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Cards Pick Up 3rd Win of Spring Training
Wacha has great outing in first start

Jupiter, FL -- The Cardinals continued their winning ways this spring as they topped Miami 2-0 in a beautiful game in Florida. Michael Wacha took the hill for the Cardinals and had a great outing as the rest of the team were able to shut down Miami.

Michael Wacha would give up two hits in his brief outing but would strike out five batters in three innings.

"It's a great first start for him and we are looking forward to great things from him," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said after the game.

Kolton Wong and Jed Gyroko, both battling for an infield starting spot, ripped doubles to help the Cardinals cause. Yadier Molina got another base hit, going 1-3 from the plate and raised his spring average to .333. Randal Grichuk seems to be struggling so far this spring. He did score a run after reaching on an error but was 0-3 otherwise with two strikeouts.

Other pitching notables were Jamie Garcia, who will start tomorrow, who went an inning and struck out two and Trevor Rosenthal who closed out the game with a strikeout.

The Cardinals will face off next against the Washington Nationals with Jaime Garcia taking the hill against Tanner Roark.

St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins
Mar 5, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (3-0)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0
Miami (1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
W: Jonathan Broxton (1-0) L: David Phelps (0-1) S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	MIA
STL	6	Peralta hit a sacrifice fly to left, Grichuck scores.	1	0
STL	7	Fryer grounded to center for a single, Wong scores.	2	0

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Grichuk, CF	3	1	0	0	0	2	.111
Pham, PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Piscotty, RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
Peguero, PH-RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Holliday, LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	.125
Luke, PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Carpenter, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.125
Tejada, PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Peralta, SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	.000
Garcia, PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Moss, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286
Adams, PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Gyorko, 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Wong, PH-2B	1	1	1	0	1	0	.143
Molina, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Pena, PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wacha, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Fryer, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	.500
BATTING 2B: Wong (1), Gyorko (1) RBI: Peralta (1), Fryer (1) SF: Peralta SAC: Wacha GIDP: Garcia, Pham, Luke

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Wacha	3.0	2	0	0	0	5	0.00
Garcia	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Broxton	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
Hainey	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Conrad	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Siegrist	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
Rosenthal	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0.00

Miami Marlins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Gordon, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.091
Telis, PH-2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Yelich, CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.200
Dietrich, PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.600
Stanton, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.167
Maxwell, PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Bour, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Rojas, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Scruggs, 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500
Prado, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167
Johnson, PH-3B	1	0	1	0	1	0	.333
Ozuna, LF	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167
Gillespie, PH-LF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500
Realmuto, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.231
Hechavarria, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.300
Conley, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Narveson, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Suzuki, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200
FIELDING E: Bour (1), Prado (1)

Miami Marlins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Conley	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0.00
Fernandez	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	2.25
Narveson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Phelps	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	13.50
Morris	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	6.75
Urena	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Capps	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
PITCHING WP: Fernandez (1), Phelps (1)

Bour still working out the kinks in the spring


Kolten Wong rips a double, he would later score.


Tejada makes a great bare handed play