"Aaron Harang is making progress on his mechanical makeover.

"There's still work to be done," he said. "But I'm happy with today."

He should have been. Harang pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings in a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the B game. He walked two, gave up two hits and struck out two. He was 89, 90 on the radar gun. He threw 62 pitches.

Harang didn't actually pitch into the fifth inning. They added a fourth out in the fourth to allow him to get to his pitch count.

"That's the good thing about a controlled atmosphere," he said. "You can get your full innings, your full work in."

Harang allowed three runs on four hits in 1 1/3 innings in his first outing of the spring.

But with his place secure, Harang is still free to work on things. He did that Sunday. He threw a lot of changeups.

"I threw some first-pitch changeups, some on odd counts. I threw one 3-2," he said. "Spring is the best time to work on things like that."

BIG BOPPER: Juan Francisco hit his third home run in three days - a two-run rocket to left in the B game.

Francisco, 24, has hit 25, 23 and 28 home runs the last three years.

MALONEY'S DAY: Matt Maloney was coming off the kind of performance he couldn't afford to stay in the race for the fifth spot in the rotation.

He bounced back with three scoreless innings in Sunday's A game against the Chicago White Sox. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out two."