GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Catcher Paul Phillips wanted to tell Justine Siegal that she threw like a girl. He couldn't because she didn't.

Siegal, 36, threw batting practice to two groups of Indians hitters Monday during the second full-squad workout of spring training. She faced four minor leaguers at 11 a.m. and three of the Tribe's catchers in big-league camp at noon. She received passing grades from both.

It's believed she's the first woman to throw BP to a big-league team.

"She would have fit right in if you hadn't seen her two pony tails," said Phillips, trying to make the Indians as Carlos Santana's backup. "When she threw a couple of balls, she stopped, gathered herself and threw a strike. That's just what you're supposed to do."

Catcher Lou Marson added, "She was good. She was better than some of our guys."

Siegal grew up an Indians fan in Cleveland Heights.

"Being an Indians fan is in my blood," she said. "I wanted to be Orel Hershiser. I grew up taking the train down to Municipal Stadium with my grandfather, Alvin, who is still a season ticket holder."

Siegal pitched and played third base on the boys high school team at Hawken. She spent three years as the only female assistant coach in the country for a men's collegiate team at Springfield (Mass.) College and was the first woman to coach first base for a men's professional team on the Brockton Rox in 2009.

The idea behind throwing batting practice to big-league players, Siegal said, is to encourage girls to play baseball.

"I want girls baseball across America," said Siegal. "When I throw, all of a sudden we have a dialogue, about how much girls and women love baseball and how they want to be a part of it."

She wore No.15 because her daughter, Jasmine, was born on Feb. 15. On the sleeve of the jersey was Christina Taylor Green's Little League patch. Green was killed during a shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 8 in which U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head.

"I asked a league organizer if it was OK if I wore her patch," said Siegal. "They said 'please do.' Christina Taylor Green was the only girl on her baseball team. My organization 'Baseball For All' is all about providing opportunities for girls to play baseball. Most of them are the only girl in their league.

"I'm really honored to wear this patch."

Siegal, working toward her doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Springfield College, is scheduled to throw for Oakland later in the week.

Start me up: Josh Tomlin will start the Cactus League opener Sunday against Cincinnati at Goodyear Ballpark. Fausto Carmona will start Monday's game against the Reds.

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The Indians will play intrasquad games Thursday and Friday. Tomlin and Justin Masterson will start Thursday's 41/2- inning games. Kelvin De La Cruz, Jeanmar Gomez, Nick Hagadone, David Huff, Joe Smith, Doug Mathis and Drew Pomeranz are also scheduled to pitch.

Carlos Carrasco and Mitch Talbot will start Friday's seven-inning game. Josh Judy, Frank Herrmann, Aaron Laffey, Jensen Lewis, Yohan Pino, Anthony Reyes, Tony Sipp, Jess Todd, Zach McAllister, Joe Martinez, Bryce Stowell and Vinnie Pestano are scheduled to pitch.

New home: Orlando Cabrera's move to second base is going well.

"Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been easy," said Cabrera, "but the transition has not been that hard. It's going to be interesting working with Asdrubal [Cabrera] this year. We can definitely turn some double plays and help our pitching staff, which has a lot of ground-ball pitchers."

Cabrera has almost 13 years of service time in the big leagues. Outside of the 33 games he's played at second base, he's spent the rest of the time at shortstop.

"This isn't a weird situation," he said. "Playing shortstop, you have to know where everybody on the infield is positioning themselves. There's no surprise. I don't feel uncomfortable at all."

Proper posture: Talbot is wearing two long strips of tape in a V shape from the top of his shoulders to his waist.

"It's just a reminder for me to stand straight," said Talbot. "When I start to slouch, I feel a pull on my shoulder."

Talbot won 10 games as a rookie last season, but hit a bump when he went on the disabled list on July 30 with a sprained back. After being activated in August, he went 2-4.