When spring training games came to an abrupt halt on March 12, Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong was hitting .464 with four homers. When the exhibition season finally resumed—and ended--Wednesday here at Busch Stadium, the DeJong of July was in lockstep with the one of March.
DeJong drilled a two-run homer and drove in a third run with a sacrifice fly as the Cardinals whipped Mike Matheny’s Kansas City Royals 6-3 at Busch Stadium
Carlos Martinez, promoted to the starting rotation for this season after spending the past two seasons in the bullpen, actually relieved in this game, too.