The Baltimore Orioles didn't waste any time putting first baseman Derrek Lee in an RBI situation.
Lee made his Orioles debut in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, batting third and going 0 for 1 with a walk and a run scored against left-hander Cole Hamels. Lee had been sidelined all spring with soreness in his right wrist.
He came to the plate in the bottom of the first with two runners on base and no outs, and drew a walk after falling behind 0-2 in the count. Lee came around to score on Randy Winn's ground ball.
Lee fanned in the second inning on another full count after Hamels got two quick strikes. Jake Fox pinch-hit for Lee in the fourth.
“It feels great,” said Lee, who will get three at-bats Sunday against the Rays in Port Charlotte. "I was happy. (The wrist) wasn't an issue. I didn't feel it swinging. I kind of landed on it going for a ball and didn't feel it. I was happy with it.
“I think Cole was working on his changeup and slider today. I was able to see some pitches and go deep in the count. I felt all right. I saw the ball pretty good. I can't complain. I wasn't going to be too hard on myself either way today.”
The Phillies scored twice off left-hander Michael Gonzalez in the seventh, including Erik Kratz's tie-breaking homer.
John Mayberry Jr. hit his fifth spring home run, and third against the Orioles, after Ross Gload singled in the second inning off Orioles starter Jake Arrieta. Mayberry took over the team lead with 11 RBIs, one more than Ryan Howard, who didn't make the trip.
Shane Victorino greeted reliever Clay Rapada with a three-run shot in the fifth inning that tied the score at 5-5. Two of those runs were charged to Arrieta.
Vladimir Guerrero went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs for the Orioles. His third hit came against former Orioles reliever Danys Baez, who replaced Hamels with two outs in the fourth.
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