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Cards tie Braves at 2-2 in ninth

JUPITER, Fla. • Reserve outfielder Todd Cunningham singled home the tying run in the ninth inning for the Cardinals after a wild pickoff throw to first by Atlanta reliever Akeel Morris.

The exhibition game went to extra innings even at 2-2 Saturday when pinch hitter Patrick Wisdom struck out with the bases loaded.

'GREAT BALBINO' HOMERS OFF SIEGRIST

Balbino Fuenmayor, Atlanta’s designated hitter, poled a Kevin Siegrist fastball over the left-field wall to snap a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning of Saturday’s exhibition game and give the Braves a 2-1 lead.