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Astros Down Cardinals 5-3 as Opening Day Looms Ever Closer

Spring Training at this point is more about tuning up for the regular season and less about checking out prospects....Unless the prospect is on the cusp of making the OD roster.

As far as tune-ups are concerned, Framber Valdez looked ready for Opening Day. Although he gave up three runs on two homers, one of those was a strongly wind-aided two-run job. Otherwise, he looked like Framber, allowing only three hits, two walks, with six Ks in five innings.

Does “tuning up” apply to Jeremy Pena? He was 3-3 with a solo homer and two runs scored against Sonny Gray.