TAMPA, Fla. -- New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi is scheduled to make his 2002 spring training debut Saturday.

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El Duque strong DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Orlando Hernandez, hoping for a spot in the starting rotation, pitched two scoreless innings as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 Friday. Hernandez allowed two singles and struck out one. He threw 13 of 20 pitches for strikes. "I'm happy," Hernandez said through an interpreter. "First outing, I was able to go out and do my job." Hernandez is competing with David Wells and Sterling Hitchcock for the final two spots in the rotation. "I'm not going to make that decision until I have to," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "That's a tough decision, but I'm happy to make it because it means everybody is healthy. It's going to be torture when the time comes." Speculation has centered on Hernandez should the Yankees trade one of the starting pitchers. Scouts from more than a dozen teams were at the game, including San Francisco, Texas and Pittsburgh. Thome goes deep FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jim Thome homered, and Russell Branyan had two RBI to lead the Cleveland Indians past the Minnesota Twins 6-3 Friday. After winning their first three by a total of 25-4, the Twins lost their first spring game under new manager Ron Gardenhire. After yielding just one extra-base hit in their first two home games, Minnesota's relief pitchers had trouble with their control. They issued seven walks and hit two batters. Cleveland scored used five hits and six walks to score five runs in the fifth through seventh innings against loser Kevin Frederick and Grant Balfour. Angels' offense erupts PEORIA, Ariz. -- Darin Erstad hit a two-run homer and Tim Salmon went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 15-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday. Seattle's Bret Boone was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Kenny Kelly went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Anaheim first baseman Shawn Wooten left the game in the second inning with a bruised left hand after being hit by a pitch from Mariners starter Freddy Garcia. X-rays showed no broken bones and Wooten is listed as day to day. Zito starts; Justice debuts PHOENIX -- Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run homer off Tim McClaskey to break a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Friday. Mike Buddie pitched two innings of scoreless relief for Milwaukee. The Brewers, who set a major-league record for strikeouts last year with 1,399, struck out 11 times against seven A's pitchers, and now have fanned 18 times in their first two games of the spring. Barry Zito started the game for Oakland, and pitched two hitless innings. He struck out two of the first three batters he faced. David Justice made his spring debut for the A's going 1-for-3 and drove in Oakland's only run with a RBI double in the first off Brewers starter Paul Rigdon. Daal hit hard; Jimy wins VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Jose Vizcaino went 2-for-3 with a homer and a double, and Brad Ausmus and Lance Berkman had two hits apiece as the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 Friday. Houston hammered Omar Daal for nine hits and five runs in 1 2-3 innings to give Jimy Williams his first victory as manager. Williams, fired by the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 16, took over for Larry Dierker in Houston on Nov. 1. Adrian Beltre hit a solo home run for the Dodgers, and Dante Bichette had an RBI double. Daal made his Dodgers debut after coming over in a trade for two minor leaguers Nov. 11. The 30-year-old left-hander, competing for a job in the starting rotation with Odalis Perez, Eric Gagne and Terry Mulholland, said he wasn't worried he's fallen behind in the competition. --The Associated Press

Giambi has missed two games after experiencing left hamstring tightness last Sunday.

"He's ready," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He's chomping at the bit. With all the games we play, a couple games didn't matter."

Mike Mussina, who was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday because of a slight middle ear infection, will throw in the bullpen Saturday.

"I didn't feel great yesterday," Mussina said Friday. "I feel OK (today)."

Mussina is to start Tuesday's game against Texas.

Giambi is expected to start at first base on Saturday against Toronto.

"Here's the fun part, you get to start the games," Giambi said. "It's going to be exciting."

Giambi signed a $120 million, seven-year contract during the offseason. He hit .342 with 38 homers and 120 RBI for Oakland last season.

Cincinnati Reds: Right-handers Chris Booker and Jose Silva both are scheduled for arthroscopic surgery on Monday.

Booker has a torn labrum in his right shoulder and could miss the entire season.

Silva is to have bone chips removed from his right elbow, which he aggravated on the last day of Mexican Winter League, and he could be back in mid-May.

On Thursday, Silva was hit on his lower left shin by a line drive off the bat of the Yankees' Enrique Wilson. X-rays were negative.

"I didn't feel it," Silva said of the impact. "It just went numb."

He has not been able to ignore the elbow problem.

"In winter ball after my last game, I felt a little twinge. I took three weeks off before I came down here," Silva said. "I thought I was just tired. I came down here and couldn't throw the ball the way I wanted to. It took me a long time to warm up and I usually warm up pretty quick."

