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JUPITER Robbie Grossman Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt’s solo homer in the first inning of St. Louis’ Grapefruit League finale against Miami is indicative of what manager Mike Shildt has been saying all week.The Cardinals‘ offense is ready to start the season.“That was nice,” Shildt said of the drive that caromed off an ambulance idling outside the Marlins’ side of the Roger Dean Stadium complex. “Park at your own risk.”The shot over the wall in left was Goldschmidt’s third of the spring, all coming in the past week.“Stats don’t always tell the whole story, but you go out there, you see good at-bats, see guys hit the ball hard and keep improving every day,” Goldschmidt said.Rebounding from offseason shoulder surgery, Marcell Ozuna’s average hovered around .150 much of the spring before a late surge raised it to .230. Both of his homers came in the past three days.“No, I didn’t worry about it,” Ozuna said. “I knew it was coming.”For the first time all spring, Shildt used a lineup representative of what he expects to employ on Thursday when the Cardinals open the season at Milwaukee.Matt Carpenter Kyle Gibson Jersey , who hadn’t played since March 15 because of back tightness, led off, striking out in his lone plate appearance before heading to the back fields to get extra at-bats in minor league games.Goldschmidt hit second, followed by Paul DeJong, Ozuna, Yadier Molina and Dexter Fowler.“I like the flow of it,” Shildt said. “Excited to see it on Thursday.”Shildt had hit Carpenter and Fowler back-to-back at the top of the order much of early spring.St. Louis scored two runs or fewer in 13 of its 31 Grapefruit League games. But it reached double digits twice over the final week.Goldschmidt doesn’t believe teams can “flip the switch” offensively once the season starts without having prepared properly throughout spring.“There’s something different when the regular season starts,” Goldschmidt said. “If you haven’t put the work in in spring training, it’s going to be tough for that to transfer over. Spring training is important but the regular season is different.”St. Louis broke camp without utilityman Jedd Gyorko, who will begin the season on the injured list because of a calf injury. Shildt said the Cardinals are targeting their April 4 home opener against San Diego for Gyorko’s return.Shildt also officially revealed that Jack Flaherty will start that home opener. MILWAUKEE (AP) — One big inning was enough for Travis Shaw and the Milwaukee Brewers, and quite costly for Tyler Anderson and the Colorado Rockies.Shaw hit a grand slam during Milwaukee’s six-run first inning Logan Morrison Jersey , and the Brewers beat the Rockies 8-4 on Saturday night.Milwaukee won for the fourth time in six games and stayed one back of NL Central-leading Chicago, which held on for a 5-4 win over San Diego.“We got off to an early lead and that kind of helped everything kind of settle in,” Shaw said.It sure did.Staked to a 6-0 lead, rookie Freddy Peralta pitched six effective innings in his second win over Colorado this season.“They didn’t square up many balls,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “Lot of balls in the air, a lot of easy outs.”Trevor Story hit two two-run homers for the Rockies, who have dropped five of six. Anderson (6-4) was tagged for seven runs and seven hits in four innings.Story’s 23rd homer off Matt Albers caromed off the yellow padding on top of the wall in the ninth. A 50-second replay review confirmed the call.The Rockies then loaded the bases with one out, but Joakim Soria struck out pinch-hitter Tom Murphy swinging and Josh Hader got Charlie Blackmon to pop out for his eighth save.“This team fights,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “You saw it all night. You saw us playing hard all night.”Anderson held the opposition to a .144 average in his previous six starts, but Milwaukee jumped all over him right from the start.Ryan Braun hit an RBI single before the lefty-batting Shaw drove a 1-0 pitch from Anderson over the wall in right for his first homer off a lefty this season. It was his second career grand slam.Hernan Perez followed with his ninth homer of the season. It was the sixth time this year that Milwaukee hit consecutive home runs.“Today in the first inning, (Anderson) just couldn’t establish anything Orlando Arcia Jersey ,” Black said. “All four of his pitches weren’t working, pretty simple. The Brewers took advantage of it with one big swing, really that cost Tyler. One big swing, that was sort of the back breaker.”Braun led off the third with a drive that bounced on the top of the padded wall in left for his 12th homer. Manny Pina made it 8-2 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.Peralta (5-2) struck out eight while throwing a career-high 107 pitches. He allowed two hits and walked two.Peralta made his major league debut in Colorado on May 13 and struck out 13 in 5 2/3 scoreless innings.“We just haven’t been able to solve this young man,” Black said.STAT LINESPeralta hasn’t allowed more than five hits in his 10 starts. He has 21 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings against the Rockies and has limited them to a .079 batting average.It was Anderson’s shortest start since leaving after 1 1/3 innings at Miami on April 27 due to lightheadedness.ON THE BOARDJonathan Schoop’s base hit in the first inning snapped a 0-for-12 skid with eight strikeouts since joining the Brewers in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.TRAINER’S ROOMRockies: RHP Chad Bettis (blister on right middle finger) felt good after he threw a side session, according to Black.Brewers: RHP Taylor Williams was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right elbow soreness. RHP Jacob Barnes is back for his third stint with the Brewers after being recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs. He pitched the eighth and gave up a hit.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Jon Gray (9-7, 4.99 ERA) makes his fourth career start against the Brewers and third at Miller Park on Sunday. He is 0-1 with a 7.63 ERA against Milwaukee.Brewers: LHP Wade Miley (2-1, 1.53 ERA) is 7-2 with a 3.79 ERA in 12 starts against Colorado. He is facing the Rockies for the first time since 2014.__