ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals Ian Desmond, right, gets in ahead of the tag by St. Louis Cardinals Felipe Lopez for a triple in the sixth inning of the spring training baseball game in Jupiter, Fla. Wednesday, March 10, 2010. JUPITER, Fla. | Brad Penny threw four shutout innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the winless Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday.
The Cardinals were without sluggers Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday, who were scratched after batting practice. Pujols was supposed to be back in the lineup after being sidelined by back soreness but the problem resurfaced. Holliday had some soreness in his rib cage.
Penny allowed one hit, struck out two and walked none in a much sharper effort than his spring debut. The right-hander gave up three runs and six hits in two innings against a Mets split-squad on Friday.
Penny agreed to a $7.5 million, one-year contract with St. Louis in the offseason.
Washington's Garrett Mock allowed two runs and five hits in three innings.
By Jeannine Aversa - Associated Press
updated 37 minutes ago
The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. Published 8:33 a.m. July 30, 2010
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House ethics committee officially lodged charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise $8 million for a college public policy center named after him and didn't file taxes while he was Congress' chief tax writer. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010
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