Fernando Tatis III hit a basesloaded homerun, meaning the San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks by seven runs to 2. The star shortstop gave southpaw Caleb Smith his grand slam in the second inning.
Tatis III was 2-0 overall, walked and drove in four laps. Teammate Manny Machado went 3-0 and reliever Miguel Diaz pitched two innings on one hit and the wind blew to second.
For Arizona, Keitel Marte, who played midfield, hit in two at-bats.
Boston 9
Tampa 3
Rafael Devers and Yairo Muños homered and produced two touchdowns each when the Boston Red Sox crushed the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3.
In total, they both hit 3-1. Dominican outfielders César Puello and Jeisson Rosario went 1-0.
Joel Payamps from Santiago retired all three batters in a row, including two via strikeout.
For Tampa, Bruján shot 1-1, with one RBI and one scored. Christian Adames and Francisco Mejía 2-1, Manuel Margot 2-0 and Wánder Franco 3-0.
Texas 5
White Sox 5
Ronald Guzman hit a solo homerun when the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox tied on five touchdowns.
The mighty Dominican first baseman hit his homer in the only at bat he consumed in the game.
For the White Sox, Leury Garcia 1-0.
Detroit 6
Pirates 1
Infielder Willy Castro went 2-2, including his second homers of the preseason, and drove three runs when the Detroit Tigers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates six-one.
For the Pirates, Gregory Polando 3-0. Erik González 2-0 and
Yankees 4
Orioles 2
César Valdez debuted so effectively in the 2021 MLB preseason, but sharper than in the shortened 2020 season, an effectiveness he maintained during his brief participation last winter, including the Caribbean Series last February.
The Baltimore Orioles righthanded (and the Tigres del Licey in the Dominican winter league), made his first appearance on the Oropendola jumping field, retiring all three batters he encountered of the dreaded New York Yankees, who nevertheless fought. victory 4-2 rides on the road.
Valdez, a 35-year veteran who relies on his intelligence to dominate throwing breaking, has had to jump an ocean of time to climb to the majors just three times in 10 years.
For the Yankees, Luis Andújar 3-0.
Mets 2
Astros 0
Jeff McNeil sent in a home run in the second inning and the New York Mets shut out Houston Astros 2-0.
McNeil landed his four-corner kick on Dominican left-handed Framber Valdez, who bit into the dust of the loss.
That was all Valdez gave up (0-1) in two acts, in which he struckout two. Teammate Cristian Javier threw two scoreless innings, walked one batter and struckout two.
For the Mets, Jeremy Peña and Ronny Mauricio 2-0.