WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Cardinals rolled out a series of left-handed relievers, one by one, through the first four innings of a game against the defending World Series champions and, zero by zero, flirted with a no-hitter.
With Zack Thompson starting the game, Anthony Misiewicz pitching the fourth inning, and lefties Packy Naughton and Andrew Suarez splitting the innings in between, the Cardinals held the Houston Astros scoreless and hitless until the second half of the ballgame.
Houston tagged Jake Woodford with a single to open the sixth inning and snap the no hitter. The Astros then orbited for three runs in that rally and that was enough to knot the game, 3-3, at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.