Jack Flaherty issued a single and a pair of walks throughout the remainder of the first inning before Cardinals manager Mike Shildt took advantage of the modified rules for spring training, rolling over the remainder of the inning in order to keep Flaherty’s workload in a reasonable spot for this stage of the spring. Though the Nationals had a rally brewing, the inning technically ended without any of those runners scoring.
The gracious spring training rules couldn’t spare Flaherty’s line in the second, though. He permitted three singles and two wild pitches—the second of which allowed a run to score—before leaving the game without recording an out in the inning, as the Cardinals and Nationals battled to a 4-4 tie.
With Cardinals having a scheduled day off from the spring training game schedule Monday, the team had planned to have Miles Mikolas pitch in a simulated game on the back fields. Manager Mike Shildt announced Sunday, though, that Mikolas would be pushed back from that appearance.