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FORT MYERS http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , Fla. (AP) — The sun came out in Arizona. Free agents played for their new teams. Ichiro Suzuki was back in uniform at age 45.Baseball is back.A day after the scheduled exhibition opener was rained out, baseball returned to the ballparks of Florida and Arizona on Friday with the first spring training games.The World Series champion Boston Red Sox began their hoped-for journey to a second straight title with a 6-0 victory over Northeastern University. The Phillies — still without Bryce Harper, at least for now — beat Tampa Bay 3-2. The Tigers topped Southeastern University of Florida 12-2. Suzuki started what may be his final spring training with a two-run, two-out single in the third inning of the Seattle Mariners‘ 8-1 win over the Oakland Athletics.“It’s a good start to spring training,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said after dispatching the Huskies in the regularly scheduled seven innings in a tight 1 hour, 45 minutes, a day before the Grapefruit League opener against the New York Yankees. “It will be good to start playing” against major league teams.Spring training has long been seen as the unofficial end to winter, but that was postponed when the Mariners and Athletics were rained out of their opener on Thursday. The teams, which got the early start in order to prepare for the regular season opener in Japan — were back at it on Friday.Ichiro prepared with Mariners for his 19th major league season (to go with nine in the Japan). Batting seventh and playing left field, Suzuki fouled out in the second inning against Liam Hendriks and singled in the third off left-hander Ryan Buchter. Suzuki then was replaced by a pinch runner. He did not have any chances in the field.“Of course you have nerves, but this was one I hadn’t experienced before, the nerves that I had today,” Suzuki said through an interpreter. “I’m just glad the first day’s out of the way.”Many other big name stars sat out as they eased into the daily grind.Manny Machado slipped on a Padres uniform after signing his $300 million, 10-year contract; San Diego opens its spring training schedule on Saturday.Harper was hoping for a similar deal, with the Phillies the favorites to sign him. But he remained among more than three dozen free agents who had not yet been signed, leading players to accuse teams of possible collusion. (The owners say they have simply are making judgments based on analytics.)Here’s a look around the ballparks on Friday:—Bobby Dalbec hit a fly ball off the top of the fence in center field to give Boston the lead, and Jagger Rusconi and Tyler Dearden tripled for the Red Sox. Mike Shawaryn pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two, and Darwinzon Hernandez fanned three in two innings for Boston Paul DeJong Jersey , which will face the New York Yankees in the Grapefruit League opener on Saturday.—In Charlotte, Florida, Scott Kingery tripled and scored on a throwing error by shortstop Willy Adames, and Maikel Franco homered for the Phillies. Jason Coats homered to make it 3-2 in the sixth inning, three Philadelphia relievers pitched a scoreless inning of relief to close it out.—In Lakeland, Florida, Jake Rogers, Daniel Pinero and Brandon Dixon homered, and Kyle Funkhouser struck out four in two innings for the Tigers.The Red Sox held a moment of silence before the game for Boston Globe sports writer Nick Cafardo, who covered the team for most of three decades before he died on Thursday after collapsing at the ballpark. The team placed a dozen red roses at Cafardo’s seat in the press box; the Baltimore Orioles‘ beat writers and media-relations staff sent five dozen donuts, along with their condolences.In place of his usual pregame question and answer session with reporters, manager Alex Cora spoke for more than seven minutes about Cafardo and chose not to discuss any other topics.“That’s why I don’t get caught up in the whole game. It’s just a game, bro,” Cora said. “When you leave, that’s real. Life is real. Everything you have to do as a parent, as a husband, as a son, that’s real. This is just a game, man. We get caught up on the whole wins and losses and rivalries and whatever. Life is real lex Reyes Jersey , man.”Cora said he addressed the team in the morning and told them to enjoy the game — but understand it’s just a game. He recalled how Cafardo enjoyed Game 3 of last fall’s World Series, an 18-inning, 7-hour, 20-minute Los Angeles Dodgers victory.“He loved the game,” Cora said. “Let’s just celebrate his life. Like I told the guys, just go out there and have a great day. … Let’s have a blast on the field.”Up the Florida coast in Tampa, Yankees manager Aaron Boone also opened his media session by remembering Cafardo.“One of the great things about our game is the relationships that you get to forge,” he said. “That’s one of those that rocks our baseball community. … It’s certainly a tough day in our baseball family.” ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox had a lot of hits again. However, they couldn’t put them together to get a lot of scorng.Willy Adames homered, Michael Perez drove in four runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 10-3 Friday night for their sixth straight win.Boston finished with 13 hits, reaching double digits for the fourth time in five games.“We got all those hits, but they were spread around,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “So it was a good night for them and a bad night for us.”Perez had a two-run double in the second and a two-run single in Tampa Bay’s five-run third. His four RBIs matched his total in his first 20 games.The Rays had six consecutive singles in the third against Hector Velazquez.“That’s how you win games — two outs and you start hitting base hits,” said Carlos Gomez, who had an RBI single in the big inning. “Right now we’re really hot, pitching and hitting.”Velazquez (7-2) gave up eight runs and nine hits in 2 2/3 innings to raise his earned run average from 2.74 to 3.69.“I was a bit unfortunate today,” he said. “They hit some ground balls that got through that usually don’t.”Ji-Man Choi and Adames scored in three straight innings for the Rays. Adames’ eighth home run off reliever Drew Pomeranz put the Rays up 10-2 in the fourth.Xander Bogaerts had three hits for the Red Sox, including an RBI single in the third that gave him 15 RBIs against Tampa Bay this season. The Boston shortstop is hitting .421 in his last 15 games.J.D. Martinez drove in his major league-leading 110th run of the season with a single in the fifth for the Red Sox Evan Longoria Jersey , who went into the game with a 9 1/2-game lead in the AL East before losing for the fourth time in six games.Rookie Jalen Beeks, Boston’s minor league pitcher of the year last season before his trade to Tampa Bay for Nathan Eovaldi on July 25, won for the second time six days against his former team. Beeks (3-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings in relief of starter Diego Castillo.“We got some hits off him but we didn’t score. That doesn’t usually happen with us,” said Andrew Benintendi, who had one of the hits.“We hit (Beeks) hard today. There were like six at bats that we hit blazers everywhere,” said Cora. “He spotted his fastball. That’s what we know about the kid. But to get Nathan Eovaldi, you’ve got to give up good players. … He made some pitches when he had to, but we hit him hard today.”SMITH IN HOSPITALRays OF Mallex Smith has been hospitalized for what is expected to be a short stay for treatment of a viral infection and is being placed on the 10-day disabled list. He received IV fluids and antibiotics. Smith, hitting .385 (25 for 65) in 16 games since being moved to the leadoff spot on Aug. 5, woke up feeling ill around 3 a.m. FridayTRAINER’S ROOMRed Sox: LHP Chris Sale (shoulder inflamation) might resume throwing as soon as this weekend. … RHP Steven Wright, out two months due to left knee inflamation, threw live batting practice Friday. “He’ll probably go on a rehab assignment next week and he’ll be with us hopefully in September,” said manager Alex Cora. … 1B Mitch Moreland was “banged up a little bit” and out of the lineup. … OF-DH Martinez played right field and will again Saturday before getting two days off (including Monday’s open date).Rays: OF Tommy Pham, who left Tuesday’s game with a dislocated right ring finger, was available off the bench.UP NEXTRHP Rick Porcello (8-4, 2.72 ERA in 14 career starts at Tropicana Field) will go for his 16th win Saturday night against Rays LHP Ryan Yarbrough, who leads all rookies with 12 wins. Yarbrough will be making only his sixth start.