Dansby Swanson and Adam Walker homered and Ronald Acuna and Rio Ruiz both went 2-3, but the pitching staff struggled as the Braves fell to the Cardinals 8-3.
Dansby got the game started on the right foot for the Braves. Batting in the leadoff spot, Swanson clubbed his first homer of the spring to left-center to give the Braves a quick 1-0 lead. The newly acquired Adam Walker, who has shown some crazy raw power in his career, plated Rio Ruiz with his own bomb off of Adam Wainwright...this one to center and the Braves claimed a quick 3-0 lead.