VIERA, Fla. • A single, a hit batter and a double allowed Washington to even the score in the fourth inning of Thursday's Grapefruit League exhibition at Space Coast Stadium. It's 2-2.
Cardinals Ace Adam Wainwright had allowed only one hit — a breaking ball Nationals star Bryce Harper hit hard for a first-inning double — before he surrendered an infield hit to Jayson Werth. Second baseman Koten Wong made a stunning stop and completed the throw, but first baseman Matt Adams could not scoop the ball from the dirt.
Wainwright then plunked Anthony Rendon in the side.