SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals prospect Trevor Rosenthal pitched four perfect innings and the World Series champions rested most of their regulars Monday night in their final exhibition tuneup, a 3-2 victory over Double-A Springfield. Ronny Gil, ticketed for Class-A Palm Beach and subbing for Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay, homered off Springfield reliever Keith Butler in the seventh, providing the difference. The Cardinals open Wednesday night in Miami, the first regular-season game at the Marlins’ new ballpark. Matt Holliday and World Series MVP David Freese played four innings apiece, each getting two at-bats, and reliever Kyle McClellan thwarted a rally by inducing an inning-ending double play in the fifth, the only inning worked by a big league reliever.

AKRON, Iowa (AP) — An assistant wrestling coach at Akron-Westfield High School in northwest Iowa has been arrested on a sexual exploitation charge. Thirty-year-old Chad Utesch, of Ireton, was arrested on Monday at the high school in Akron. The Plymouth County sheriff’s office says Utesch is accused of having several inappropriate contacts with a 17-year-old female student during 2011.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska plans to wear an alternate uniform for one home football game this season, though athletic director Tom Osborne says the design won’t diverge much from the Cornhuskers’ traditional look.

Osborne said Monday the design has not been finalized. He couldn’t offer any details other than that the uniforms would be “futuristic” but “not outlandish.”

Osborne said Adidas, the Huskers’ apparel and footwear provider since 1995, proposed changing the color of the helmets. Osborne said the white helmet with the iconic red “N” would not be touched.

A number of colleges have unveiled alternate uniforms in recent seasons, notably Nike-sponsored Oregon. Osborne said the changes are popular with the players and give the uniform maker a chance to sell more apparel to fans.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A lucky fan was about to win a truck, and Adam Wainwright thought it was pretty cool. Until the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher realized it was his white pickup. Cardinals teammates Lance Berkman and Skip Schumaker pulled off an April Fools’ Day prank Sunday that had Wainwright hoping at first that it was all just for laughs. “As long as that’s a joke, that is well done,” Wainwright said. “I don’t know if that’s a joke, yet.” Turned out, it sure was. Following the second inning of the Cardinals’ 2-1 spring training loss to the Washington Nationals, public address announcer John Frost read a fake script proclaiming that a fan won a car. Berkman drove it onto the field, and Wainwright quickly realized it was a prank aimed at him.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Mark DeRosa singled to right field in the ninth inning, scoring Danny Espinosa on a close play at the plate and lifting the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the Cardinals on Sunday. The Cardinals had an opportunity in the bottom of the ninth, putting runners on the corners with two outs, but Ryan Mattheus struck out Matt Carpenter to end the game. Jaime Garcia cruised through the first 5 2-3 innings for St. Louis, allowing only four hits. Danny Espinoza homered for the Nationals and Gio Gonzalez put two tough outings behind him by allowing one run on three hits and a walk while striking out seven in five innings. St. Louis scored on back-to-back doubles by Tyler Greene and Carlos Beltran in the fourth.