Cardinals' Flaherty overcomes rough first inning in rehab start

Making his second rehabilitation start at Class AAA Memphis after being out nearly two months with an oblique tear, Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty encountered a 32-pitch first inning Sunday in which he allowed two runs to Atlanta's Gwinnett club. But Flaherty required just 26 pitches in the next two innings and finished off a 58-pitch outing, in which he threw 38 strikes and fanned five over three frames.