Pittsburgh Pirates: Josh Fogg became the first Pittsburgh pitcher since 1996 to win five games in spring training as the Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 Saturday in the exhibition finale for both teams.

Pittsburgh's Randall Simon extended his hitting streak to 14 games and minor leaguer Nate McLouth homered and tripled

Fogg went six innings and raised his spring record to 5-1. He allowed three runs, two earned, on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

Denny Neagle was the previous Pirates pitcher to win five games in an exhibition season.

Simon, Pittsburgh's first baseman, doubled home the game's first run in the first inning. He goes into the regular season with 20 hits in 50 at-bats.

McLouth, who spent last season with Class A Lynchburg, hit a two-run homer in a four-run fourth for a 6-0 lead.

Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa, who needs one regular-season home run to reach 500, wrapped up his spring by going 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI Saturday in the Chicago Cubs' 3-2 victory over Arizona.

"He was hurt a little bit in part of the spring, but he's coming on strong like he should be at this time, and like we want him to,'' Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "He's in good shape, a good attitude, a good mind set. We're expecting a big, big year out of Sammy. If that happens, we're somewhere in the hunt for a great October.''

Mark Prior, starter for the third game of next week's season-opening series in New York, allowed two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in six innings. The 22-year-old right-hander struck out seven and walked none. The lone earned run he allowed was on Mark Grace's leadoff homer in the fifth.

"I just kind of let it go. It was nice to leave spring training on a good note,'' Prior said. "It's the first time I've thrown against these guys. Not having the experience facing some of them, I felt like I battled and threw well.''

Converted closer Byung-Hyun Kim, guaranteed a spot in the Diamondbacks rotation with a strong spring, allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits in five innings. He struck out six, walked two and hit a batter. Kim threw 77 pitches, 46 strikes.

New York Yankees: Todd Zeile hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning as the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday in their spring training finale.

Jeff Weaver, the Yankees' fifth starter, allowed three runs, four hits and struck out three in four innings. David Wells followed and gave up one hit over three scoreless innings.

Phillies reliever Carlos Silva hit two batters with pitches in the seventh.

Raul Mondesi was hit near the hip leading off the inning. Both Mondesi and Silva stared at each other as Mondesi ran toward first. The pair then took several steps toward each other but nothing further developed.

"I said throw the ball over the plate,'' Mondesi said. "I was a little bit (mad). The other day he threw at (Juan) Rivera's head. It's over with.''

Nick Johnson hit a hard one-hopper on the next pitch off Silva's foot for a single, which drew a cheer from the Legends Field crowd of 10,243. Silva then hit Soriano in the ribs, loading the bases.

Mondesi and Soriano were lifted for pinch runners. Both said they were OK.

"Soriano, it was more a glancing blow,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre said.

Steinbrenner pleased: George Steinbrenner liked what he saw during the final days of spring training.

"I think they are ready,'' the Yankees owner said after New York beat Philadelphia 4-3 Saturday, closing spring training with five straight wins.

"I've always said that the last week determines a lot, and they certainly played well,'' Steinbrenner said.

New York finished 16-13 after winning just three of its first 12 games.

"I wasn't happy early on, but I understand spring training is not the regular season,'' Steinbrenner said. "That's hard coming to me. I don't like to lose in the start, the middle or at the end. But I like the shape they're in now, I really do. I think Joe and his staff have done a very good job.''

Flaherty beats out Widger: John Flaherty won the Yankees' backup catching job Saturday when the team purchased his contract from Triple-A Columbus and designated Chris Widger.

"They're going to take who they feel is right for them,'' Widger said. "I have no problem with that. It bothers me the way spring training was run. Getting one at-bat at a time and they keep telling me it doesn't matter. I guess it didn't matter what I did.''

Widger said he didn't get the opportunity to catch starters Mike Mussina or Andy Pettitte at all.

"That just tells me they had a pretty good idea what they wanted to do coming into spring training,'' Widger said. "It bothers me they tried to play it off like it was wide open when it really wasn't. It's been a very frustrating spring training.''

