Spring Training Week 4 Recap: March 21st- March 27th

I will be highlighting specific games and player performances each day for the weekly period.

Sunday March 21st

Mets vs. Nationals

Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer faced off on Sunday in what was considered an Opening Day preview.

deGrom pitched 4.2 scoreless innings, while striking out five.

Scherzer pitched 5 innings, giving up four runs and striking out six.

Mets Michael Conforto hit a solo home run.

Mets Francisco Lindor hit a 2-run home run.

Yankees vs. Blue Jays

Yankees Gerrit Cole pitched five innings, giving up one run and striking out eight.

Blue Jays Marcus Semien hit a home run.

Blue Jays Teoscar Hernandez hit a home run.

Angels vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani pitched four innings of one-run ball and also went 2-2 at the plate.

Padres Blake Snell pitched 3.1 innings giving up no runs and striking out three.

Other Notable Player Performances From Sunday's Spring Games:

Orioles Ryan Mountcastle went 2-4, driving in two runs and scoring two runs.

Tigers Matt Manning lasted two innings in his spring start. He gave up two runs, scattered three hits, and walked two.

Dodgers Corey Seager hit a home run.

Indians Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer.

Indians Shane Bieber tossed four scoreless innings while striking out six.

Mariners prospects Julio Rodriguez and Jarred Kelenic both hit solo home runs.

Monday March 22nd

Giants vs. White Sox

Lucas Giolito pitched 4.2 scoreless innings.

Eloy Jimenez went 2-3 with a home run and three RBI.

Tim Anderson went 2-4 with a home run and two RBI.

Indians vs. Brewers

Indians Franmil Reyes hit a solo home run.

Brewers Brandon Woodruff pitched six innings, allowing two runs and striking out four.

Other Notable Player Performances From Monday's Spring Games:

Red Sox Bobby Dalbec hit his sixth home run of the spring.

Twins Nelson Cruz hit a home run.

Twins Jose Berrios pitched 4.2 scoreless innings, striking out six.

Cardinals Dylan Carlson went 2-3 with a home run and two RBI.

A's Jesus Luzardo pitched 4.1 scoreless innings.

Padres Tommy Pham homered twice.

Tuesday March 23rd

Red Sox vs. Braves

Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a home run.

Red Sox Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run home run.

J.D. Martinez went 2-4 with two RBI.

Dodgers vs. Brewers

Brewers Keston Hiura hit two home runs, driving in three.

Brewers Christian Yelich hit a home run.

Dodgers Justin Turner hit a home run.

Other Notable Player Performances From Tuesday's Spring Games:

Nationals Kyle Schwarber hit a home run.

Orioles Trey Mancini hit a two-run home run.

Tigers Tarik Skubal pitched four innings of two run ball, striking out three while walking five.

Mets Francisco Lindor went 3-4, scoring two, and driving in two.

White Sox Tim Anderson went 2-3, driving in one.

Reds Nick Castellanos hit a home run.

Blue Jays Bo Bichette hit a home run.

Phillies J.T. Realmuto hit a home run.

Wednesday March 24th

Astros vs. Nationals

Nationals Josh Bell hit a home run.

Nationals Ryan Zimmerman hit two home runs, driving in three.

Nationals Kyle Schwarber hit a home run

Astros Carlos Correa went 2-5, hitting a home run and driving in three.

Astros Kyle Tucker went 2-5, driving in three.

Astros Michael Brantley went 1-4, driving in two.

A's vs. White Sox

Eloy Jimenez went 1-1 with an RBI.

A's Sean Murphy hit a home run.

White Sox Tim Anderson went 2-3, scoring a run.

Yasmani Grandal went 1-3 driving in one.

Other Notable Player Performances From Wednesday's Spring Games:

Braves Austin Riley homered twice.

Blue Jays Bo Bichette homered twice.

Angels Mike Trout went 2-3.

Brewers Christian Yelich hit a grand slam.

D-Backs Ketel Marte hit a home run.

Cubs Zach Davies pitched 4.1 innings of one run ball while striking out eight.

Cardinals Carlos Martinez pitched six scoreless innings.

Reds Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run home run.

Thursday March 25th

Twins vs. Red Sox

Josh Donaldson hit a home run.

Red Sox Bobby Dalbec hit a solo home run.

Yankees vs. Phillies

Aaron Judge homered.

Gleyber Torres hit a three-run home run.

Bryce Harper went 2-3 with an RBI and one run scored.

Other Notable Player Performances From Thursday's Spring Games:

Braves Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run home run.

Royals Adalberto Mondesi hit a home run.

Royals Jorge Soler hit a three-run home run.

A's Matt Chapman hit a home run.

Angels Shohei Ohtani homered.

Astros Jose Altuve homered.

Marlins Sixto Sanchez pitched 3.1 innings of one-run ball, striking out three.

Tigers Casey Mize pitched four innings. Mize allowed two runs on five hits, while striking out nine.

Dodgers Dustin May pitched five innings while allowing one run and striking out six.

Dodgers Will Smith went 2-4 with three RBI.

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a three-run home run.

Friday March 26th

White Sox vs. Brewers

Brewers Keston Hiura hit a solo home run.

White Sox Yoan Moncada hit a two-run home run.

Jose Abreu drove in two runs.

Other Notable Player Performances From Friday's Spring Games:

Indians Jose Ramirez hit a solo home run.

Cubs Joc Pederson homered twice, driving in four.

Twins Kenta Maeda pitched four scoreless innings while striking out four and giving up three hits.

Yankees Gerrit Cole pitched 5.2 innings while striking out five and giving up no runs.

Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a home run.

Saturday March 27th

Astros vs. Mets

Francisco Lindor went 3-3 with three RBI.

Alex Bregman homered.

Mets Dominic Smith homered twice.

Yordan Alvarez homered.

Mets Pete Alonso hit a two-run home run.

Indians vs. Dodgers

A battle of Cy Young Award winners from last season.

Shane Bieber pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run while striking out nine.

Trevor Bauer pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs while striking out seven.

Eddie Rosario went 1-3 driving in two and scoring once.

Dodgers Will Smith went 2-3 scoring once.

Orioles vs. Braves

Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a home run.

Marcell Ozuna went 1-3 with two RBI.

Orioles Adley Rutschman went 1-5 driving in one and scoring a run.

Braves Max Fried pitched three scoreless innings striking out five and walking two.

Other Notable Player Performances From Saturday's Spring Games:

Rays Tyler Glasnow pitched five scoreless innings while striking out 10.

Phillies Aaron Nola pitched three innings of one run ball while striking out five.

Yankees Gleyber Torres homered twice while going 3-3 and driving in three runs.

Padres Blake Snell pitched five scoreless innings striking out six.

White Sox Jose Abreu went 2-4 driving in three.

White Sox Lucas Giolito pitched 5.2 scoreless innings striking out nine.

Tim Anderson went 2-3 with two RBI and one run scored.

Cardinals Jack Flaherty pitched three scoreless innings while striking out four.

Cardinals Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run.

Reds Luis Castillo pitched 4.1 innings giving up two runs and striking out five.

Mariners Taylor Trammell went 2-2 driving in four and hitting a two-run home run.

Final Thoughts: I really enjoyed writing this week's Spring Training Recap. As Spring Training winds down, I look forward to doing weekly recaps for when regular season games begin on a weekly basis.

See you at the Ballpark!!!

Adam