By The Associated Press

The Los Angeles Dodgers would love to get one thing from Kevin Brown and Darren Dreifort this season - their money's worth.

Brown and Dreifort, two high-priced pitchers coming off injuries, made their first appearances of the spring Sunday in a 10-5 loss to the Houston Astros - and both were very impressive.

"For the first game of spring training, I'm happy the way things went," Brown said. "I'm not hurt. I'm still going to be mindful, I'm still going to be smart. I don't have to worry about looking over my shoulder."

Brown, who turns 38 this month, signed a $105 million, seven-year contract in December 1998 - the richest deal in baseball at the time.

His first two years with the Dodgers were solid, but he has been limited to 29 starts and 13 wins the last two seasons because of injuries that landed him on the disabled list six times.

The 30-year-old Dreifort signed a $55 million, five-year deal before the 2001 season and went 4-7 with a 5.13 ERA that year before blowing out his elbow on June 29.

He had surgery 10 days later and missed all of last season.

"It's been a long time," Dreifort said. "Everything felt great. The big thing is just feeling good, not having any setbacks."

In other games in Florida, it was Atlanta 4, Montreal 3; Minnesota 6, Boston 5; St. Louis 9, Florida 8; Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6; Cleveland 6, Detroit 4; Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 3; Baltimore 15, the New York Mets 6; and the New York Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4.

In Arizona, Seattle routed San Diego 13-2; Texas outslugged Milwaukee 14-8; Oakland beat San Francisco 10-5; a Colorado split squad edged Anaheim 8-7; Kansas City defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-2; and the Chicago White Sox downed an Arizona split squad 3-2.

A night game between a Colorado split squad and an Arizona split squad was rained out.

Brown pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. Dreifort allowed two hits and three unearned runs in two innings while walking none and striking out three - including Jeff Bagwell.

More important, both pitchers said they felt no pain afterward.

"It was good. I still remembered where the plate was, that was a plus," Brown said. "It's always nice to get that first strike, first out. You feel like you're right back in the saddle."

Braves 4, Expos 3

At Kissimmee, Fla., Mike Hampton pitched out of trouble to get through two scoreless innings in his Atlanta debut.

Astros 10, Dodgers 5

At Vero Beach, Fla., Morgan Ensberg's three-run homer capped a six-run eighth inning for Houston.

Kazuhisa Ishii, facing batters for the first time since Brian Hunter hit a liner that fractured his skull Sept. 8, allowed one hit in two scoreless innings for Los Angeles.

Cardinals 9, Marlins 8

At Jupiter, Fla., Ivan Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs for Florida. Eduardo Perez homered and drove in four runs for the Cardinals, and Edgar Renteria added a two-run shot.

Blue Jays 8, Phillies 6

At Dunedin, Fla., Cory Lidle pitched two perfect innings and Toronto roughed up a wild Randy Wolf. Jim Thome went 0-for-5 and stranded eight runners, four in scoring position.

Twins 6, Red Sox 5

At Fort Myers, Fla., Jacque Jones went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer to help Minnesota overcome a three-run homer by Manny Ramirez. Brad Radke pitched two hitless innings in his first spring start for the Twins.

Indians 6, Tigers 4

At Winter Haven, Fla., Ben Broussard hit a two-run homer and Wendell Magee had a three-run double for Cleveland. Indians starter C.C. Sabathia allowed four hits and three runs in two innings.

Orioles 15, Mets 6

At Port St. Lucie, Fla., Jerry Hairston homered and scored three times as Baltimore piled up 20 hits.

Yankees 5, Devil Rays 4

At Tampa, Fla., Mariano Rivera worked a scoreless ninth inning in his spring debut and was the winning pitcher for New York.

Aubrey Huff hit a two-run homer off Yankees starter Mike Mussina, who allowed four hits in two innings.

Mariners 13, Padres 2

At Peoria, Ariz., Bret Boone homered and Freddy Garcia pitched two innings in his first spring start for Seattle.

Closer Kazuhiro Sasaki worked his first inning after undergoing elbow surgery in October. The Mariners will be without injured starting catcher Dan Wilson for at least two weeks.

Royals 9, Cubs 2

At Mesa, Ariz., Carlos Beltran hit a two-run triple for Kansas City. Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa missed his second straight game with a tight right quadriceps muscle. He said he would return to the lineup in "a couple of days."

White Sox 3, Diamondbacks (ss) 2

At Tucson, Ariz., Bartolo Colon and Mark Buehrle each pitched three strong innings for Chicago.

Byung-Hyun Kim, hoping to move from closer to starter this season, started for Arizona and gave up three runs and four hits in two innings.

New White Sox closer Billy Koch struck out two in the ninth for his first save of the spring.

Rangers 14, Brewers 8

At Surprise, Ariz., Chan Ho Park gave up five runs on six hits in two innings in his first spring start for Texas. Rangers outfielder Ruben Sierra hit a three-run homer.

Athletics 10, Giants 5

At Phoenix, Barry Bonds hit his second home run of the spring, but Scott Hatteberg had a three-run shot for Oakland.

Rockies (ss) 8, Angels 7

At Tempe, Ariz., Scott Elarton, pitching for the first time since shoulder surgery last spring, got Colorado off to a good start with two hitless innings.

Darin Erstad, who had surgery on his right wrist during the offseason, made his spring debut for the Angels. He grounded out his only time up and left after two innings because of soreness in his wrist.