"It may have been a meaningless exhibition game, but the Brewers used an infield shift when left-handed-hitting Carlos Pena came to the plate Monday, putting the shortstop behind second base.

"I hit a bullet up the middle, and I'm running to first base, and then I was like, 'Whoa, where did that guy come from?' " Pena said.

Opposing teams used the shift on Pena the last few years in the American League, but seldom in spring training games. