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Las Vegas 51's 3, �Indianapolis Indians 1

Starter Donnie Veal pitched 3 innings for the Indians, but was charged with the loss when he gave up a solo home run in the top of the 1st inning. �The southpaw allowed 2 hits besides the homer and walked one, while striking out 4 batters. �Las Vegas also scored a run in the 5th inning on an RBI double, and added a third run on a wild pitch in the 6th.

Indians' batters managed to score only one run, which came in the 7th. �1B Brian Myrow led off with a single, then advanced to third base on 2B Shelby Ford's single. �Pinch-hitter Andy Vasquez brought Myrow in with a sacrifice fly.

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Pirates 7, �Braves 6 � (10 innings) � �(box)

Rule 5 pick John Raynor made the difference for the Pirates on Thursday afternoon in Bradenton, when he walked and eventually came around to score the winning run on a wild pitch off Braves' reliever Manny Acosta. �The Braves had the early lead in this game, as Pirates' starter Charlie Morton gave up homers to two former Pirates: �CF�Nate McLouth blasted a solo homer in the top of the 1st, and 1B Eric Hinske smacked a 3-run homer after two singles in the 4th inning. �After Hinske's home run, Morton gave up a double and a bunt single, making it 5 straight hits off him with no outs in the 4th. �After a line out, a sacrifice bunt by Braves' starter Kenshin Kawakami brought the runner in from third, and the Braves had a 5-0 lead.

The Indianapolis Indians did not have a scheduled game today; they play again in Bradenton tomorrow, facing the Las Vegas 51's.

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Red Sox 6, �Pirates 4 � (box)

Home runs were the order of business in Bradenton today, as the Pirates lost to the Red Sox in Grapefruit League play. �Pirates' starter Paul Maholm gave up three home runs in his 5 innings of work, as he was charged with the loss. �Maholm struck out 7 batters, and didn't walk any. �Of the 5 hits he allowed, 3 were homers. �A single and a homer gave the Red Sox a 2 run start in the top of the 1st. �Solo home runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings, made it a 4-1 game. �In the 5th, a double and a sacrifice fly accounted for another run charged to Maholm. �The Red Sox' other run came in the 6th, on two singles and a sacrifice fly off reliever DJ Carrasco. �Javier Lopez, Brendan Donnelly, and Octavio Dotel each pitched a scoreless inning for the Pirates, and Donnelly struck out two batters. �Dotel made his first Grapefruit League appearance, coming back from a strained left oblique muscle. �He was a little wild -- only 10 of his 22 pitches were strikes, with one wild pitch, and he walked one batter and hit another.

The Pirates scored in the bottom of the 1st inning. �2B Aki Iwamura doubled, then stole third base. �LF Lastings Milledge walked, then RF Garrett Jones brought Iwamura in with a ground ball right to the Sox' first baseman. �The Pirates didn't score again until the bottom of the 9th. �3B Jeremy Farrell, up from minor league camp, had the best hit of the day: �a huge blast over the center field wall for a home run, smacked in front of his father, who is the Sox' pitching coach, John Farrell. �Another minor leaguer, PH Kris Watts, worked a walk, and scored when PH/2B Delwyn Young also homered. �In the innings between the scoring, the Pirates struck out 16 times, with Red Sox starter Josh Beckett collecting 9 of those strikeouts in his 5 innings of work.

Also in the game: �SS Jordy Mercer, 1B Steve Pearce, RF Quincy Latimore, and C�Luke Carlin.

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Indy Indians 1, �Las Vegas 51's 1 �(tie)

The Indians and the 51's (Blue Jays) played to a 1-1 tie this afternoon in Dunedan, Florida. �The Indians' pitchers were the stars of the show, allowing the 51's only 6 hits in the game. �Starter Brad Lincoln pitched 3 shutout innings, and gave up 2 hits, while striking out 5 batters. �Reliever Ronald Uviedo pitched a perfect inning of relief, with 2 strikeouts. �Las Vegas's only run came in the 8th inning, on a single, a stolen base, a throwing error, and an RBI single.

The Tribe scored in the 4th inning. �DH Brandon Jones blasted a triple, then scored on SS Brian Friday's sacrifice fly.

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In big league camp:

Pirates 9, �Red Sox 7 �(box)

Neil Walker made his debut as an outfielder in this afternoon's Grapefruit League game, as the Pirates clubbed 3 homers to beat the Red Sox. �Walker was a late-inning defensive replacement for RF Delwyn Young. Walker had a single in two plate appearances, and is 5-for-11 at the plate in spring training.

Twins 5, �Pirates 4 �(box)

Three Pirates homered this afternoon, but it wasn't enough to beat the Twins at Fort Myers, Florida. �C Jason Jaramillo got the Pirates started with a solo blast over the right field wall in the 3rd inning. �2B Delwyn Young had the next shot, which came with SS Ronny Cedeno on base in the 6th inning to add 2 runs. �Moments later, 1B Jeff Clement contributed his own solo homer, for the Pirates' 4th run. �Young's homer was his fourth in five games. �Unfortunately, those four hits (three homers plus Cedeno's double) were the only hits the Pirates had in the game. � 1b Steve Pearce was the only Pirate to reach base on a walk.

The Twins scored their runs one at a time, on 9 hits. �Pirates' starter Ross Ohlendorf gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 4 innings of work. �The first run came in the 2nd inning, on an RBI ground out with runners on second and third bases. �After Jaramillo tied the score in the top of the 3rd, DH Jim Thome un-tied it with a home run off Ohlendorf in the 4th. �The Bucs' 3-run top of the 6th game them a 4-2 lead. �Chris Jakubauskas and Javier Lopez each pitched a scoreless inning, with Lopez picking up two strikeouts. �Jack Taschner took the mound in the 7th, and gave up a homer to 3B Brendan Harris, to cut the Pirates' lead to one run. �Brian Bass pitched the 8th inning and was charged with a Blown Save when he gave up a run on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 4-4. �Then in the bottom of the 9th, a hit and a walk-off RBI double by 3B Luke Hughes gave the Twins the win.

Also in the game: �SS Jordy Mercer was the lucky minor leaguer who got to join the big club for the day. �2B Doug Bernier, RF Jose Tabata, 1B Steve Pearce, LF Jon Van Every, PH/DH Brian Myrow, 3B Pedro Alvarez, 3B�Neil Walker, and C Erik Kratz all got to play too.

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In minor league camp, Octavio Dotel threw 24 pitches in a minor league game, but it was not a AAA game. �The Indy Indians did not have a game today.

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