Miles Mikolas Has A Rough Debut For Cardinals; Mike Mayers Makes A Mark; Jason Motte's Return Worth Shouting About; Tommy Pham Is His Own Man; Luke Voit Off To Hot Start

Miles Mikolas, a Jupiter native signed for $15.5 million for two years after pitching three seasons in Japan, didn’t have the picture-book Cardinals debut he might have imagined Sunday. He allowed six runs and seven hits in 1 2/3 innings in a 7-3 loss to Houston, which was pitching former Pittsburgh star Gerrit Cole, whom the Astros had acquired in the offseason.

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