Boston Red Sox: Shea Hillenbrand drove in two runs and John Burkett pitched five strong innings Saturday as the Red Sox beat Atlanta Braves 2-1 in the final exhibition game for both teams.

Hillenbrand, who went 2-for-4, had an RBI single in the second inning and an RBI double in the sixth. He finished the spring with a .448 batting average, two home runs and 12 RBI.

Burkett gave up one run and two hits in his longest outing of spring training.

"I'm happy with my spring,'' said Burkett, who had a 6.19 ERA in 16 innings prior to Saturday. I didn't tear 'em up or nothing, but to me spring training is about progression. You want to make progress as you go and I feel I've done that.''

Casey Fossum, Boston's fourth starter, pitched allowed three hits in four scoreless innings.

Atlanta starter Jason Marquis, who gave up 14 runs and 13 hits in three innings against Cleveland in his previous appearance, allowed four hits and in four innings.

Texas Rangers: Rafael Palmeiro homered for the Rangers in a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

Ichiro Suzuki had a leadoff homer and three hits for the Mariners at Raley Field, home of the Oakland Athletics' Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats.

Palmeiro and Todd Greene homered off Seattle's Shigetoshi Hasegawa in the fourth inning. Suzuki also doubled before leaving in the sixth.

Texas opens the regular season Sunday at Anaheim.

Donnie Sadler drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Sadler, a non-roster player who was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma after the game, drove in Laynce Nix.

Mariners finalize roster: The Mariners optioned right-handers J.J. Putz and Rafael Soriano to Triple-A Tacoma and reassigned right-hander Ken Cloude to their minor league camp on Saturday.

The moves mean right-hander Julio Mateo, 23, and who pitched for Seattle in 12 games last season, will join Giovanni Carrara in the Mariners' bullpen.

Seattle signed Carrara, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers the past two seasons, on Friday.

The Mariners on Saturday also selected catcher Pat Borders from Triple-A Tacoma, adding him to their 40-man roster. Borders came to spring training with the Mariners in Arizona as an invited player.

Barring an injury, Borders, 39, won't be with the Mariners' long.

Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks optioned pitcher John Patterson to Triple-A Tucson and designated veteran reliever Greg Swindell for assignment on Saturday.

Manager Bob Brenly had said in February that he expected Patterson to be the No. 4 starter in the Diamondbacks' rotation, but the right-hander had an inconsistent spring.

That, coupled with 21-year-old Oscar Villarreal's strong showing, led to the decision to send Patterson down. Patterson, who said he was surprised and disappointed by the move, packed his gear and left Bank One Ballpark before Saturday's exhibition finale against the Chicago Cubs.

Patterson, 25, underwent elbow ligament-replacement surgery in 2000 and worked his way back last year. In two impressive stints with the Diamondbacks last season, he was 2-0 with a 3.23 ERA. He was 2-2 with a 4.64 ERA this spring.

Villarreal, a right-hander, was 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in 18 innings this spring and was especially impressive in recent outings. He split last season with Double-A El Paso and Triple-A Tucson. He was a combined 6-3 with 125 strikeouts in 128 1/3 innings.

Toronto Blue Jays: Toronto's Tanyon Sturtze allowed nine runs and 12 hits in four innings against his former team as the Blue Jays finished spring training with a 12-12 tie against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday.

"He did leave a lot of balls up, out over the strike zone and his breaking ball wasn't very sharp,'' Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said. "It's something we are going to have to address.''

Tampa Bay starter Nick Bierbrodt also had a terrible day, giving up eight runs and seven hits in three innings.

"He wasn't sharp today, but he'll be fine,'' Devil Rays manager Lou Piniella said.

Marlon Anderson hit a solo homer in the eighth to tie the score 12-all. He went 3-for-6 with a double and four RBI.

Cincinnati Reds: Two exhibitions found some problems at Great American Ball Park -- the drains get stopped up, just like the home team's offense.

The Cincinnati Reds completed a disappointing dry-run at their new ballpark Saturday, losing 3-1 to the Cleveland Indians. They managed two runs in two games while getting swept by their intrastate rival.

