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the Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander found a way to push the Cardinals around. At
long last, St. Louis pushed back. The Cardinals jumped on the Pirates ace early,
Yadier Molina hit his second homer of the season and Jhonny Peralta added a late
two-run shot as St. Louis pulled away for a 6-1 win on Saturday night. The
victory was the first by the Cardinals against Liriano, who went 4-0 with a 1.16
ERA against St. Louis last season, including a triumph in Game 3 of the NL
division series. "Hes tough, man, but he caught a lot of the plate with his
pitches tonight, especially in the first inning and then on the home run,"
Molina said. "Hes a tough pitcher and we kind of caught him when he wasnt at his
best." Molina finished 2 for 4 and his solo homer in the sixth gave the
Cardinals plenty of cushion as they bounced back from a 12-2 loss on Friday by
not waiting around for Liriano to get into a rhythm. St. Louis used a three-run
first inning to put the Pirates in a quick hole then held on as Joe Kelly (1-0)
shook off some rust in his first start of the season. The right-hander worked 5
1-3 innings, walking four and striking out four. "I made some good pitches when
I had to but I struggled a little with my command from time to time," Kelly
said. "It seemed like when I really needed to make a pitch I was able to do it
and avoid getting into big trouble." The Pirates had their chances. They loaded
the bases in the third but managed only a single run when Kelly walked
Russell Martin. Pittsburgh left 11 runners on base, including seven in the first
four innings. "We had opportunities to cash in and we werent able to do it,"
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said hours after agreeing to a contract extension
that will keep him in Pittsburgh through at least 2017. St. Louis reliever
Carlos Martinez, who typically works the eighth inning, replaced Kelly with two
on and one out in the sixth and retired Starling Marte and Travis Snider on
groundouts to end the threat. "It was a part of the game where it could have
gone in a different direction fast," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said.
"Carlos came out and did exactly what we needed him to do." Liriano, who struck
out 10 in six innings on opening day against the Cubs, settled down after
initial command issues. He surrendered four runs on seven hits in six innings,
walking two and striking out four. "Theyve got some good hitters and they hit
some good pitches down and I made a couple of mistakes too," Liriano said after
falling to 9-2 in his career at PNC Park. "Thats part of the game. Just one of
those nights." It wasnt exactly a repeat of the last time Liriano faced St.
Louis, when he held the Cardinals in check in Game 3 of the NL division series
to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. St. Louis rallied to
take the series in five games and six months later it appears the clubs that
finished one-two in the NL Central remain evenly matched. The teams have now
split the last 26 meetings. For once, however, the Cardinals got the best of
Pittsburghs ace by not messing around while he dealt with location issues in the
first. Matt Carpenter led off with a single. Peralta walked and Matt Holliday
followed with an RBI single to right. Peralta scored on a sacrifice fly by
Allen Craig, with Holliday scoring on a perfectly placed single to left by
Matt Adams. Molina provided insurance with a homer to right and Peraltas second
home run with the Cardinals slipped inside the left field foul pole against
Pittsburgh reliever Jeanmar Gomez in the ninth. That was more than enough for a
bullpen that didnt surrender a hit in 3 2-3 innings of work. NOTES: Marte went 1
for 5 and has reached base in each of his 17 career games against St. Louis. ...
St. Louis reliever Jason Motte, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery on his
right elbow, participated in a simulated game in Florida on Saturday. Matheny
said the team doesnt have a pre-determined role set for Motte, who saved 42
games in 2012 before the injury. ... The series concludes on Sunday when
Adam Wainwright (1-0, 0.00) is set to go for St. Louis against Edinson Volquez
(0-0, 0.00), who pitched two innings of relief in a loss to the Cubs on
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While much of the nation is buried in snow, glazed by ice or just plain
shivering in the cold, its time to play ball in the desert. Spring training
officially began Thursday when Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers and catchers
reported, with their first workout set for Friday. On the other side of suburban
Phoenix, in Glendale, Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers and catchers report on
Saturday. Full-squad workouts for both teams begin next week. The Diamondbacks
and Dodgers get an early start because they will open the MLB season with a
two-game series in Australia on March 22-23. The rest of the teams begin
workouts next week at their spring training haunts in Arizona and Florida.
Arizonas reporting date signals the beginning of preparation for a season that
wont end until the World Series eight months from now. The Diamondbacks are
coming off consecutive 81-81 seasons and face the prospect, like the rest of the
NL West, of trying to compete with the cash- and pitching-rich Dodgers. Arizona
wanted to add a veteran starter in the off-season and still may. A person with
knowledge of the situation said Thursday that the Diamondbacks were talking with
representatives of Bronson Arroyo with the possibility of landing the
36-year-old right-hander. The person asked not to be identified because the
talks had not been made public. The Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles also
reportedly have interest in Arroyo. If no changes are made, the Diamondbacks
rotation is expected to include left-handers Patrick Corbin and Wade Miley and
right-handers Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy. Young right-hander Randall
Delgado and top minor league prospect Archie Bradley could vie for the other
rotation spot. Diamondbacks players went through informal workouts in relatively
chilly weather, at least by Arizona standards, on Thursday. Temperatures were in
the low 60s but were expected to rise to the high 70s over the weekend. Kirk
Gibson is entering his fourth season as manager and earlier this week got an
extension of his contract, which had been set to expire this year. He said the
early start to spring training will mean a larger gap between the start of
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training before their stateside regular-season openers. "The seasons going to be
a little longer, " Gibson said, "but if you look at the other people that have
played abroad early, I think theres 10 teams that went and five of them have
went to post-season play." Even though its an early start to spring training,
McCarthy said players are more than ready to get back at it. "In the last month
is when you start to hit that boredom point," he said. "Youre done with the
off-season, youre sick of your loved ones, you want to get out of your house.
Now it turns real and you kind of get back to work." The other significant
addition to the Diamondbacks pitching staff is Addison Reed, The 25-year-old
right-hander had 69 saves the last two seasons with the Chicago White Sox, 40
last year. Arizona acquired him from the White Sox for third baseman Matt
Davidson. Reed hasnt been anointed the Arizona closer yet, though, facing
competition from the likes of J.J. Putz, David Hernandez and Brad Zeigler.
"Obviously everybody knows that I want to close. Its the only thing Ive ever
wanted to do," Reed said, "but Im here and whatever they have me do is what Ill
do and Ill be happy to. As long as Im out there throwing, Ill be a happy guy."
McCarthy said that a core group of Arizona players plans to take a bigger
leadership role in the coming year. "I think theres a group of guys here that
know exactly what they want," he said. "Last year I think we were kind of
getting there but we didnt have that true leadership that really came through.
Its the one thing Ive seen just in talking to guys so far, that heres an idea of
exactly what we want and I think we know how to implement that now. "Youre going
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