Cardinals Play To Tie, Cubs, White Sox Win

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Brian Dozier hit his second home run of the spring, a two-run shot off Carlos Martinez in the third inning, and the Minnesota Twins and the St. Louis Cardinals played to a 6-6, nine-inning tie Sunday. With a strong contingent of Cardinals fans making the drive across the state, Martinez left after 3 1/3 innings with a 5-0 deficit.

Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson, a former first-round pick from the University of Missouri, opened with four scoreless innings. Gibson struck out four and allowed just two hits, back-to-back singles in the third. Randal Grichuk, who homered against the Twins on Saturday in Jupiter, got the Cardinals on the board with a two-run double off Tim Stauffer in the sixth. The Cardinals rallied to tie the game on Dean Anna's sacrifice fly in the ninth. Stauffer struggled for the third straight time this spring. In 2 1/3 innings, he allowed four earned runs on six hits.

Cubs 2, Reds 1

Chris Denorfia hit a two-run homer for Chicago's only hit and Travis Wood pitched three-hit ball for five innings as the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 Sunday. Wood, making a strong bid for the final spot in the Cubs' rotation, walked one and struck out four. Reliever Brian Schlitter pitched two scoreless innings.

"It was a good day for the whole team," Wood said. "We put across a couple runs, and I was able to keep the ball down and get some early strikes, some quick outs."

Johnny Cueto allowed just one hit in four innings for the Reds -- Denorfia's homer. Cueto also walked three and struck out one.

White Sox 5, Angels 3

Alexei Ramirez hit an RBI double to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Sunday. Angels starter Hector Santiago came out as a precaution in the third inning after being hit on his left forearm by Conor Gillaspie's line drive. But the left-hander and his manager, Mike Scioscia, both said they thought Santiago could make his next scheduled start. Santiago said the liner hit "more meat than bone."

After coming off the mound, "it kind of started to get tight," said Santiago, who said it felt like a cramp. "I felt I could have kept going. I think I'll be fine and ready to go (next time)."

Scioscia said: "We'll see, but hopefully he'll be able to make his bullpen (session) and his next start."

Sunday, March 8 Scoreboard

Minnesota 6, St. Louis 6

NY Yankees 3, Philadelphia 2

Toronto 10, at Atlanta 5

Houston 3, Washington 2

Philadelphia 11, Boston 4

Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 2

Miami 4, Detroit 2

Tampa Bay 8, NY Mets 4

Toronto 17, Canada Jr National 3

Chicago White Sox 5, LA Angels 3

Cleveland 4, San Diego 2

Oakland 5, at Milwaukee 2

LA Dodgers 5, at Seattle 2

Texas 12, Milwaukee 5

Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1

Colorado 6, Kansas City 2

San Francisco 5, Arizona 0

Monday, March 16 Schedule (All Times Central)

NY Mets at Boston, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 12:05 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 3;05 p.m.

Oakland at LA Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 3:04 p.m.

Texas at LA Angels, 3:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.