Nolasco retired the first 16 batters he faced before Jason Castro lined a single to right with one out in the sixth inning. He has a 1.78 ERA and 23 strikeouts in five starts over 27 1/3 innings, including two innings March 3 against the University of Miami.
Houston right-hander Felipe Paulino, who’s making a bid for a rotation spot, allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Red Sox 11 Twins 5: In Fort Myers, Fla., Clay Buchholz overcame early shakiness to go 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.
Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez, and Kevin Youkilis combined to go 9 for 9 with seven runs scored and four RBI. David Ortiz added a three-run home run.
Carl Pavano pitched 3 2/3 innings for the Twins, giving up eight earned runs on 12 hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
Rays 8 Pirates 2: In Port Charlotte, Fla., Matt Garza pitched seven strong innings, striking out seven while allowing four hits.
Ben Zobrist went 3 for 4 with a home run and a triple, and Carl Crawford was 2 for 3 with two doubles as the Rays scored seven runs in the first three innings.
Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf gave up 10 hits and eight runs in four innings and has a spring ERA of 9.82.
Cardinals 10 Mets 5: In Port St. Lucie, Fla., Colby Rasmus and Ryan Ludwick hit consecutive homers off Mike Pelfrey in a three-run third inning and Albert Pujols connected in the fifth.
Making his fifth spring start, Kyle Lohse worked 5 1-3 innings, giving up five hits and two runs. He also had an RBI single.
Pelfrey, trying to rebound from a rough 2009, allowed six runs and 12 hits in 5 2-3 innings.
Braves 9 Nationals 3: In Viera, Fla., left-hander Scott Olsen threw 5 1-3 solid innings, allowing seven hits and two runs—one earned—and striking out four while walking none for Washington.
It was his best outing of the spring after he gave up six runs and 12 hits in his last start against Detroit.
Ryan Zimmerman hit his sixth homer of the spring in the first inning, a three-run shot off Atlanta fill-in starter Scott Proctor.
Diamondbacks 9 Brewers 1: In Tucson, Ariz., Rodrigo Lopez gave up three hits over 5 1/3 innings and did not allow a run for a second straight outing.
Lopez has given up one earned run over 13 1/3 innings since giving up three runs in his first spring start for Arizona.
Former Diamondbacks lefty Doug Davis was touched for six runs and nine hits in five innings. Miguel Montero doubled in three runs and was one of four Arizona players with two hits.
Indians 15 Angels 5: In Tempe, Ariz., Matt LaPorta hit a two-run homer, his first of the spring, to highlight a six-run fifth inning, and the Indians added six more in the sixth.
Competing for the last spot in the Indians’ rotation, Carlos Carrasco gave up four hits and five runs in 3 2-3 innings, struck out seven and walked four.
Ervin Santana allowed five runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings, struck out two and walked two for Los Angeles.
Rockies 6 Athletics 6: In Phoenix, Troy Tulowitzki homered for the third time in his last four games and Jorge De La Rosa gave up one run in five-plus innings for Colorado.
Eric Young Jr. and Chris Iannetta both doubled and scored while Paul Lo Duca had an RBI double for the Rockies, who backed De La Rosa with three double plays to snap a two-game losing streak.
Rajai Davis had two hits, and Jake Fox homered and drove in two runs for the A’s.
Padres 7 Giants 0: In Scottsdale, Ariz., Chase Headley hit a three-run double during a four-run fourth inning and right-hander Kevin Correia pitched seven shutout innings.
Headley’s hit came off right-hander Denny Bautista, and an opposite-field shot into the left-field corner that gave him 20 RBI this spring.
Correia, who won a team-best 12 games in a career-high 33 starts last season, scattered seven hits and struck out one. He also allowed his first walk of the spring.
Dodgers 2 Reds 1: In Goodyear, Ariz., left-hander Clayton Kershaw struck out seven in six strong innings, getting the better of Bronson Arroyo in a matchup of No. 2 starters.
Kershaw gave up six hits, including Wladimir Balentien’s run-scoring single in the fourth inning. Kershaw has allowed only three earned runs in 16 innings this spring.
Arroyo nearly matched him, giving up five hits in six innings with a pair of strikeouts.
Blake DeWitt and Andre Ethier had RBI singles for Los Angeles.
Royals 10 White Sox 8: In Glendale, Ariz., Wilson Betemit and Scott Thorman homered, and Jose Guillen went 4 for 4 with two RBI to raise his spring average to .342.
Royals starter Luke Hochevar was roughed up for six runs—five earned—and nine hits in five innings, while Kansas City scored three runs in the first off Chicago’s Daniel Hudson.
Carlos Quentin was hit by a pitch twice, but drilled a two-run home run for Chicago in between being plunked. Former Royal Mark Teahen was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Rangers 5 White Sox 0: In Surprise, Ariz., Scott Feldman threw seven shutout innings and Vladimir Guerrero and David Murphy each drove in a pair of runs for Texas.
Feldman, who was named the Rangers’ opening day starter Saturday, allowed six hits with a walk and two strikeouts and became the first Texas pitcher to go seven innings.
White Sox starter Gavin Floyd rebounded from a horrible outing against San Francisco to hold the Rangers to two runs and eight hits. He walked two and struck out six.
Cubs 1 Mariners 0: In Peoria, Ariz., Ryan Dempster struck out nine, including the last three batters he faced to escape a base-loaded jam, and allowed just four hits in seven scoreless innings.
Ryan Rowland-Smith was almost as sharp as Dempster. One of the few healthy veterans behind Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, Rowland-Smith allowed five hits and one run in seven innings.
Chicago’s Xavier Nady was 0 for 3 starting his first game in the outfield since last April. The former Yankee is returning from elbow surgery.
