St. Louis’ free-agent acquisition Mike Leake struck out six in four innings but the Twins scored two runs in the top of the ninth and hung on to beat the Cardinals 5-4 on Monday in Jupiter, Fla.
Jorge Polanco drove in Stuart Turner with a single and Max Kepler scored the game winner on a Ryan Sweeney ground out to pitcher Jeremy Hefner.
Aledmys Diaz scored on wild pitch to get the Cardinals within one in their half of the ninth.
Tigers 9, Mets 2
Detroit starter Daniel Norris allowed one run on three hits in two innings and struck out four. Ahead 5-2 heading into the bottom half of the fifth, the Tigers put the game out of reach on J.D. Martinez’s third homer of the spring.
Braves 5, Rays 0
Julio Teheran went 4 1/3 innings and five other Atlanta pitchers held the Rays to three hits.
Nick Markakis’ single drove in Michael Bourn in the first inning off Chris Archer, who was named earlier in the day as the Rays’ Opening Day starter, to supply all the runs Teheran and Company needed.
Pirates 3, Red Sox 1
Pinch-hitter Pedro Florimon’s two-run single in the sixth broke a 1-1 tie and made Kyle Lobstein a winner for the first time this spring.
Pablo Sandoval’s second-inning home run, his first of the spring, was the only run the Red Sox could muster.
Nationals 1, Astros 1
Dallas Keuchel went three strong innings and struck out four and Carol Carrera belted his first home run of the spring in the first, but the Washington bullpen tightened and shut down Houston the rest of the way.
The Nationals scored their only run when Reed Johnson was hit by a pitch allowing Matt Skole to score.
Orioles 8, Phillies 7
Baltimore scored three times in the eighth inning to rescue starter Yovani Gallardo who gave up five runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Five home runs were belted in the game, include two by the Phillies’ Maikel Franco, who now has six homers and 14 RBIs in 30 at-bats.