The beanball brawls have started — and it’s only spring training.

Vladimir Guerrero was ejected in the first inning Monday for starting a bench-clearing fight during the Montreal Expos’ 7-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.

Brad Penny’s second pitch to Guerrero grazed the Montreal slugger’s uniform. Still holding his bat in his left hand, Guerrero said a few words to Penny as catcher Matt Treanor tried to restrain the batter.

After Penny got closer, Guerrero swung his right fist around the catcher at the pitcher, missing. Penny retaliated with a punch that missed, and the dugouts emptied.

“I’m not trying to hit a guy in spring training, especially not in the first inning,” Penny said. “I’m out trying to throw inside. The first pitch he didn’t like, and he stared me down. Then, I barely touched his shirt. He came out. If I wanted to hit him, I would have thrown a two-seam fastball.”

The Mariners and Diamondbacks got into a bench-clearing shoving match in Tucson, Ariz., after All-Stars Bret Boone and Luis Gonzalez were hit by pitches.

Arizona right-hander Miguel Batista hit Boone in the left arm with a pitch in the top of the sixth. In the bottom half, Jeff Nelson hit Gonzalez in the back with the first pitch.

Both dugouts and bullpens emptied, but no punches were thrown. Boone and Gonzalez came out for pinch-runners, but neither was injured.

“It’s just a spring-training game,” Gonzalez said. “By no means are we trying to hit Boonie. He’s one of their stars, one of the marquee guys on the team. All of us in here are big fans of his. He plays in the other league. I just thought it was stupid what he (Nelson) did.”

Oddly, the flareup came between teams whose managers are good friends. First-year Seattle skipper Bob Melvin was Arizona manager Bob Brenly’s bench coach the past two seasons.

The game ended in a 6-all tie after 10 innings by mutual agreement.

In other games:

Montreal's Vladimir Guerrero complains to Florida pitcher Brad Penny. Guerrero was hit by a pitch from Penny and charged the mound Monday in Viera, Fla., creating a bench-clearing brawl. Both players were ejected.

Braves 9, Cardinals 1

At Jupiter, Fla., Rick Ankiel pitched another perfect inning for St. Louis. The 23-year-old left-hander, trying to rebound from wildness and an arm injury, struck out two and threw 15 pitches.

The Cardinals and slugger Albert Pujols agreed to a $900,000, one-year contract.

Blue Jays 4, Twins 0

At Fort Myers, Fla., Eric Hinske hit a three-run homer as four Toronto pitchers combined on a one-hitter.

Astros 5, Phillies 3

At Kissimmee, Fla., Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer.

Indians 11, Yankees 1

At Winter Haven, Fla., Karim Garcia, A.J. Hinch and Omar Vizquel homered in a seven-run fourth for Cleveland.

Red Sox (ss) 1, Pirates 0

At Bradenton, Fla., Johnny Damon homered, and Steve Woodard and four relievers allowed six hits for Boston.

Reds (ss) 7, Baltimore 4

At Sarasota, Fla., Jimmy Haynes, Cincinnati’s projected opening-day starter, allowed one run on five hits in four innings.

Reds (ss) 5, Red Sox (ss) 2

At Fort Myers, Fla., Boston ace Pedro Martinez made his second strong start of spring training, settling down after allowing a first-inning run. Martinez allowed three hits and struck out four in three innings.

Mets (ss) 2, Dodgers (ss) 1

At Port St. Lucie, Fla., David Cone, hoping to earn a spot with the Mets after sitting out the 2002 season, pitched two perfect innings in relief.

Rangers 10, Giants 9

At Scottsdale, Ariz., Hank Blalock got three hits and drove in the go-ahead run for Texas.

White Sox 7, Rockies 4

At Tucson, Ariz., Frank Thomas homered on his first day back from wisdom-tooth surgery.

Devil Rays 5, Tigers 4

At Lakeland, Fla., Brent Abernathy and Travis Lee hit consecutive two-run doubles for Tampa Bay.

Dodgers (ss) 7, Mets (ss) 1

At Vero Beach, Fla., Kevin Brown pitched three pain-free innings.

Padres 4, Angels 3

At Peoria, Ariz., Brady Anderson scored twice.

Athletics 2, Cubs 2

At Mesa, Ariz., Kerry Wood struck out six in five shutout innings as the teams ended the game after nine innings.