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  Saturday, Mar. 25 1:05pm ET
Philadelphia 10, Boston 4
 
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) _ Spring training was made for days like this: Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling pitching on the same day, in the same ballpark under cloudless skies.

Martinez dazzled on the mound for the Boston Red Sox. Schilling, on his way back from shoulder surgery, could only throw in the bullpen and then watch the ``Pedro Show.''

Martinez had his longest outing of the spring, overpowering some of Philadelphia's best hitters before the Phillies came back to beat the Boston Red Sox 10-4.

Fans cheered and chanted Martinez's name while Schilling watched intently from the bullpen. Martinez struck out six in 4 2-3 mostly overwhelming innings. He allowed two runs and six hits and walked one. Afterward, he turned up the expectations in the Red Sox clubhouse just a notch.

``I've gotten pretty much everything that you can get,'' said Martinez, who had one of the best seasons in baseball history last year. ``I've been to All-Star games, I've struggled, I've had success. I've had all kinds of things. I need to win. I want to see Boston, what it's like when we win it.''

Schilling, who opposed Martinez in last year's All-Star game in Boston, continued his rapid comeback from shoulder surgery Dec. 13. He threw for 15 minutes in the bullpen, then announced he would face hitters for the first time Monday. He's lobbying for a chance to pitch at least an inning in the Phillies' final exhibition game April 2 in Seattle.

``That's not going to happen,'' said Phillies manager Terry Francona, who added that Schilling will pitch in some kind of game in Florida ``pretty soon after that.''

Schilling's doctor, Craig Morgan, said he could beat projections of returning in May by as much as two weeks. The 33-year-old ace had his right shoulder capsule tightened, and he and Morgan agree he could come back better than ever.

In his fourth spring start, Martinez didn't look as though he could get much better. He struck out Scott Rolen, Rico Brogna and Mike Lieberthal in the second, blowing Rolen away with an unhittable heater on the inside corner.

``He's fun to watch,'' Schilling said. ``He's a great pitcher and a great guy. Few people understand how good a year he had last year.''

Martinez said that winning was the only way to improve on his 23-4 Cy Young season. He had a 2.07 ERA and struck out 313 in 213 1-3 innings.

``I think I've achieved enough for myself,'' Martinez said. ``In the long run, I would like to make it to the Hall of Fame. But that's hard to get, man. That's pretty good numbers. I'm just going to play the game, let things happen and honestly, I would like to win before anything else.''

Andy Ashby, the Phillies' opening day starter, had his best outing of the spring. The right-hander gave up four runs _ all in the second inning _ and six hits in six innings, walking one and striking out three. He retired 11 straight from the second to the sixth and had four 1-2-3 innings.

``He's getting closer to being Andy Ashby,'' Francona said.

The Phillies knocked Martinez out with two outs in the fifth on Doug Glanville's RBI double that cut Boston's lead to 4-2.

The Phillies got six runs in the seventh including Chris Pritchett's grand slam off loser Derek Lowe, who allowed seven runs. Only two were earned because second baseman Jeff Frye bobbled Tom Prince's sure double-play grounder.

 


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