At Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, the New York Mets hosted the Boston Red Sox.
The Mets led 3-2 after five innings, but the Red Sox went on to win 9-4.
In this game, two Dutch professionals played.
Xander Bogaerts started as short stop for Boston and was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored two runs.
Roger Bernadina came in during the game as new rightfielder for the Mets and was 0-for-1.
Bogaerts grounded out in the first inning.
He then doubled with one out in the fourth inning and scored Boston's first run on a following single by Travis Shaw.
In the top of the sixth inning, Bernadina replaced Curtis Granderson as the new rightfielder for the Mets.
While standing in rightfield, he saw Bogaerts lead off the sixth for Boston with a walk.
Travis Shaw followed with a single and both runners scored when Chris Young homered to give Boston a 5-3 lead.
Bogaerts struckout in the top of the seventh, then was replaced in the bottom of this inning.
In this at bat, the Mets had two runners on base with two outs when Bernadina got his lone at bat, but he popped out to end the inning.
At Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays ended in an 8-8 tie after nine innings.
Jonathan Schoop started at second base for the Orioles and was 0-for-2.
Schoop flied out in the second inning, then grounded into a double play in the third at bat.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, he was hit by a pitch, then was replaced by a pinch-runner.
At Surprise Stadium in Surprise, the Texas Rangers lost 5-1 at home against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Jurickson Profar started at short for the Rangers, while Andrelton Simmons didn't get into action for the Angels.
Profar was 0-for-1 with a walk.
In the bottom of the second inning, with a runner on first base and two outs, Profar walked, but was then forced out.
Profar struckout in the fourth inning, then was replaced in the top of the seventh inning.
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Xander Bogaerts scores twice for Boston
PORT ST. LUCIE / SARASOTA, Florida / SURPRISE, Arizona (USA) -
As Opening Day on April 3 approaching, the Major League-teams are optioning more and more players to Minor League-teams.
It also means that some of the invited non-roster players also are assigned to the Minor League Spring Training-camps, while the regular players are getting more playing time, as do the pitchers.
With that, the teams are shaping up their rosters, which much be brought back to 25 players when the season gets underway.
On Sunday (March 20), four professionals with a Dutch passport played in the Major League Spring Training-games.