JUPITER, Fla. • Adam Wainwright’s spring debut for the Cardinals was far from a howling success Thursday. After Dansby Swanson homered as the leadoff man for the Atlanta Braves, Adam Walker followed with a two-out, two-run homer to dead center and the Braves had a 3-0 lead in exhibition baseball.
ADAMS SEEKING ANSWERS; CARPENTER OUT
Matt Adams, nothing for 12 with seven strikeouts as he has been adjusting his swing this spring, will try to break his nearly week-long drought Thursday when he starts at first base against Atlanta and veteran Bartolo Colon in exhibition baseball.