Official Site of the Cardinals · Mar 15, 2017
Rough third inning only blemish for Cards' Leake
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins starter Adalberto Mejia made another strong case for a spot in the rotation, while Joe Mauer sparked the offense in a 9-0 win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals in front of a record crowd at Hammond Stadium on Wednesday.
"I kept thinking 'Just throw strikes, just throw strikes' there's nothing else you can do out there if you keep thinking about anything else," Mejia said through a translator.
Adalberto Mejia strikes out eight over 3 /2/3 scoreless frames, allowing just four hits in the Twins' Spring Training win over the CardinalsTwins relievers Brandon Kintzler, Craig Breslow and Ryan Pressly each threw a hitless inning in relief.