Ken Griffey Jr. will remain sidelined through Sunday. He has been out since Wednesday with a stomach virus but hit in the batting cage Friday.

Milwaukee Brewers: Infielder Mark Loretta, who had been complaining of an upper respiratory illness in recent days, was diagnosed with pneumonia Thursday and will be sidelined indefinitely.

"We're not going to have him for a while," manager Davey Lopes told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Loretta did not show up at the ballpark Thursday, the day of the Brewers' annual players association meeting and first exhibition game.

"He called us and asked, 'Should I come in?' " trainer Roger Caplinger said. "We told him 'You need to get yourself better.' "

Loretta was sent to a doctor for X-rays and a blood test. The results revealed a fluid buildup in his right lung. The prescription is rest and antibiotics.

Seattle Mariners: Designated hitter Edgar Martinez would like to play two more seasons -- provided he remains healthy.

The 39-year-old Martinez is signed through this season, with the club holding a $10 million option for the 2003 season.

"I don't know; that's awful old to be playing baseball," Martinez told The Seattle Post-Intellegencer on Thursday. "I don't know what will happen. If I have a bad year, will they want to pick up the option?

"You know we have to have a good year as a team, and I'll still have to be healthy. And I'll have to be playing at a level where I'm satisfied. I think I would like to play one more year after this, but I don't know how I'll feel at the end of the year."

San Francisco Giants: Peter Magowan has his heart set on winning at least a division title. He won't accept anything less.

Magowan, the president and general managing partner of the San Francisco Giants, arrived at spring training camp Friday with high hopes.

"We've been so close so many times," Magowan said. "This is the 10th year of the ownership and we've never been very far away from the World Series. We've got a good team, so why don't we get the thing done."

The Giants finished two games behind the World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West last season, and Magowan figures this should be the Giants' year.

"Arizona is still the team to beat," he said. "After all, they won the World Series. They're a very good club and we don't underestimate them in the slightest. You look at their club and we've done as much as anyone to improve our club."

Outfielder Reggie Sanders, who hit .263 with 33 homers and 90 RBI with the Diamondbacks, was one of several key acquisitions by the Giants during the offseason.

"I think it will be a good, competitive race in the NL West like always," said Magowan. "I just hope this is our year to win it."

Oakland Athletics: Outfielder Jermaine Dye is on track to start the regular season in right field though he's not currently at full speed.

Dye fractured his left tibia in the third inning of Game 4 of the AL division series against the New York Yankees in October fouling a ball off his leg. He's not expected to see any game action for another week.

"He's getting better every day," A's manager Art Howe said. "There's no time table to bring him back."

Dye was given permission to leave camp on Friday to attend to his wife, Tricia, who is expecting the couple's second child any day now.

"This would have been his day off anyway," Oakland strength coach Clarence Cockrell said. "He's in a rotation where he does power walking one day, running one day and lifting to strengthen his lower calves another day."

The biggest test for Dye will come when he faces live pitching in a game situation for the first time.

"Right now he can reach the ball anywhere over the plate," Oakland hitting coach Thad Bosley said. "The biggest problem will be his balance at the plate. You don't know how he's going to react when he's seeing live pitching."

San Diego Padres: Ben Howard made his San Diego Padres debut Friday, pitching two weeks after surviving an auto accident that killed teammate Mike Darr and one of Darr's friends.

Howard pitched 1 2-3 innings of a 6-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies. He came on with one out in the fourth inning and promptly struck out Todd Helton and Todd Zeile. In the fifth, Howard allowed a walk to Benny Agbayani but did not allow a hit or run.

"I'm still trying to recover," said Howard, who was clocked as high as 92 mph. "My ribs are still pretty sore. But I think it's coming back pretty well. My arm feels good."

Howard, 23, has been advised not to talk publicly about the accident that killed Darr and Duane Johnson on Feb. 15. The SUV Darr was driving rolled over on a highway near the Padres' camp in Peoria, Ariz.

Arizona highway patrol officials said the accident appears alcohol related. Darr and Johnson were not wearing seat belts and were ejected. Howard, a passenger in the back seat, was wearing a seat belt and sustained minor injuries that did not require hospitalization.

Howard, who spent most of last season at Class-A Lake Elsinore, did not know Darr before meeting him the day before spring training began.

In a big league clubhouse for the first time, Howard is grateful for the support he received from his teammates after the accident.

"Everybody has come to see how I'm doing," he said. "That's helped me out a lot. They haven't let me just sit in my locker by myself with my thoughts. I give them a lot of credit."