Cardinals starting pitcher Joe Kelly worked around some control issues in his fourth spring start Sunday against the Astros. Kelly walked a spring-high four batters, but he allowed just two runs on two hits in five-plus innings, while striking out five.
Kelly tossed five scoreless innings before the Astros scored twice in the sixth inning. Kelly gave up a leadoff triple in the sixth inning, then an RBI single and a walk before being pulled with no outs.
Kelly has allowed two or fewer runs in three of his four spring starts. He has a 6.28 ERA.