White Sox tie, lose in split-squad games
White Sox 3, San Diego Padres 3 (SS)
PEORIA, Ariz. - Tyson Ross learned he would be the Padres' No. 3 starter then pitched into the seventh inning Saturday, allowing a runs and six hits in San Diego's 3-3, nine-inning tie with a Chicago White Sox's split-squad.
Ross, who will start on April 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, worked 6 2-3 innings in his second spring start. He threw 94 pitches, striking out four and walking three. He will follow Andrew Cashner and Ian Kennedy for San Diego.
Avisail Garcia had an RBI single in the eighth.
Chris Beck, a White Sox minor leaguer, made his second spring start, allowing one run on six hits over five inning.
Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko had an RBI double.
White Sox 5, San Francisco Giants 8 (SS)
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Tim Hudson pitched six strong innings, Buster Posey had three hits and the San Francisco Giants beat a Chicago White Sox split squad 8-5 on Saturday.
Hudson allowed one run and scattered seven hits in his fifth Cactus League start for his new team. The 38-year-old right-hander walked one, struck out two and gave up a second-inning homer to Alejandro De Aza.
Juan Perez hit a three-run homer in the sixth to give San Francisco a 4-1 lead. Posey had two RBIs.