Cardinals, Red Sox rained out

Game stopped in fifth

FORT MYERS, Fla. - The spring training game Monday between St. Louis and the Boston Red Sox was rained out with the Cardinals leading in the middle of the fifth inning.

With the game three outs shy of being official, rain started and the game was called after a 55-minute wait. There was standing water on the field when the decision was made not to continue.

Boston's Rick Porcello gave up two runs and six hits in five innings.

Red Sox manager John Farrell and Cardinal manager Mike Matheny walked the field with two umpires before the decision was made not to resume.

Lance Lynn of the Cardinals allowed one hit in four innings, struck out three and walked none. After Pablo Sandoval doubled leading off the second, Lynn retired the next three batters on two groundouts and a strikeout.

"He looked great," Matheny said. "Got him in a tough spot there, man on third and one out, and I thought he even got better. Good sink, good life on the ball. I don't necessarily need to see his competitive nature. We all know that. He's always going to come with it.

"I just like watching how the ball's coming out of his hand. It looks heavy. Got to see movement, depth to his sinker. See him throwing the breaking ball in tough counts. He's feeling confident with it. He threw the changeup, the cutter. All of them looked right where they need to be right now."