Scott Spiezio will try to return to the majors with a team that rarely takes a chance on troubled players.
Spiezio, 35, agreed yesterday to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves, who'll give the infielder an opportunity to show he's cleaned up his life after an arrest on drunken driving and assault charges led to his release in February by St. Louis.
Spiezio missed more than a month last year while getting treatment for substance abuse. Then, in December, he was charged with six counts after police said he crashed his car, fled the scene and then beat up a friend who tried to help him.
Injuries of note
Cleveland catcher Victor Martinez was taken for an MRI on his injured left hamstring, which he hurt while running the bases in the second inning at Cleveland . . . Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano left in the seventh inning against Milwaukee after injuring his hand while making a pickoff throw to second base . . . Royals center fielder David DeJesus aggravated his sprained right ankle and left the game at Detroit in the third inning.
