JUPITER, Fla. — “KK” had two ‘Ks’ and could have had a third strikeout but for a couple of close pitches that didn’t go Kwang-Hyun Kim’s way in a full-count walk in the fifth inning.
But the Korean lefthander’s Cardinals debut hardly could have gone much better as he and six other Cardinals pitchers, including five lefthanded relievers, stopped the New York Mets 2-0 in the exhibition opener on Saturday.
Catcher Andrew Knizner, whose triple set up the insurance run in the eighth inning, said, “His slider was gross, a late darter on both sides of the plate.