I'll say this much. At least Johan Santana is throwing strikes. The only problem was making sure all of the pitches stayed in the ballpark.
Juan Gonazalez hit a first-pitch fastball over the leftfield wall for a three-run homer as the Cards took a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
Santana threw 20 pitches and 15 were strikes. His velocity topped out at 91 mph.