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| Tuesday, March 13 | |||||
| Cone roughed up, leaves with sore shoulder | |||||
| FORT MYERS, Fla. – Soreness in David Cone's right shoulder
overshadowed Manny Ramirez's first home run since joining the
Boston Red Sox.
Cone left after the first inning of Boston's 10-7, 11-inning
loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.
The right-hander was examined by team physician Dr. Bill Morgan
and was listed as day to day.
"I don't think it's anything major," said Cone, who first
experienced discomfort while warming up before the second inning.
"Obviously, the next couple of days will be important."
Cone threw 31 pitches and gave up two runs and two hits,
including a 400-foot home run to Bobby Kielty.
Cone said he has experienced similar pain in the shoulder
before, including after his last spring training start on March 8,
but it was never anything serious.
"I wouldn't have gone out there today if I didn't think I could
make it through," he said.
Cone is a 15-year veteran who won a Cy Young Award in 1994 while
playing for the Kansas City Royals. He dislocated his left shoulder
while with the New York Yankees last season.
He is attempting a comeback after a subpar 4-14 season with the
Yankees last year. "I'm not giving up by any means," he said. "I
was encouraged up until today."
Manager Jimy Williams said the soreness could be related to
Cone's new delivery.
"He looked like he was free out there," he said. "He's
working on that new delivery, so you have to factor in that."
Cone, who has a 184-116 career record, struggled in his first
spring training outing, giving up two home runs and five runs in
one inning against Texas on March 3.
Five days later, he allowed just one run and three hits in three
innings against Pittsburgh.
"It's not good when a player has to come out of a game in the
middle of an inning, but let's wait and see the severity of it,"
Williams said.
Boston (2-11) has lost seven straight games this spring and is
0-4 against the Twins, who have won six in a row.
Ramirez, who signed a $160 million, eight-year contract with the
Red Sox during the offseason, had been 3-for-25 in spring without a
home run, after hitting 38 homers last season with the Cleveland
Indians.
He lined a shot over the fence in right-center off Brad Thomas
in the second inning.
Scott Hatteberg hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and
Troy O'Leary hit his team-leading third of spring training in the
fifth.
Carl Everett, went 2-for-4 with an RBI to raise his spring
training average to .240 (6-for-25).
"We hit the ball well today," said Dante Bichette, who had a
third-inning double. "It was a positive day for a lot of things."
The Red Sox led 7-4 after five innings, but the Twins tied it in
the ninth on Edwin Diaz's RBI double. Chad Moeller hit an RBI
single off of Brian Williams in the 11th to win it and Jason
Maxwell's two-run triple provided the final margin.
"Overall we played pretty well offensively and defensively,"
Twins manager Tom Kelly said.
Indians send Spradlin packing WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Relievers Jerry Spradlin and Scott Aldred were among seven pitchers cut Tuesday by the Cleveland Indians. Spradlin, back for a second stint with Indians after pitching for Kansas City last season, and Aldred were reassigned to the minor-league camp along with right-hander Dan Smith, infielder Zach Sorensen and outfielder Osmany Santana. Smith allowed seven runs before getting an out in Monday's 19-5 loss to Atlanta. Right-handers J.D. Brammer and Martin Vargas were optioned to Triple-A Buffalo and right-hander Zach Day and left-hander Roy Padilla were sent to Double-A Akron. Nunnally makes bid for job with ninth-inning HR vs. Yankees HAINES CITY, Fla. – Jon Nunnally, battling for a spot on the Kansas City Royals' roster, hit a game-inning homer in the ninth inning Tuesday to lead the Kansas City Royals over the New York Yankees 4-3. Chuck Knoblauch, the Yankees' second baseman battling throwing problems, did not make the trip. Even before he made four bad throws Monday, he was not scheduled to play against the Royals. Nunnally, who spent the second half of last season playing in Japan, connected off Domingo Jean on the first pitch of the ninth inning. Nunnally, who played for the Royals from 1995-97, is trying to earn a spot as a reserve outfielder and left-handed pinch hitter. Carlos Beltran and Mike Sweeney hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning off Scott Kamieniecki. Raul Ibanez hit an RBI groundout in the eighth. Yankees starter Andy Pettitte allowed four hits in four scoreless innings and struck out five. Marlins hammer Hentgen, Orioles with five homers FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Derrek Lee and B.J. Waszgis hit consecutive home runs off Pat Hentgen in the second inning and the Florida Marlins homered five times Tuesday in beating the Baltimore Orioles 10-3. Florida's Cliff Floyd hit a two-run homer in the third, also off Hentgen. Kevin Millar and Ryan McGuire also homered for the Marlins. Winner Vladimir Nunez, trying to earn a spot in the Marlins' rotation, allowed two runs and six hits in three innings. Hentgen, in contention to be Baltimore's opening day starter, gave up four runs and five hits in four innings. A two-run home run by Mike Kinkade gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the first inning. But Hentgen ran into problems in the second after getting two quick outs. Lee homered over the left-field wall and Waszgis homered to left center. The former Orioles farmhand had three hits, homered. Lee and Baltimore's John Gibbons traded sixth-inning sacrifice flies and Floyd doubled home a run in the seventh. Millar led off the eighth with a homer off John Bale, and Dave Berg added an RBI single for an 8-3 lead. Toronto's Frye has surgery, out 3-4 weeks DUNEDIN, Fla. – Toronto Blue Jays infielder Jeff Frye had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on his right knee and will be sidelined for three-to-four weeks. Frye, sidelined all spring with a sore right knee, reinjured it Monday on his first plate appearance of the spring, against the Philadelphia Phillies. Frye, 34, had torn cartilage removed from the knee by Dr. Steve Mirabello. There was no damage to the anterior cruciate ligament, which Frye tore in 1993.  Send this story to a friend | Most sent stories | ALSO SEE Spring report: Pedro throws four hitless innings in debut | ||||