Rizzo, Hammel Lead Cubs, MLB Scores

Anthony Rizzo hit his second home run of the spring and Jason Hammel pitched five solid innings Tuesday, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 9-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Hammel allowed one earned run and three hits in his longest outing yet.

Ben Zobrist singled, walked and scored twice. Kris Bryant had an RBI single for the Cubs.

Alfredo Simon, who recently re-signed with the Reds, pitched three perfect innings in his first outing and struck out four.

"That was as sharp as I've seen him," said Reds manager Bryan Price, who was Simon's pitching coach for two years. "Devin (Mesoraco) was saying, `Send him to Cincinnati. He's ready."

Mesoraco is building up stamina following hip surgery. The catcher hit his second homer of the spring for Cincinnati.

White Sox 8, Giants 7

Jake Peavy described his latest outing as encouraging. After pitching to an 8.53 ERA in his first four starts, he certainly looked regular-season ready, even with the wind blowing out to left field.

"Got better for sure," Peavy said Tuesday after throwing 90 pitches for the San Francisco Giants in an 8-7 split-squad loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Jimmy Rollins' three-run homer and Travis Ishikawa's solo shot helped the White Sox rally after Peavy left the game. It was Rollins' third homer of the spring and the first for Ishikawa, the former Giant who hit the NL pennant-winning homer against St. Louis in 2014.

Both homers in the sixth came off Cory Gearrin.

Austin Jackson also homered, the first of the spring for Chicago's new center fielder. Brandon Belt and Miguel Olivo homered for San Francisco.

Tuesday, March 22 Scoreboard

Miami 3, Boston 0            

Toronto 16, Detroit 1            
     
Minnesota 5, Baltimore 1            
    
Houston 8, Atlanta 7            

Minnesota 7, Philadelphia 5
            
Tampa Bay 4, Cuba 1
     
Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 7
            
Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 6
                 
Los Angeles Angels 6, Oakland 5            
     
San Diego 17, Texas 5
     
Colorado 6, Milwaukee 5            
     
New York Yankees 6, New York Mets 3            
    
Kansas City 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

San Francisco 7, Arizona 7 (F/10)

            
Wednesday, March 23 Schedule (All Times Central)

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

New York at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

San Diego at Chicago, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

New York at Washington, 3:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.