Manager Kirk Gibson said Tuesday that the D-backs would most likely carry both Didi Gregorius and Chris Owings for the March 22-23 series with the Dodgers.

Barry Bonds was making a grand, albeit controversial, exit, and Albert Pujols was emerging as one of the game’s newest superstars. And for a four-year stretch in the early 2000s, the peaks of two of baseball’s greatest hitters intertwined, with Bonds rewriting the record books and Pujols heading toward unprecedented consistency.

Manager Don Mattingly will miss the Dodgers’ Cactus League games Wednesday and Thursday after a death in the family.

D-backs right-hander Trevor Cahill was forced to leave his start in the fifth inning Tuesday after he sustained an injury while covering first base. The team later called the injury a jammed knee and said he was day to day.

The first chance Lloyd McClendon had to use the new replay system worked out well for the Mariners, with a call being overturned during an eighth-inning rally on Tuesday against the Angels.

The Opening Series in Australia between the D-backs and Dodgers will not use the new expanded instant replay, instead falling back on the system in place last year for home runs and fair/foul calls.

This was Sonny Gray’s third start in his first spring as a so-called established Major Leaguer, and he’s still feeling his way through it. All this talk — about his bouts with Justin Verlander last October, about his candidacy for the Opening Day nod, about his status as one of the game’s rising stars — can be a little overwhelming.

Nothing is set in stone yet, but it’s appearing more likely that Dodgers right-hander Dan Haren won’t make the trip to Australia for the Opening Series between the Dodgers and D-backs.

One of the reasons that the Cincinnati Reds harbor high hopes for the 2014 season can be summed up in two words: Tony Cingrani.

Barry Bonds has remained busy since arriving at Giants camp Monday for his visit as a guest instructor. The Giants’ eagerness to tap into Bonds’ knowledge appears destined to last through Sunday, when his stint ends.

Buster Posey smashed a three-run home run off the Reds’ Tony Cingrani to tie Tuesday’s game in the third inning, and the Giants would tack on five runs in the game to cruise to an 8-5 victory at Goodyear Ballpark.

What once appeared to be a long shot now seems to be a very real possibility. When the Red Sox open their season at Camden Yards on March 31, Grady Sizemore could well be the man leading off and starting in center field.

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez confirmed on Tuesday that Brandon Beachy will not make his next scheduled Grapefruit League start.

CC Sabathia, making his second start of the spring Tuesday, was having trouble with his delivery, flying open and leaving the ball up. He gave up three earned runs on four hits, walking two and striking out three, while throwing 37 of 62 pitches for strikes. His fastball velocity continued to lag, topping out in the high 80s. But it wasn’t all bad, as Sabathia described himself as “light years” ahead of where he was at this time a year ago.

Justin Verlander allowed one hit, struck out two and walked two over 3 2/3 innings during a his first Grapefruit League action on Tuesday in Detroit’s 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Blue Jays at Joker Marchant Stadium. Don Kelly hit a two-run homer.

Julio Teheran tossed four perfect innings and Dan Uggla drilled a fifth-inning solo home run that propelled the Braves toward a 9-1 win over the Phillies on Tuesday afternoon at Champion Stadium.

The Rays snapped a two-game losing streak with a 7-1 win over the Twins on Tuesday at Charlotte Sports Park. David Price made his second official start of the spring and posted eight strikeouts in five strong innings.