Garcia continued his rehab assignment for the Springfield Cardinals on Friday.
After a disappointing turn in the Memphis rotation, left-hander Jaime Garcia turned in a much stronger start for the Springfield Cardinals against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Garcia turned in 6 innings where he gave up just 2 runs, and both of those runs came in his final inning as his pitch count approached 90. In the 6th, he gave up a 2-run home run to big right-hander Balbino Fuenmayer.
In all, Garcia created 9 groundouts and struck out 6 batters, all of them swinging.