Cardinals' Yadier Molina: Homers in first game since WBC

Molina, playing in his first game since returning from the World Baseball Classic, went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 3-0 Grapefruit League win over the Marlins.

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The veteran backstop blasted an 0-2 pitch from Marlins starter Wei-Yin Chen over the left-field wall in his first plate appearance for his first homer of the spring. This year, Molina will be playing out the final season of a five-year, $75 million extension he signed in 2012; his agent and the Cardinals are working on getting an extension done ahead of Opening Day, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.