JUPITER, Fla. — Thrust into a start in place of Kwang Hyun Kim, Cardinals lefty Genesis Cabrera had difficulty getting ahold of his pitches and had to leave the game in the second inning with a cracked fingernail on his pitching hand.
Cabrera had issued a leadoff walk to the Minnesota Twins' No. 6 hitter and thrown a ball to the next batter when Yadier Molina trotted out the mound.
A trainer followed. The pitching coach. The manager, too.
Cabrera fiddled with a finger on his left hand, and came out of the game having thrown only 28 pitches of what was supposed to be a three-inning outing.