JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Mat Latos allowed two hits over three scoreless innings in his first appearance in a Miami Marlins’ uniform, a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

Acquired from Cincinnati in an offseason trade, Latos angered the Reds when he told Fox during spring training that the Reds rushed him back from knee and elbow injuries last season.

“As far as what happened, it’s done and it’s over with,” Latos said. “Turn the page.”

Latos struck out two and walked two, throwing 22 of 39 pitches for strikes.

“I was good enough to make pitches and get outs when I needed to,” he said. “A couple ground ball double plays, those saved me.”

Mike Morse singled in Dee Gordon in the first, tying him for the team high with six RBIs in the spring. Reid Brignac’ hit a three-run triple in the second that fell barely inside the left-field line and just out of reach of a diving Tommy Pham. Center fielder Peter Bourjos tracked down the ball in the corner while Pham remained on the ground. Pham left the game with a quad strain.

STARTING TIME

Cardinals: Zach Petrick allowed four runs, five hits and two walks in two innings. Petrick, likely starting the season at Triple-A Memphis, was making his first spring training start this year and third appearance.

Marlins: Tom Koehler, originally listed to start Saturday against Washington, will instead throw on a back field at the Marlins’ spring complex. Slated to be a member of Miami’s rotation, Koehler has made only one exhibition start.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Now that he’s thrown two batting practice sessions, Adam Wainwright began agility drills Friday. Wainwright sustsined a minor abdominal strain early in camp and has yet to appear in a spring training game. St. Louis has yet to announce a date for Wainwright’s first exhibition start.

Marlins: Adeiny Hechavarria didn’t play but is expected to appear in consecutive games for the third time this spring training this weekend. Hechavarria had been dealing with what the Marlins called a tired shoulder.

DOUBLE TIME

In an effort to give some younger players more game action, the Cardinals and Marlins played an early exhibition on the back fields prior to their Grapefruit League game. Bourjos, who is working on a new swing, played in both games, going a combined 2-for-7. His single in the fifth inning of the main game stopped an 0-for-13 Grapefruit League start. “Overall he’s making good progress, he just needs to see some success,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.

SUPER VERSATILE

The Marlins started Ichiro Suzuki in left field, and he threw out Mark Reynolds at the plate. The Marlins signed Suzuki to be their fourth outfielder, and he has started at every outfield position. “The beauty of Ichiro is that he can do all those things; he can play all those positions,” Miami manager Mike Redmond said.

MOVING TIME

Miami reassigned pitchers Brian Ellington and Ryan Reld, catcher Sharif Othman and infielders Viosergy Rosa to minor league camp. They also optioned pitcher Grant Dayton to Triple-A New Orleans.

UP NEXT:

St. Louis hosts Minnesota on Saturday, and the Cardinals give Michael Wacha his second start. Miami plays Washington in Viera, and the Nationals planned to start Gio Gonzalez.

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Salvador Perez got three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5 Thursday.

Paulo Orlando hit a two-run triple off Cleveland reliever Bryan Shaw. Orlando, an outfielder from Brazil, also had a single and an RBI forceout.

“Shaw was up with everything and he paid for it,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “When the lights go on, I’ll put my money on Shaw.”

Roberto Perez homered off Royals starter Danny Duffy. Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer off reliever Casey Coleman. Michael Bourn had two hits for Cleveland.

“It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t as bad as it looks,” Duffy said after giving up three runs in three innings.

Bourn was hampered by left hamstring problems last season. He is hitting .538 so far this spring.

“This is my ninth year,” Bourn said. “You look for motivation in these games. I haven’t had to back off anything. I am trying to simplify things and stay on top.”

Indians starter Nick Maronde allowed a run and four hits in three innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: LHP Tim Collins had Tommy John surgery and will miss the season. He will return home and rejoin the team later this month to begin rehab.

