Opportunity knocks; Cardinals' Knizner answers
With Molina still out, backup catcher handles Wainwright, belts two-run homer in 4-2 win over Houston in exhibition baseball opener.
With Molina still out, backup catcher handles Wainwright, belts two-run homer in 4-2 win over Houston in exhibition baseball opener.
Molina expected to be in camp on Monday after being absent for personal reasons. Reyes (sore shoulder) will be shut down for two weeks.
Marmol says team is running parallel plans, one with Flaherty ready as the season opens and one without: 'Hopefully, it’s not the one without him.'
"You've got a lot of talented arms in this building," Cards pitcher Dakota Hudson said. "And they're going to get an opportunity to see what they can do.”
Wainwright to face Houston's Verlander on Friday with regulars behind him.
"It will seem more weird than anything," Joe Buck tells the Post-Dispatch of leaving the family business. "I’m very proud of what I have done."