The 35-year-old southpaw did struggle with his command a bit in this one, issuing four free passes, while striking out five. The Guardians scratched out a run in the opening inning without the benefit of a hit, then Anderson served up a solo homer to Kyle Manzardo in the fourth inning. He generated 10 swings and misses on 81 pitches on the afternoon — six of them on his changeup — while posting a CSW of 32 percent. He’ll carry a 4.50 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and a difficult matchup against the Astros in Houston on Saturday.

Lars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan hit solo shots in the first two innings. Anderson allowed four other hits and a couple of walks, but he limited the damage otherwise. There’s nothing much at all here to like fantasy-wise. He’ll face the Guardians next time out.

With the Guardians’ veteran regulars playing in the team’s other split-squad game, Anderson struck out three today and lowered his spring ERA from 10.64 to 7.41. A Kyle Manzardo triple was the only extra-base hit he allowed.