Indians: Zach Walters left the game with a right abdominal strain after fouling off a pitch in the fifth inning. The versatile Walters had a rib injury late last season. … OF Ryan Raburn slipped between first and second running out a double in the first inning. He stayed in for one more at-bat but left with discomfort in his left knee. He had knee surgery last September. … Nick Swisher participated in a simulated game and faced Marc Rzepczynski. Swisher (knee surgery) is expected to appear in games in mid-March. … Josh Tomlin threw a bullpen session. He was scratched on Sunday with shoulder fatigue and is scheduled to pitch Saturday against the Dodgers.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Chris Young is scheduled to pitch on Friday. Young, who won the 2014 Comeback Player of the Year Award with Seattle, signed with the Royals last Saturday. RHP Edinson Volquez will start against Oakland.

Indians: The Indians have a pair of split-squad games. LHP T.J. House will start against the Cubs, and RHP Zach McAllister will start against Arizona.

STARTING TIME

Royals: Duffy spent most of last season in the rotation. This spring, he has the luxury of refining his skills.

“My last time (against Cincinnati), they hit line drives at people, so that outing wasn’t as good as it looked,” Duffy said. “I’m results-based, but we are all working on things. I need to put people away.”

Indians: Reigning Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber threw a simulated game. “We wanted to back him off a little,” Francona said. “We wanted him to work on things without worrying about the fans and umpires.” He pitched three scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out five.

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Mark Reynolds hit his first home run of the spring, connecting off Norris as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 Thursday.

Reynolds, who signed a one-year, $2 million free agent contract in the offseason, hit a three-run homer in the third inning.

“It feels good to barrel a ball up and see some results from all the work we’ve been putting in this spring,” said Reynolds, who hit a total of 60 homers for the Orioles in 2011-12. “Obviously it helps the confidence a little bit. I hope this one carries over into the coming weeks and into the season.”

Tony Cruz doubled and singled for St. Louis, making him 5 for 8 in exhibition play.

Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia gave up one run and two hits in four innings.

In a three-way competition to become the Cardinals’ fifth starter, Garcia struck out five.

“We saw sinkers in the dirt, guys are swinging and missing, that’s just different stuff than anybody else has,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “He had a real nice slider working today. He threw some strike curveballs. We saw changeups. It was a good outing.”

Norris didn’t fare nearly as well. He didn’t get out of third inning, allowing three runs and four hits with three walks and a hit batter.

“Fastball command obviously is something I need a lot more work on, but that’s something we get out of camp,” said Norris, who threw 28 of his 54 pitches for strikes. “But coming out of there healthy was the No. 1 key for me again.”

Baltimore touched Garcia for a run in the first when Jimmy Paredes doubled home Jayson Nix.

STARTING TIME

Orioles: Norris allowed his second home run of the spring. He surrendered 20 last season and has given up 20 or more in a season three times in his career.

Cardinals: Ace Adam Wainwright threw a bullpen session against live hitters on a back field before the game. He’s recovering from an abdominal strain early in camp and wants to make his exhibition debut soon, but has yet to be cleared for full participation. “I’ve thrown two live BPs now — usually that’s what you do before a game,” he said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: C Matt Wieters, recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery, is scheduled to make his 2015 catching debut on Tuesday. He’s hitless in 20 at-bats as a DH.

Cardinals: Matheny said CF Jon Jay, who underwent offseason wrist surgery, is progressing but remains a few days away from making his first Grapefruit League appearance. … RHP Lance Lynn is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in the coming days and won’t make his second spring start until Wednesday at the earliest. Lynn left his first outing with hip soreness.

LACKEY LOOMING

John Lackey will make his spring debut on Monday against Detroit. Lackey is proceeding under a relaxed spring program.

KNUCKLING UNDER

Despite reassigning pitcher Eddie Gamboa to Triple-A, manager Buck Showalter expects the knuckleball pitcher to eventually make an impact. Showalter said Gamboa’s knuckler is already better than 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey’s was at this point in his development.

UP NEXT

Orioles: Ubaldo Jimenez had a rough spring debut, then fared a bit better in his next start. He pitches against Toronto.

Cardinals: Projected minor leaguer Zack Petrick will start on Saturday against Miami’s Mat Latos, who will be making his spring debut.

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