JUPITER, Fla.—Six potential Cardinals starting pitchers have worked in the Cardinals’ first three exhibition games and four of them have been unscored on. Tuesday’s pair, John Gant and Ryan Helsley, who pitched two innings apiece, didn’t allow a hit either.
Gant allowed a walk and a stolen base and then threw a pickoff throw into center field as the Marlins scored in the first. Helsley hit Brian Andersen with a pitch but didn’t allow any other runners in his two frames.
Both the Cardinals and Marlins had trouble with their run game defense. Miami starter Sandy Alcantara, a former Cardinal, also had a wild pickoff throw plus a walk and he walked three.