Looking for a spot, Below contains Yanks  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Michael Pineda had his strongest outing in a Yankees uniform, as his new team and a split-squad Tigers club played to a 1-1 tie in 10 innings at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday afternoon.  —  Pineda went five innings …

A's beat Yomiuri Giants 5-0 in exhibition game  —  TOKYO—Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning and Tommy Milone pitched five scoreless innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 in an exhibition game on Sunday.  —  Suzuki connected off Yomiuri …

Elarton settles down in Phillies' loss to Tigers  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Tigers ace Justin Verlander, the defending American League Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Award winner, picked up right where he left off through his first four Grapefruit League starts on Sunday, leading Detroit …

Dennis Bennett, member of 1964 Phillies, dies at 72  —  Dennis Bennett, who won 12 games for the 1964 Phillies, died Saturday.  He was 72.  —  Bennett's daughter, Vanessa, said he died at his home in Klamath Falls, Ore., after an ongoing illness.  The Herald and News reports that Bennett …

Lavarnway and Iglesias could offer major help  —  The two best players at the catcher and shortstop positions in the Red Sox organization are Ryan Lavarnway and Jose Iglesias.  If they don't make the final 25-man roster, you have to wonder what's going on.  —  Iglesias saves runs …

Kershaw solid for six innings against Crew  —  PHOENIX — Japanese import Norichika Aoki hit his first stateside home run — off the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, no less — and a Brewers split squad scored a 7-1 win over the Dodgers on Sunday at Maryvale Baseball Park.

Soriano, Mather lead way against Indians  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Alfonso Soriano launched a home run and drove in three to help lead the Cubs to a 6-2 Cactus League victory over the Indians on Sunday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark.  Soriano leads the Cactus League with six blasts this spring.

Nationals' Beat Mets 12-0, Stop 11-Game Slide  —  VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Ian Desmond, Jayson Werth and Roger Bernadina hit first-inning home runs off Matt Harvey to back Stephen Strasburg, and the Washington Nationals routed the New York Mets 12-0 Sunday to stop an 11-game winless streak.

John Williams composes ‘Fanfare for Fenway’  —  Conductor John Williams has composed a musical tribute in honor of Fenway Park's 100th anniversary.  The piece, entitled “Fanfare for Fenway” is slightly more than three minutes long, and it was played and recorded Saturday at Symphony Hall …

Elbow injury sidelines Madson for season  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Before he ever got to pitch in a game for the Reds, the season is already over for new closer Ryan Madson.  —  Following an examination in Cincinnati Saturday morning, the club said that Madson's elbow ligament had torn off of the bone.