At Space Coast Stadium in Viera, the Washington Nationals won 9-7 vs. Atlanta Braves, thanks to an one -out, walk-off, 3-run homerun by Chris Heisey in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Ozzie Albies again played an entire game, as he was the short stop for the visiting Braves.
Albies went 3-for-5, scored a run and batted in one.
Albies, who batted second in the batting order, struckout in his first at bat in the first inning off of Stephen Strasburg.
In the third inning, with the Braves trailing 2-1, Blake Lalli led off with a single, moved in scoring position when Albies singled with one out, then scored the tying run on basesloaded sacrifice fly by Adonis Garcia.
In the top of the fifth, the Braves trailed 3-2 and faced new pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, who took over for Strasburg.
Albies led off the inning with a ground-rule double, then scored when Freddie Freeman followed with a homerun to give the Braves a 4-3 lead.
In the top of the sixth, the Braves took more distance off of Shawn Kelley.
Dansby Swanson led off with a double and scored on a following single by Emilio Bonifacio, who then advanced to third on a grounder by Blake Lalli.
With two outs, Bonifacio scored when Albies singled to register his third basehit in the game.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Nationals made it a 6-6 score, thanks to homeruns by Jayson Werth (solo) and Wilson Ramos (2-run), but the Braves re-took the lead in the seventh.
In the eighth, Albies got his fifth plate appearance, but this time, he struckout.
The Nationals then won the game in the ninth on the homerun by Heisey.
For Curaçao-born Albies, who turned only 19 in January and is a non-roster player, this was his 16th game in this years Spring Training.
He is currently hitting .371 with 13 basehits, including a homerun, eight runs scored and five RBI's.
Last year, he appeared in four Spring Training-games for the Braves, where he is listed as one of the top prospects in the organization.
On January 7, which was his birthday, Albies was invited to be in Spring Training with the Braves again this year.
Last season, he played in Single-A Advanced.
At Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, the New York Mets visited the Miami Marlins and won 6-5.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Roger Bernadina replaced Curtis Granderson in rightfield for the Mets.
He then flied out in his first at bat in the sixth inning.
Bernadina flied out again in the ninth inning.
At Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, a split-squad of the Baltimore Orioles won 4-1 against the Minnesota Twins.
Jonathan Schoop started at second base for the Orioles and was 1-for-3.
With one out and a runner on first base, Schoop grounded into a double play in the second inning.
He then grounded out in the fifth, but delivered an one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
After reaching first base, Schoop was replaced by a pinch-runner.
At Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, the game between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ended in a 4-4 tie after nine innings.
The Angels led 4-1 in the eighth inning, but then the Rockies came alongside.
Andrelton Simmons was the lead-off hitter for the Angels as its designated hitter and was 1-for-2 with a run scored and a walk.
Simmons led off the game with a single, moved to third base on a following single by Cliff Pennington, then both scored on a double by Johnny Giavotella.
In the second inning, Simmons walked with two outs, but later stranded on third base.
In the fourth inning, Simmons grounded out and was then replaced by a pinch-hitter in the top of the sixth inning.
At Camelback Ranch-Glendale in Phoenix, the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Kansas City Royals and lost 5-1.
With the score tied at 1-1, Kenley Jansen took over the Dodger-pitching in the top of the fourth inning, replacing starter Alex Wood.
Jansen did great, as he struckout all three batters he faced.
In the top of the seventh inning, Shawn Zarraga became the new catcher for the Dodgers, replacing A.J. Ellis.
Zarraga led of the eighth inning with a single, but was forced out on a following grounder.
With two outs and two runners on base in the ninth, Zarraga flied out, which ended the game.
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Productive outing Ozzie Albies
JUPITER / SARASOTA / VIERA, Florida / PHOENIX / SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (USA) -
On Thursday (March 17), six professional players with a Dutch passport played in the Major League Spring Training-games.
The regular season in the Major League opens on April 3.
The most productive player today was the very talented Ozzie Albies, who was 3-for-5, playing an entire game for the Atlanta Braves as its short stop.
He also scored a run and batted in one.
Abies registered two basehits and scored twice in the game on Wednesday, when he played an entire game as second baseman.