BRADENTON, Fla. -- Home runs by Bobby Crosby and Garrett Jones carried the Pirates to a 15-5 romp past the Minnesota Twins this afternoon at McKechnie Field.

The Pirates were trailing, 5-3, in the fourth, when Crosby reached forward and mostly one-armed a three-run home run to left. A brisk wind that wreaked havoc on the fielders all afternoon helped Crosby's ball, which probably would have been a flyout in Pittsburgh.

But there was no mistaking the pedigree of Jones' two-run shot later that inning, a laser over the fence in right that brought an 8-5 lead.

It was Jones' first hit after an 0-for-7 start to his spring and, to hear him tell it, a bit of a relief.

"I just wanted to get my swing back to being a little shorter," Jones said. "Just looking for some good contact there."

Crosby, making his first spring start at first base, finished with four RBIs.

Ross Ohlendorf made a two-inning start and gave up Justin Morneau's two-run home run in the first. Ohlendorf settled a bit after throwing six of his first seven pitches for balls.

"I never really established my fastball or got command of it," Ohlendorf said. "A little bit of it was that I hadn't really planned on throwing my changeup, and I threw it for the second and fourth pitches of the game. I should have stayed with my fastball."

The Pirates scored three in the second, on RBI triples by Pedro Alvarez and John Raynor sandwiched around Crosby's run-scoring infield single.

Other offensive highlights amid the 15-hit total: Ryan Doumit went 2 for 3, Alvarez went 2 for 4 with a walk, and Delwyn Young hit a three-run triple in the seventh.

Also, reliever Vinnie Chulk pitched two scoreless innings and got five of his six outs by strikeout. He allowed one hit.

The Pirates, 2-2-1 in Grapefruit League play, will use split squads tomorrow to face the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays.

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