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Texas Rangers: Carl Everett thinks he'll be ready for the season opener in two weeks, even though he hasn't played a game.

Everett, who has proved himself a model citizen in the clubhouse, tested his surgically repaired right knee for the first time in a game situation Sunday.

While the Rangers were away playing Baltimore, Everett stayed at camp for a game involving the team's minor leaguers. Leading off each half inning, Everett went 6-for-14 with four doubles.

"All of the hard work is paying off," Everett said. "I hope I see the ball the same way I saw it today when April 1 comes around. I'm not in the A-range yet, but I give myself a B-minus.

"Being ready to go April 1 isn't going to be a problem," he said.

Everett didn't play in the field, and a pinch-runner was used each time he got on base. The switch-hitter went 4-for-10 with three doubles from the left side and 2-for-4 from the right side.

The Rangers are being cautious with Everett, who underwent arthroscopic surgery Dec. 28 to remove torn cartilage from his knee. Before Sunday, Everett hadn't faced a pitcher in a game since Sept. 8, when he played his last game for the Red Sox.

Afterward, Everett went through his daily fielding drills with instructor Ed Napolean. "With his progress, the way it's going, it could happen," Napolean said of Everett's chances of playing in the outfield for the Rangers' opener at Oakland.

New York Yankees: Roger Clemens' offseason workout program began almost three months ago. With two weeks to go before opening day, the Rocket is ready for the season.

Despite a swollen right ankle, Clemens pitched his longest game of the spring, throwing 83 pitches in a five-inning outing Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"I felt strong," Clemens said on an 86-degree day. "I could have gone another inning. All and all it was a real positive."

Clemens gave the Yankees a mild scare in his last start when he was hit by a batted ball near his right ankle. Clemens had ice on the swollen ankle Sunday but said it didn't give him any difficulty on the mound.

Clemens plans to extend himself to about 100 pitches by the end of spring training to be ready for his Opening-Day start against Baltimore on April 1.

Andy Pettitte threw 47 pitches in the bullpen Sunday and is scheduled to pitch in a minor league game Wednesday.

Pettitte has been slowed by a strained muscle in his left elbow. He rolled around dozen curveballs during his 13-minute session.

"It's definitely coming around," Pettitte said. "I don't foresee any problems. It's getting real close."

Pettitte was scratched from a start on March 8 after experiencing tightness warming up.

In the Yankees' split-squad game Sunday against Toronto, Derek Jeter drove in the tiebreaking run with an RBI single in the eighth inning as the Yankees came back from a five-run deficit to win 8-7.

Jeter blooped a broken-bat single into shallow right field.

Yankees manager Joe Torre was ejected by home plate umpire Rob Drake in the third inning.

Torre argued a drop third strike call in which it appeared Toronto's Joe Lawrence kicked the ball in the batter's box before reaching first base safely.

Darrin Fletcher hit a grand slam during a six-run, third-inning as the Blue Jays took a 7-2 lead.

Fletcher homered off Mike Thurman, who allowed seven runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Arizona Diamondbacks: Tim Olson committed four errors but had an RBI single in the ninth to lift the Diamondbacks to a 10-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies in a split-squad game Sunday.

Colorado starter Mike Hampton and Arizona's Randy Johnson both struggled. Each gave up five runs on eight hits over four innings, but only two of runs against Johnson were earned.

The Diamondbacks committed 10 errors. Olson had two in the fifth, including a bad throw that allowed Ryan Owens and Ben Petrick to score and gave Colorado an 8-6 lead.

It was Hampton's third straight rough outing. He gave up two homers, walked five and struck out three. In his past 9 1/3 innings, Hampton has surrendered 14 runs and walked 13 batters.

Johnson had limited opponents to just three hits over 11 shutout innings in his previous three starts.

Brent Butler's solo homer in the first was the first run Johnson allowed this spring. Butler was 3-for-3 with three RBIs.

Mario Encarnacion, vying for a spot as Colorado's fifth outfielder, was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.

Chris Donnels, a contender for Arizona's backup third baseman, made two errors.

Baltimore Orioles: Scott Erickson scattered eight hits over six innings in an 8-1 win over Texas on Sunday, the Orioles' ninth victory in 10 games.

The Rangers' Hideki Irabu (3-1) lost for the fist time in four starts. Irabu allowed three hits and two runs, walked two and struck out one in five innings.

Erickson (2-0), the Orioles' likely Opening Day starter after missing last season following ligament replacement surgery, walked one and struck out six.