"Hopefully when it counts, we'll be able to count one,'' shortstop Barry Larkin said.

The wins and losses won't count until Monday, when the Reds open against the Pittsburgh Pirates and keep their regulars on the field. They're hoping that energizes an offense that scored two or fewer runs in seven of the last nine games.

"Come Monday, we're going to play it completely different than we have in any of these games here,'' manager Bob Boone said. "Still, you'd like to see some better swings.''

Instead of a rousing start at the new place, the Reds played much like the team that closed Cinergy Field last September getting swept by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Minnesota Twins: Torii Hunter, Doug Mientkiewicz and Denny Hocking homered as the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 Saturday in the final spring training game for both teams.

All three homers were off Matt Kinney, who was 0-3 this spring. Mientkiewicz gave the Twins a 1-0 lead in the second, Hunter hit a two-run homer in the third and Hocking added a solo shot in the fourth.

Kyle Lohse allowed only one hit, a two-out single by Richie Sexson in the first inning.

"It was a good last game,'' Lohse said. "Now we can start playing some real games.''

Five relievers pitched a scoreless inning each in combining with Lohse on a two-hitter.

Baltimore Orioles: Jay Gibbons, Jerry Hairston, Gary Matthews Jr. and Melvin Mora homered as the Orioles beat the New York Mets 7-3 Saturday at Shea Stadium.

Mike Piazza hit a towering two-run shot off Baltimore starter Pat Hentgen, who allowed three runs and five hits in three innings.

"I threw a guffball to Piazza,'' Hentgen said. "I walked (Roberto) Alomar, too, and you can't do that in the major leagues. Then Piazza hit it to the moon, I think.''

The Orioles finished 14-14 in spring training. The Mets went 16-14 .

"Unless you lose all of your games, I don't think your record in spring training is all that important,'' Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said. "Playing well in your last game is important -- it gives you a springboard to use. And it sure beats the alternative.''

Baltimore scored four times in the first inning off Mets starter Jae Seo. Gibbons hit a two-run shot.

Florida Marlins: Mark Redman pitched seven shutout innings Saturday and the Florida Marlins closed their exhibition schedule with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Mudcats, their Double-A affiliate.

Redman has thrown 17 scoreless innings over his last four outings. Blaine Neal earned the save.

Juan Encarnacion, Brian Banks and Ramon Castro hit solo home runs for Florida. Ivan Rodriguez doubled in Juan Pierre in the third inning.

Marlins reliever Tim Spooneybarger gave up two runs in the eighth. Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer for the Mudcats in the ninth.

The Marlins open their season Monday at home against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Colorado Rockies: Shawn Chacon capped a stellar spring by pitching five strong innings, and Mark Sweeney and Gabe Kapler drove in two runs apiece to lead the Colorado Rockies over the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Saturday.

Chacon, who regained his spot in the rotation by going 4-0 this spring, threw four shutout innings before giving up two earned runs in the fifth. He is slated to be the Rockies' No. 4 starter.

"Chacon's been our most consistent starter this spring,'' manager Clint Hurdle said. "He had to come in here, secure a job on the staff, and he's done exactly that.''

The Rockies took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Greg Norton and Charles Johnson scored on Sweeney's triple.

Colorado added to its lead in the second on Kapler's RBI double. Kapler scored on Miguel Asencio's wild pitch.

Oakland Athletics: The Oakland Athletics purchased outfielder Ron Gant's contract from Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday and placed pitcher Jim Mecir on the 15-day disabled list.

The A's also optioned infielder Jason Grabowski to Sacramento and reassigned catcher Adam Melhuse, infielder David McCarty and outfielder Billy McMillon to their minor league camp to finalize the 25-man Opening-Day roster.

Outfielder Eric Byrnes, who had an impressive spring training, starting second baseman Mark Ellis and pitcher Mike Neu all made an Opening-Day roster for the first time.

"We want to make sure we have as many options as possible,'' manager Ken Macha said.

Byrnes is hitting .350 this spring with five home runs and 13 RBI. He homered off San Francisco closer Robb Nen on Saturday in an 8-4 loss to the Giants.