Cade Cavalli gave up an absolute bomb of a home run to the second batter he faced on Saturday afternoon, when he took over for Josiah Gray on the mound in the third inning, with St. Louis Cardinals’ prospect Jordan Walker hitting a center-cut 0-2 pitch onto the concourse in left-center in The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
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Cavalli, 24, picked up two Ks in the frame, then struck out three straight after giving up a leadoff walk in the fourth, finishing the day with five strikeouts from nine batters faced in what ended up a 37-pitch effort by the 2020 Nats’ 1st Round pick, who’s in camp fighting with the hope of making the starting rotation come Opening Day.