WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Young catcher Andrew Knizner, who spent a couple of months with the Cardinals in 2019, made his best impression of the spring Thursday night in the Cardinals’ second game of the day here.
Knizner, who had been hitting .118, smashed a long, two-run homer to left center in the second inning to highlight a three-run homer off tough Washington Nationals lefthander Tyler Corbin after Rangel Ravelo and Austin Dean had doubled.
While Knizner was serving as the designated hitter, catcher Matt Wieters threw out the Nationals’ Juan Soto trying to steal third for the second out of the second inning after Soto had opened the inning with a double.