JUPITER, Fla. • If, because all of them were wearing the same color Cardinals uniform, it wasn't immediately clear who was winning Monday's lighthearted scrimmage, you only had to close your eyes to find out.

The dugout making all the noise had the lead.

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny took note, and he intends to use it as an example of a message he delivers every spring and often throughout the season: The more engaged team, the more energized team -- that's usually a winning team over the long haul.

There is one other thing to consider. The louder team in the scirmmage was also the team routing their teammates with cleaning on the line, and it's not clear whether the cheering led to more scoring or more scoring led to the cheering in the runaway.

Which came first the chicken or the goose egg?

"The team that is into it the most wins it," Matheny said in his office after the scrimmage. "That's a great lesson for us. There are a lot of unhappy guys in there right now. There was a lot of energy and enthusiasm on the other side."