JUPITER, Fla. • While the star players have started trickling out of the game, the Cardinals and Marlins were tied 2-2 entering the seventh inning of Sunday's Grapefruit League exhibition game at Roger Dean Stadium.
Derek Dietrich's sacrifice fly to center field off Cardinals reliever Seth Maness in the sixth inning erased an advantage provided by a Marlins' error the previous inning, when Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas' errant throw after a Tommy Pham grounder let Greg Garcia score.
Cardinal fans concerned about the lack of home runs shown this spring by Matt Carpenter and his teammates will be happy to hear the third baseman put his club on the board with a leadoff blast in the first.