DeRosa treats former teammate Lilly rudely

MESA, Ariz. - Mark DeRosa and Kerry Wood faced the Cubs on Sunday for the first time since their respective departures this off-season - and it was DeRosa who stole the show.

DeRosa hit the first pitch he saw from Ted Lilly for a 2-run homer in the first inning of the Cleveland Indians' 7-5 victory. In the third, he hit another homer off Lilly, this one halfway up the scoreboard in left. Lilly and DeRosa were Cubs teammates for two years and teammates in the World Baseball Classic, but Lilly swears he wasn't grooving pitches.

"You would think, by those swings," Lilly said. "He's a good fastball hitter, and I wanted to challenge him. I still felt like if I do challenge him, if I locate my pitches, I might get him out. We're going to see him again in June. I already looked at the schedule and made sure. I've got to make sure that somehow I get in that series. If he's playing third again, I'm going to break about 10 of his bats, get into his kitchen."

DeRosa said it was all business.

"No, he was pitching," he said. "That's fun, because I feel my timing is there and my swing is in a good spot right now, but just to come over here and see these guys again, as soon as you see that uniform go out on the field, you start to relive two years of memories and two division championships."

Hello, Woody: Kerry Wood greeted his ex-teammates and Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Sunday. Although he said it was strange to come back as a visitor, he said he likes life as the Indians' closer.

Wood worked a scoreless seventh inning. Like DeRosa, he was cheered by the 13,097 at HoHoKam.

"It was a little different, coming out of the parking lot," Wood said. "It was nice seeing everybody. I think we left on good terms. Everything was good when we left. I think there was a mutual kind of agreement that it was just best for both. I'm looking forward to the place I'm at now and having a good season."

Wood said he'd love to come back to the Cubs one day in some capacity.

"When I'm done playing, I'm going to have to find something to do," he said with a smile. "It's definitely not out of the question. I'd be honored."

Johnson OK: Outfielder Reed Johnson did not start, but he said his right hand was fine. Johnson was hit on the bottom of the palm Saturday against the Rockies. He stayed in the game and wound up with a pair of walks and 2 outfield assists.

Johnson hit a pinch 2-run homer in Sunday's eighth inning.

"You know, he didn't come here this spring to share a job," Lou Piniella said, referencing Kosuke Fukudome, the Cubs' other center fielder. "He came here to take a job, and I'm telling you, he's doing his part.

"He gives us energy when he plays. He's a good player. Like I said, he's looking for a full-time job, and we'll just leave it at that."

Roster cuts: The Cubs trimmed the roster to 30. They optioned pitchers Kevin Hart and Randy Wells to Class AAA Iowa. Reassigned to minor-league camp were catcher Mark Johnson, infielders Andres Blanco and Esteban German and outfielders Brad Snyder and So Taguchi.