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  Saturday, Mar. 24 1:05pm ET
Baltimore 9, Los Angeles 5
 
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Cal Ripken walked twice in three plate appearances in his spring training debut, and the Baltimore Orioles scored nine runs in four innings against Chan Ho Park in a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.

Ripken, sidelined since the beginning of training camp because of a hairline fracture in his right rib cage, took only one swing in three trips to the plate and fielded one grounder to third base.

Ripken walked on four pitches in his first trip to the plate and drew a five-pitch walk in second inning. He then hit into a fielder's choice in the fourth before being removed by manager Mike Hargrove.

The 40-year-old Ripken expects to play longer in each of the Orioles' remaining seven exhibition games leading up to the April 2 opener.

Park, who entered with a 3.46 ERA, yielded 11 hits and three walks. He also hit a batter.

Jeff Conine singled in the two runs in a six-run first inning with the first of his three hits. Mike Kinkade and Brook Fordyce followed with sacrifice flies.

Melvin Mora hit a solo homer in the third to make it 7-1, and the Orioles added two runs on four hits in the fourth, the key blow an RBI double by Conine.

Los Angeles got a two-run homer from Chris Donnels and a solo shot from Jeff Barry to close to 9-5 in the sixth.

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Los Angeles 5

Boston 6
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Texas 4
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