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At jetBlue Park at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Boston Red Sox played at home against Tampa Bay Rays.
Aruban-born Xander Bogaerts was the starting short stop for Boston and batted 0-for-2.
With a runner on second base and two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Bogaerts grounded out in his first at bat.
In the fourth inning, with Boston trailing 3-0 and runners at the corners, Bogaerts was the next batter, but struckout.
Hereafter, Bobby Dalbec belted a 3-run homerun to tie the score.
Dalbec also homered in Boston's first game on Thursday.
In the top of the fifth inning, Bogaerts was replaced as short stop by Curaçao-born Ceddanne Rafaela, while Saint Maarten-born Izzy Wilson entered the game as new rightfielder.
In the top of the sixth, Rafaela moved from short stop to centerfield.
Rafaela and Wilson also played in Thursday's game.
In the bottom of the sixth, Rafaela (now playing with uniform number 3) got his first at bat and led off with a single.
On Thursday, he doubled in his first at bat.
Rafaela moved into scoring position when next batter Christian Koss also singled.
The two moved on a grounder, then Rafaela scored on a grounder by Tyler Esplin.
Although Esplin's grounder stayed in the infield, Rafaela left third base on contact, while short stop Pedro Martinez fielded the ball behind the mound and opted to throw it to the plate.
But there, Rafaela slid in safely to put Boston ahead, 4-3.
With one out and runners on first and third base, Wilson as the next batter, but he struckout.
Boston's lead was shortlived, as Ford Proctor hit a 3-run homerun for Tampa Bay in the top of the seventh.
Rafaela grounded in a force out to end the seventh inning.
In the next inning, Boston came alongside.
Koss led off with a homerun, then Wilson singled with two outs and scored on a single by Tyreque Reed.
In the bottom of the ninth, Rafaela flied out, but with two outs, Koss hit his second homerun, which this time was a walk-off homerun to give Boston a 7-6 win.
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At CoolToday Park in North Port, Atlanta Braves played a home-game against Minnesota Twins.
Ozzie Albies was the starting second baseman for Atlanta and was 0-for-2.
Albies grounded out in the first inning.
In the third at bat, Atlanta opened the score when Drew Waters led off with a homerun.
With one out and a runner on second base, Albies flied out in his second at bat in the game.
Hereafter, newcomer Matt Olson produced a runscoring single to make it a 2-0 score.
Olson came to Atlanta from Oakland A's in a trade on Monday, then was signed to an 8-year contract the next day.
With that, he became Atlanta's new first baseman, replacing Freddie Freeman, who will play this season for Los Angeles Dodgers, where he was officially introduced today after signing a 6-year contract.
Albies left the game in the top of the fifth and was replaced by Vaughn Grissom.
Atlanta added another run in the sixth inning.
In the meantime, three Atlanta-pitchers were throwing a No-Hitter.
However, that ended in the top of the ninth.
Jasseel De La Cruz then became the new pitcher for Atlanta and he gave up a lead-off single to Tim Beckham.
With one out, Atlanta's shutout also ended, as Beckham's pinch-runner Elliot Soto scored on a double by Dennis Ortega.
But after another single was recorded, a pop-fly and flyout ended the at bat and the game.
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At Peoria, San Diego Padres played at home against Seattle Mariners and won 6-4.
The game was played at Peoria Stadium at the Peoria Sports Complex, which is the Spring Training-site for both San Diego and Seattle.
Jurickson Profar started for San Diego as its leftfielder and batted 1-for-2.
San Diego opened the score in the bottom of the second inning.
With two outs, Profar doubled, then scored on a single by CJ Abrams.
In the fifth inning, Profar led off and struckout in his second at bat.
He then left the game and Trayce Thompson took over as leftfielder.
Hereafter, Seattle took a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning on a 3-run homerun by Julio Rodriguez.
Moments later, it was Jorge Alfaro, who hit a 3-run homerun for San Diego in the bottom of the sixth.
Another run was then added on a single to make it a 5-3 score in favor of the home-team.
After Seattle had narrowed the deficit to 5-4 in the top of the seventh, Nomar Mazara homered for San Diego in the eighth.
That made it 6-4, which also was the final score.
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Three 'Dutch' basehits on Day 2 Spring Training-season
FORT MYERS / NORTH PORT, Florida / PEORIA, Arizona (USA) -
Five players with a Dutch passport played on Friday (March 18), Day 2 of the Spring Training exhibition season in Florida and Arizona.
Three of them played for Boston Red Sox and accounted for a rare feat, as they represented three different Antillian islands, Xander Bogaerts from Aruba, Ceddanne Rafaela from Curaçao and Izzy Wilson from Saint Maarten.
Boston played against Tampa Bay Rays and won 7-6 on a walk-off homerun in this Grapefruit League-game in Florida.