Lefthander

The 27-year-old lefthander from Puerto Rico worked a career-long seven complete innings, allowing just three hits with nine strikeouts, helping lead Pensacola to a 3-0 win against the Mississippi Braves.

The first base question follows a bizarre night Wednesday when Harper didn’t take the bat off his shoulder Brewers lefthander Hoby Milner in the sixth inning.

They had only two baserunners in the first six innings against Orioles lefthander Cole Irvin, who entered with a 6.32 ERA in seven starts.

The Boston Red Sox had been linked to Jordan Montgomery for most of the offseason, until the 31-year-old lefthander signed with the reigning National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks.

The lefthander only gave up one run on four hits and threw a complete game shutout in what was one of the best games of her career as a Gator.

But there’s a pretty good chance Zobrist, a switch hitter who is better from the left side, will watch from the bench Sunday as his team faces Brewers lefthander Gio Gonzalez.

Cruz had two chances at the Twins’ first four-homer game, but in the sixth inning he fell behind 0-2 to righthanded reliever Jimmy Cordero before striking out swinging, and in the ninth he flied out to right against lefthander Josh Osich.

This time, he took advantage of manager Rocco Baldelli’s decision to open a spot for Schoop by moving Arraez to left field for a night, and against Rangers lefthander Mike Minor, the move paid dividends.