GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Asdrubal Cabrera led off Cleveland's spring training opener with a homer, providing immediate evidence that the Indians' new manager might be onto something.

Batting in Grady Sizemore's accustomed spot, Cabrera got the Indians rolling with his drive off Mike Lincoln on Friday. An inning later, Sizemore came through with a bases-loaded double in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Manager Manny Acta decided to drop Sizemore to second in the lineup. The outfielder is coming off operations last September to repair his elbow and a hernia, and Acta wants to go easy with him in the early games.

It was Cincinnati's first game at a training facility it shares with the Indians. Cleveland moved to Arizona from Florida last year, and the Reds joined them this spring from Sarasota, Fla. They honored players from the Big Red Machine and their 1990 World Series championship team before the game, with Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan throwing a ceremonial pitch.

Justin Masterson, acquired from the Boston Red Sox in the trade for Victor Martinez last July, had little trouble with the Reds. He allowed only one hit in two innings, striking out three.

"I threw strikes, controlled the zone, so I'm pretty happy," Masterson said.

TWINS 5, RED SOX 0: Justin Morneau marked his return for Minnesota with a two-run double and Tim Wakefield tossed two scoreless innings for Boston in his first post-surgery appearance in a 5-0 victory by the Twins over the Red Sox on Friday.

Morneau doubled to right in the first inning against Jon Lester, his first on-field action since a stress fracture in his lower back shut him down in mid-September.

Wakefield had surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back last October. The 43-year-old knuckleballer threw 16 of his 21 pitches for strikes, giving up one hit without a walk.

ROYALS 4, RANGERS 2: Zack Greinke pitched three scoreless innings. He struck out three and walked none. David Murphy's two-out single in the first was the only hit Greinke allowed.

Scott Feldman, a 17-game winner last season with the Rangers, allowed a run on three hits in two innings.

RAYS 12, YANKEES 7: Yankees right-hander Joba Chamberlain struggled in his first spring training start, allowing five runs, three hits and three walks in 1 1-3 innings.

Phil Hughes, Chamberlain's main rival for the Yankees' No. 5 starter role, allowed one run and one hit, a solo shot in the first by Sean Rodriguez, in two innings.

BLUE JAYS 14, PHILLIES 9: Lyle Overbay hit a three-run double and Jose Bautista a two-run double during an eight-run fourth inning for the Blue Jays.

Right-hander Brandon Morrow, acquired by the Blue Jays in a trade with Seattle, pitched two hitless innings in his first bid to become part of their starting rotation.

MARLINS 4, METS (SS) 3, 10 INNINGS: The Marlins' Chris Volstad and Mets' Jon Niese each looked sharp in their spring mound debuts.

Niese gave up a run in 2 2-3 innings and struck out five. He walked two and gave up three singles. Niese was sidelined by a hamstring tear after making five starts last season.

METS (SS) 7, CARDINALS 3: Brad Penny pitched two innings in his St. Louis debut, allowing three runs and six hits. Three of those hits were soft flyballs that landed just beyond the infield.

Designated hitter Shawn Riggans drove in the go ahead run with a single and Frank Catalanotto's pinch-hit triple in the ninth scored two runs.

TIGERS 17, ASTROS 7: Joel Zumaya allowed three runs in two innings.

Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez allowed three runs in two innings. He walked three.

GIANTS 7, ROCKIES (SS) 4: Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer to spoil Jeff Francis' return to the mound for Colorado after missing the entire 2009 season.

Francis, who had shoulder surgery in February 2009 and had not pitched since Sept. 12, 2008, gave up four runs on four hits and walked two while throwing 33 pitches in two innings.

ROCKIES (SS) 7, ANGELS 5: Held up by a traffic jam, Ubaldo Jimenez arrived too late to start and instead made his spring training debut out of the bullpen for the Colorado Rockies.

A bus crash that killed six people and left more than 15 others injured just south of Tempe caused major traffic in the area. Jimenez was delayed nearly two hours by the accident and worked the fourth and fifth innings, allowing three hits and four runs (three earned) in two innings. He walked two and struck out three.

PADRES 9, MARINERS 3: Garrett Olson gave up six runs while getting only two outs for Seattle.

Sean Gallagher, picked up in a trade with the Oakland A's last summer, pitched two scoreless innings. Mat Latos gave up a run in two innings and Wade LeBlanc allowed two runs -- one earned -- in two innings.

DODGERS 8, WHITE SOX 3: Manny Ramirez had two singles as the designated hitter and Vincent Padilla threw two hitless innings for Los Angeles Dodgers.

Chicago's Mark Buehrle allowed an unearned run and three hits in two innings.

CUBS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 7: Justin Upton hit a sixth-inning grand slam, his first hit since signing a $51.25 million, six-year contract with Arizona.

Brad Snyder hit a two-run, ninth-inning double off Esmerling Vasquez to rally Chicago in a game that began with the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano and Diamondbacks' Dan Haren each pitching two hitless innings.

ATHLETICS 8, BREWERS 7: Ben Sheets acknowledged being a little nervous but insisted it had nothing to do with facing his former team. It was more about facing hitters for the first time in 17 months.

Sheets threw 1 2-3 healthy innings for Oakland.

BRAVES 11, NATIONALS 8:Yunel Escobar went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored and Melky Cabrera had two hits and an RBI for the Braves. Rookie Jordan Heyward had a hit and stole his second base of the spring.

Atlanta's new closer Billy Wagner gave up three hits and two runs in an inning. He followed Derek Lowe, who pitched two scoreless innings.

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