There was no protective hop, no tentativeness in Eric Gagne’s delivery — just strikeouts.

David Wells is starting to look ready for opening day, too.

Gagne was more comfortable in his second outing of the spring Wednesday, striking out two in a scoreless inning of relief in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Vero Beach, Fla.

“It was a lot better. I found my comfort zone. I landed more correctly,” Gagne said.

In his debut Monday, Gagne showed obvious discomfort in his left knee, which he sprained Feb. 24. The 2003 NL Cy Young Award winner did not limp or hop at the end of his delivery to protect the knee on landing like he did Monday.

At Fort Myers, Fla., Wells pitched well enough for the first five innings to face his former Yankees teammates on opening day, but was hit hard in the sixth of a rain-shortened, 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

The Red Sox free-agent signee gave up two runs without walking a batter through five, then allowed four runs in his final inning.

At Jupiter, Fla., Matt Morris gave up three hits and a run in his rehabilitation from offseason shoulder surgery. He struck out four in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3-2 victory over the Mets.

“I feel different. I feel looser and free in my shoulder,” Morris said. “I don’t have to concentrate as hard. And when I miss (the strike zone), I’m not missing by much and when I do, I know what is wrong.”

After a disappointing season in which he had a career-worst 4.72 earned-run average, Morris had offseason shoulder surgery. He thinks he needs four more starts to be ready for the season. Wednesday, he threw 55 pitches and struck out four.

In other games:

Reds 9, Yankees 4

At Sarasota, Fla., Joe Randa drove in four Cincinnati runs.

Astros 14, Phillies 8

At Kissimmee, Fla., Billy Wagner gave up five runs and six hits against his former team.

Indians 8, Pirates 6

At Bradenton, Fla., Aaron Boone hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs for Cleveland.

Cubs 11, Diamondbacks 6

At Tucson, Ariz., minor-leaguer Ricky Bell hit a grand slam for Chicago.

Twins 2, Blue Jays 0, 7 inn.

At Fort Myers, Fla., Terry Mulholland pitched one scoreless inning in his first outing of spring.

Rangers 13, Athletics 10

At Phoenix, Francisco Cordero struck out one in a scoreless inning, his first outing of the spring for Texas.

White Sox 17, Brewers 9

At Phoenix, Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer off Josh Fields and threw out Scott Podsednik, the man he was traded to Milwaukee for last winter, when he tried to score on a shallow fly. He also was hit by a pitch by Damaso Marte and had to be restrained from going after him.

Giants 7, Rockies 5, 10 inn.

At Scottsdale, Ariz., Angel Chavez hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th for the Giants.

Mariners (ss) 4, Angels 3

At Peoria, Ariz., Jeremy Reed tripled and singled for the Mariners.