After a lights out spring, Jason Motte blew his first save chance for the Cardinals on Monday, giving up four runs in the ninth and taking the loss to the Pirates.
Ouch. Motte was dominant this spring, giving up nine hits, walking one and striking out 18 in 12 1/3 innings. The Pirates, though, came up with four hits off him today, three of them doubles. Motte also hit a batter before finishing the ninth. We'll have to wait and see whether he gets the next save chance after such a disastrous outing. We're guessing that he will, but he won't be able to afford to blow another one within the next couple of weeks.
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