When they spoke later after facing each other Friday night in an intrasquad game, Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas explained why he tested Matt Carpenter with a 2-0 fastball that the team’s former leadoff hitter planted in the bullpen for a homer. That pitch said more about Mikolas’ thinking than it did about Carpenter’s timing.
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