At Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, Fla.
What happened: The Detroit Tigers beat the Atlanta Braves, 7-5, in a split-squad game. … Mike Pelfrey made his fifth appearance of spring training and showed progress. … The Tigers jumped on veteran Bartolo Colon for a five-run lead early. … There were no injuries.
Starting off: Pelfrey leaned on his off-speed stuff in 3 2/3 innings. He built off his last strong outing on Sunday but didn’t show enough for it to be considered a great leap. He allowed seven baserunners; two runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts.