#257---CLE @ ARI, 4/7/2017

The Tribe jumped Shelby Miller for three runs in the first two innings, but he settled down while Josh Tomlin fell apart in the fourth and fifth. The D-Backs sent sixteen batters to the plate over those two frames, with seven of them scoring. 

#256---SEA @ CLE, 4/20/2016

 

Nori Aoki’s two-out, two-run triple in the second gave Seattle all the offense they would need. Jose Ramirez seems a little out of place now leading off and playing left field; it’s easy to forget that at the time many viewed him as a utility player for whom speed was a primary tool (guilty). Rajai Davis would go on to be a hero for the Tribe this season, but he didn’t have his best day as he pinch-ran for Juan Uribe in the seventh and was picked off on the second pitch. The Indians retired the last 10 Mariners batters, but didn’t mount any serious threat to tie the game.

#255---TOR @ NYA, 3/17/2015

 A run-of-the-mill mid-spring training game, probably at about the point where the novelty of having baseball back has worn off and you’ve started counting down the days to Opening Day. 

#254---PIT @ PHI, 3/16/2014

Not much to say about this spring training game, but it is interesting to see a game with such a lopsided substitution pattern (particularly when it's the road team doing more substituting, as they often leave much of their roster behind) and a full platoon change. The Phillies played their starters for most of the game, only replacing the stars and Darin Ruf, while the Pirates did a full line change in the seventh.