GLENDALE, ARIZONA Matt Kemp homered and Randy Wolf allowed one hit in six scoreless innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the Texas Rangers, 11-4.

Jason Repko added a three-run blast and Rafael Furcal doubled and drove in a pair for the Dodgers, who scored multiple runs in four different innings.

Chris Davis accounted for the Rangers lone run with a solo homer off Hong-Chih Kuo in the eighth inning.

Other games:

At Mesa, Arizona – Alfonso Soriano drove in a pair of runs and Carlos Zambrano struck out six in six strong innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.

At Phoenix – Carlos Quentin, Jim Thome, Wilson Betemit and Josh Fields each homered as the Chicago White Sox pounded prospect Vin Mazzaro en route to a 12-10 win over the Oakland Athletics.

At Tucson, Arizona – Aaron Cook allowed one run and five hits in five innings and top prospect Dexter Fowler had two hits as the Colorado Rockies edged the Cleveland Indians, 4-3.

At Peoria, Arizona – Chad Tracy and Chris Young had three hits apiece and combined for six RBI and Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the San Diego Padres, 12-7.

At Surprise, Arizona – Matthew Brown went 6-for-6 with two homers as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim clubbed eight home runs among 22 hits en route to an 18-12 drubbing of the Kansas City Royals.

At Phoenix – Rickie Weeks, Jason Kendall and Brad Nelson homered and Mike Cameron drove in two runs as the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the San Francisco Giants, 10-9.

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by admin
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