There are no ties in baseball…unless it’s spring training.  The Marlins scored three runs in the 8th inning to tie the Cardinals at 5-5 and that’s how it would end in 10 innings in Jupiter, Florida.

Skip Schumaker, Colby Rasmus, and Rick Ankiel each had two hits and Ankiel drove in two runs.  The Cardinals managed 14 hits, five walks, and reached on four errors, but left 34 on base and couldn’t take advantage of numerous opportunities.

Blake Hawksworth pitched 2.2 innings allowing no runs on three hits and a walk while striking out two.  Royce Ring, acquired in the off season pitched an 1.1 innnings without allowing a run.

Comments from Tony LaRussa will be posted soon.