• Wong doubled against the wind into center field to score Taveras in the second inning.

• The Cardinals used a defensive shift for the second time this spring, this time after a strike 1 from Carlos Martinez against Curtis Granderson. Third baseman Daniel Descalso shifted over to right field, playing shallow on the extreme defensive shift. Granderson poked the ball the other way for a single.

• Martinez allowed one hit and one walk in three scoreless innings. He relied heavily on his sinker and because he was behind in the count often he didn't access his off-speed pitches.

• The Cardinals had a 19-year-old battery toward the end of the game when Carson Kelly made his game debut behind the plate and Alex Reyes pitched. Reyes, one of the top teen prospects in baseball, allowed two home runs, but at least one was aided by winds gusting out to right field. The power righty flashed a 94-mph fastball for a called strikeout and then followed with a 74-mph swing-and-miss curve on the next pitch.

• Matt Holliday had three hits to raise his spring average to .889. He is eight-for-nine and may win the Grapefruit League batting title.

• That is not his goal.