JUPITER, Fla. • Hitters faced pitchers for the first time this spring in Cardinals camp on Sunday. Some hitters swung and missed pitches. Some made contact. Some hitters just tracked pitches, preferring to keep lumber on shoulder.
But the pitchers pitched — and manager Mike Matheny does call this exercise “pitching practice” and not “batting practice.” And more than several caught the eye of pitching coach Derek Lilliquist.
“Today was a great day on Field 1,” said Lilliquist. “There was a lot of good stuff going on today.”
Adam Wainwright and Seung Hwan Oh threw to hitters on Field 1.