Saturday's Grapefruit League Roundup

Apr 5, 2009 - 1:08 AM BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Andy Pettitte allowed one run and six hits over four innings as the New York Yankees drubbed the Chicago Cubs, 10-1, in the second of two exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium.

Mark Teixeira hit two home runs and drove in four runs for the Yankees, who christened their new home with a 7-4 win over the Cubs on Friday. A.J. Burnett followed Pettitte with four scoreless innings.

Other games:

At Flushing, New York - Jed Lowrie hit a grand slam in a six-run first inning that carried the Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets. The teams split their two-game exhibition series at Citi Field.

At Philadelphia - Pat Burrell homered in the first inning off former teammate Cole Hamels as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-7.

At Atlanta - Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Guillen and Brandon Inge each drove in two runs, powering the Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 win over the Atlanta Braves.

At Houston - The Cleveland Indians rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth inning to edge the Houston Astros, 4-3. Starter Mike Hampton surrendered one unearned run over four innings for the Astros.

At Memphis, Tennessee - Joel Pineiro gave up three runs - two earned - in seven innings as the St. Cardinals defeated the Memphis Redbirds, their Class AAA affiliate, 7-3.

At Lee County, Florida - Glen Perkins yielded two runs and eight hits over five innings and the Minnesota Twins took advantage of five errors to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-6.

At Jupiter, Florida - Adam Lind delivered an RBI single in the top of the eighth, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays into a 1-1 tie with the Florida Marlins in a game called after nine innings.

At Dayton, Ohio - Juan Encarnacion, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Luis Bolivar homered and Johnny Cueto allowed one run in four innings as the Cincinnati Reds beat a team of their top prospects, 9-6.

At Washington - Josh Willingham hit a grand slam in the first inning and added an RBI in the seventh and the Washington Nationals held on to earn a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles.






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