PEARLS OF WISDOM

Third baseman Patrick Wisdom, who has a double and homer to show for 14 spring at-bats, blasted a long, two-run homer in the fifth inning after drilling a similarly long foul earlier in that at-bat.

A like at-bat was had by outfielder Anthony Garcia, who belted a long foul that Matheny thought would blow back fair for a home run and then smacked a double. Garcia is hitting .333 for the spring with a club-high four doubles and the only other homer.

“A couple of dangerous hitters,” said Matheny.

“Garcia is tearing the cover off the ball,” said Wisdom.

Wisdom was pinch-run for later in the game when his hamstring tightened and Matheny said, “We’ll watch him for a couple of days.”

For the start of the season, both figure to wind up at Memphis, where Garcia finished last season, after both had been at Class AA Springfield. There, Garcia had 11 homers and Wisdom 14.

Wisdom, a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 out of St. Mary’s, said he hoped to be in Class AAA at the start of the year. Then, he said, “You can see the Arch,” meaning there would be one more step to get to St. Louis.

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