Indians tag Rangers with four homers in Friday exhibition

Pitching: Colby Lewis allowed two solo homers in the second inning and left trailing 2-0 after just 3  1/3 innings. He walked three and allowed three hits with a strikeout in 63 pitches during his last spring appearance before the regular season. Tony Barnette took over and finished the fourth. Left-hander Andrew Faulkner started the fifth but recorded only one out after allowing five runs on four hits and a walk. He gave up a two-run homer to Carlos Santana to give the Indians a 7-0 lead. Tom Wilhelmsen replaced him for the final two outs of the fifth after allowing two hits. Jake Diekman gave up a solo homer to Francisco Lindor in the sixth. Sam Dyson and Shawn Tolleson each pitched scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth.

Hitting: The Rangers were held to four hits, including Ryan Cordell’s solo homer in the sixth inning. Delino DeShields legged out a double to lead off in the first but was stranded after Shin-Soo Choo struck out, Prince Fielder flew out to left and Adrian Beltre struck out looking. Texas also had its lead-off hitter on in the third and fourth innings. Lewis Brinson doubled to the left-field corner to start the eighth.

Notable: Friday’s game was the first to be played at Globe Life Park with the new LED lighting system ... 18,001 was the announced attendance.

This story was originally published April 1, 2016 at 10:10 PM with the headline "Indians tag Rangers with four homers in Friday exhibition."