Final: Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4

BARD BATTLES (2:33, END 5, Sox 4-3)
It wasn't exactly a smooth outing, but Daniel Bard got out of it unscathed. He allowed a long double over the head of Jacoby Ellsbury in center, but Joe Inglett tried to stretch it into a triple and was cut down at third. Then Aaron Hill followed with a double and, after a ground out, Lyle Overbay walked. But Bard caught Jose Bautista looking to end the inning. B.J. Ryan is in for the Blue Jays.

HOMER HAPPY (2:21, MIDDLE 5, Sox 4-3)
This time it was Chris Carter going deep off the scoreboard in left to break the tie between the Sox and Blue Jays. Roy Halladay has thrown all five innings so far. For the Sox, Daniel Bard is going to get another inning. Drew has been taken out of the game, with Paul McAnulty entering in left and Jeff Bailey heading over to right.

TIE SCORE (2:11, END 4, 3-3)
Though Daniel Bard did give up a run for Justin Masterson, he limited the damage in the inning. He started by striking out Travis Snider looking in a tough at bat, then followed with the run-scoring single by Raul Chavez, then got John McDonald to softly line out to second base.

MASTERSON OUT (2:05, BOTTOM 4, Sox 3-2)
After allowing a single and a double, leaving men on second and third, Justin Masterson came out of the game. He had thrown 59 pitches, 34 for strikes. In an interesting move, he was replaced by Daniel Bard, who hasn't been in many tough situations this spring. He's mostly mowed down batters, and hasn't dealt with a lot of men on base. It's likely the team wants to see how he deals with adversity -- as Terry Francona has mentioned might be good -- and so used this situation to test him.

OUTTA HERE (1:49, MIDDLE 3, Sox 3-2)
Sorry for the break, there were interivews that needed to be done. You've missed home runs by Jeff Bailey and Jed Lowrie, with Lowrie going opposite field from the left side of the plate, and a two-run shot by Travis Snider off Justin Masterson.

SOX TAKE ROY (1:11, TOP 1, Sox 1-0)
The Sox got a quick one run off Roy Halladay, with Jacoby Ellsbury scoring on a double to right field by Jed Lowrie. Ellsbury got on with a single up the middle.

Game recap: Orioles 6, Red Sox 2

By Dan Connolly

Reimold still hot
For the second time in two days, outfield prospect Nolan Reimold hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to help the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox. Yesterday in Fort Myers, Fla., his shot to left-center field against Billy Traber broke a tie. Reimold, who hit 25 homers at Double-A Bowie last season, is likely headed to Triple-A Norfolk to start the season.

A spring nemesis
The Orioles might be just 15-29 against the Red Sox in the past three regular seasons, but Boston shouldn't trifle with the Orioles in the spring. The victory gave the Orioles a four-game sweep in the Grapefruit League series this year.

On deck
The Orioles will be in Fort Myers again today, this time playing the Minnesota Twins. Right-hander David Pauley will start for the Orioles, who are sending most of their regulars.

Recap: St. Louis vs. Boston

Joe Thurston went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Boston Red Sox, 4-2, in Grapefruit League play.

Joe Mather hit a two-run home run while Rick Ankiel drove in the other run for the Cardinals. Chris Carpenter gave up just two hits and two walks in four innings of work.

Josh Reddick went 3-for-4 with an RBI while Josh Beckett was solid in the start as he was charged with just two hits and one walk in four innings of work for the Red Sox.