First Pitch: 12:05pm CDT
TV: not until Saturday
Radio:
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Both starting pitchers are significant question marks this spring:
Jason Marquis
#21 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins
6-1
210
L
R
Aug 21, 1978
He is the projected fifth starter. He wasn't terribly good in his first spring appearance. Nobody that I know of is thinking, "Well, at least we got Jason Marquis to shore up the rotation." So, really, anything positive today would be nice.
Adam Wainwright
#50 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals
6-7
230
R
R
Aug 30, 1981
The defending champions have to be on pins and needles to get Adam Wainwright back. This is the 2010 Cy Young runner-up's first appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery last February. You can't replace Albert Pujols, but if the Cards get Wainwright back in the rotation, that has to take some of the sad out.
Your lineups, courtesy of Lavelle E. Neal III:
Twins
Ben Revere, LF
Jamey Carroll, SS
Joe Mauer, DH
Chris Parmelee, 1B
Ryan Doumit, C
Sean Burroughs, 3B
Brian Dinkelman, RF
Joe Benson, CF
Alexi Casilla 2B
Cardinals
Rafael Furcal, SS
Skip Schumaker, 2B
Lance Berkman, 1B
John Jay, CF
Tony Cruz, C
Daniel Descalso, 3B
Matt Carpenter, RF
Shane Robinson, LF
Zack Cox, DH