PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—The Cardinals had 420-foot homers from both Dylan Carlson and Paul Goldschmidt off New York Mets lefthander David Peterson Sunday. Carlson’s counted for three runs in the first inning and was the difference maker in a 6-4 exhibition win over the Mets.
Carlson also had two singles, matching the two singles the Mets had for the first six innings.
Starter Miles Mikolas, who gave up those soft singles to the Mets, allowed one run but was impressive over two innings, hitting 94 mph consistently. Drew VerHagen, former Detroit pitcher back from two years in Japan, fanned three in two perfect innings, needing just 20 pitches.