Spring training scoreboard

	Martinez

Boston Red Sox: Pedro Martinez had his third straight tough outing, allowing four runs in five innings, but the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6 on Thursday in Fort Myers.

Martinez, coming back from a shoulder injury, was dominant at times, and struck out eight. But he was hit hard in the third and fifth innings. In the third, Kerry Robinson led off with a single, Placido Polanco walked, and J.D. Drew hit a two-run double.

"Even though the results weren't the best today, I actually felt better," he said. "I felt so good at the end. I felt like I could throw one or two more innings."

Robinson led off the fifth with another single, then scored when Eduardo Perez homered to give St. Louis a 4-2 lead.

Martinez allowed six runs in four innings in his last spring training start, and three runs in 2 2-3 innings in his prior start. His spring ERA is 8.56.

Drew left the game in the third inning after feeling soreness his right knee. He said he expects to play Friday.

Martinez has one spring start left, on Wednesday, and said he'll be ready for Opening Day. Martinez annually expresses boredom with spring training as it winds down, but his injury problems have changed his outlook this season, he said.

	Drew

St. Louis Cardinals: Outfielder J.D. Drew left Thursday's exhibition game in Fort Myers with a sore right knee, but said the injury wasn't serious.

Drew said it was a type of tendinitis, and likened it to "jumper's knee" in basketball.

"It's something I've been dealing with for a while," he said.

Manager Tony La Russa pulled Drew in the third inning, after Drew struck out and doubled off Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez.

"It was ... just precautionary," Drew said. "I want to be 100 percent when the season opens."

Drew has been injury-prone throughout his career, and missed significant time last year after with an injured ankle. He also sprained the ankle earlier in spring training.

La Russa said it was the second time Drew's knee has acted up this spring.

"I don't know if it's something to worry about, but it's certainly something I plan on paying attention to," La Russa said.

"I plan on playing him (Friday)," he said. "At some point, it's something he's going to have to gut out."

Houston Astros: Jeff Bagwell's shoulder is still hurting. His swing looks more than healthy, though.

	Bagwell

Bagwell, who had surgery on his right shoulder this winter, homered twice Thursday to lead the Astros to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians in Winter Haven.

Bagwell hit a solo shot to right field in the sixth inning and then pulled a two-run homer to left in the eighth off Jeff D'Amico (0-2).

"It's getting there," Bagwell said as reached into his locker left-handed while balancing the mountain of ice wrapped on his right shoulder. "There's not much I can do but push through it."

That's exactly what he did last year, playing in 161 games for the Astros despite the pain in his shoulder. This spring, he had been playing mostly as the club's designated hitter before returning to first base last week.

"I'm back in the field, so that's good," said Bagwell, who had the labrum in his shoulder reattached during offseason surgery. "This is just something that I'm going to have to deal with."

Colorado Rockies: Denny Neagle extended his spring run of consecutive scoreless innings to 10 before giving up a three-run homer to Troy Glaus during Colorado's 7-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels on Thursday in Tempe, Ariz.

	Neagle

Glaus, who had been sidelined for a week with a strained abdominal muscle, hit his fourth homer of the spring after Darin Erstad and Tim Salmon singled in the sixth to tie the game at 3.

Neagle retired Glaus on changeups in his previous two at bats before trying to slip a curveball by the Angels' third baseman with two strikes.

"That one didn't move the way I wanted it to," said Neagle, who has allowed five earned runs in 19 2-3 innings this spring for a 2.29 ERA.

Neagle said it might have been for the best.

"Buddy said I was scaring the hell out of him," Neagle said, referring to Rockies manager Buddy Bell. "I asked him why and he said, 'Because you're pitching too darn good.'

"I hope I pleased him by giving up those three runs."

Neagle also had a string of 38 consecutive innings without allowing a walk over two springs end when he walked Salmon in the first.