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Story 79
Spring Training
Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
recap and post game quotes
Houston Astros first baseman Jose Abreu spent his first 8 seasons
with The Chicago White Sox's before signing with The Houston Astros
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network/Michael Ferrara
On March 11th at 1:05 pm in West Palm Beach, Florida our first spring game of the 2023 season was between the St. Louis Cardinals and the defending World Series Champions, the Houston Astros. Due to the WBC (World Baseball Classic), many of there superstar players from both teams were playing for the national team, including Adam Wainwright and Kyle Tucker. Both teams did have some superstar players that didn’t play in the WBC, including Alex Bregman, Carlos Contreras, Jose Abreu, and John Flattery. Today's starting pitcher for the Houston Astros was Forrest Whitley and for the St. Louis Cardinals was Jack Flattery. Flattery struck-out batters and only allowed runs. The Astros starter went four innings, struck-out five, and allowed run. The Astros runs were scored by Jose Abreu, J.J Matijevic, & C.J Stubbs and and the Cardinals run was scored by Willson Contreras & Brendan Donovan. It was also noted that the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals share the same Spring Training stadium. Below are some quotes from the Astros and St. Louis Cardinals mangers and players.
Post game quotes from
Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker
Houston Astros Manger Dusty Baker pulled Astros relief pitcher Ronel Blanco after he pitched 2.2 innings, striking out 2 batters and only allowing two walk's in the game.
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"In his first couple of outting, but he was he was at is max today. And you know, Stubbs knows him too. So that's why I kind of messed him up and he he threw the ball well today. I mean, we didn't help him a couple plays on defense, but, you know, he threw strikes. You know, he had pretty good control. The strike is only really changing. You know, I don't go on the whole spring. I go on the last and hopefully build off. What he can do is put himself in contention for for what we may need some multiple innings. And I know for a guy out here, but he was a starter and they made it really river a good reliever. So now we're trying to stretch him back out for you know, for possible need".
Postgame quotes
from St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Jack Flattery
St. Louis Cardinals Jack Flaherty pitched 4 innings, allowing 5 hits, two strikeouts, and gave up two earned runs batted in against The Astros
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“You just can’t let those things get to you. You’ve got to move onto the next pitch. If you let those things affect you, the next thing you know two bloop hits turns into a home run. Now, you’ve got three runs on the board because you’re upset over something like that. You’ve just got keep making pitches. I’ve been there before.”
Spring Training quotes
from Astros 3rd Baseman
Alex Bregman
Astros 3rd Baseman Alex Bregman went 1 for 3 at the plate against The St. Louis Cardinals
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"So great. My just workout was the workout workouts this offseason,
were great. Got a good routine down. Got a great staff. This has been helped me ramp up
and get ready to go for the season but overall the offseason buildup was great. And ready to play".
Quotes source credit : MLB/Houston Astros
Interview & Written by BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
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