
Evan Frey hit a three-run triple in the eighth for Arizona.
Diamondbacks starter Josh Collmenter tossed three hitless innings, surrendered an unearned run.
ROCKIES 9, MARINERS 8
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Seatttle outfielder Carlos Peguero had four hits, including a two-run homer.
Peguero collected his fifth spring homer and three singles. He was sent to the minors last week, then recalled when Mike Carp was injured.
Munenori Kawasaki, Kyle Seager and Casper Wells had two hits apiece for the Mariners, who committed five errors, including two on one play.
Jonathan Herrera had three RBIs for the Rockies, who scored four times in the sixth inning to take the lead. Juan Nicasio, Colorado's No. 3 starter, allowed four runs and eight hits over 4 1-3 innings in his worst outing of the spring.
DODGERS 4, ANGELS 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aaron Harang allowed one hit over four scoreless innings in his final outing of the spring and Justin Sellers hit a go-ahead RBI single during a three-run sixth to lead the Dodgers.
Harang, who signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Dodgers as a free agent on Dec. 8, finished his exhibition slate 1-1 with a 2.63 ERA. The 11-year veteran right-hander was 14-7 with a career-best 3.64 ERA last season with San Diego, and is scheduled to make his official Dodgers debut Sunday against his former teammates at Petco Park.
Angel Sanchez got the win, allowing a run and a hit over two innings. Non-roster invitee Scott Rice escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and Shawn Tolleson got three outs for the save.
GIANTS 3, ATHLETICS 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Matt Cain struck out six in five innings to cap an unbeaten spring a day after he agreed to a $127.5 million, six-year contract with San Francisco that is the richest in baseball history for a right-hander.
Cain (4-0) insisted he wanted to resolve his situation one way or another before opening day - and the Giants came through.
Melky Cabrera scored the go-ahead run in the fifth on Aubrey Huff's fielder's choice, and Brandon Belt added an RBI single in the fourth after Huff's one-out double.
Cain allowed Josh Reddick's solo home run in the first but retired the A's newcomer on a called third strike his next time up to end the third.