Ryan Braun hit a grand slam to tie Robin Yount's franchise home run mark, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Preseason football: a time for the fourth-string quarterback to fire wobbly screen passes to an undrafted rookie free agent from an NAIA school who'll be cut and selling insurance with his father-in-law by the end of the month. What we're saying is preseason football is just not that exciting.
Mitch Moreland drove in four runs, including a two-run homer to help the Texas Rangers avoid a sweep at Minnesota and rally past the Twins for a 6-5 victory.
Aaron Hicks had four of Minnesota's 17 hits, Miguel Sano homered twice and Mike Pelfrey picked up his first win since June as the Twins routed the Rangers 11-1.
The Minnesota Timberwolves will start the season on the road for the second straight year, after opening at home for 13 consecutive seasons before that.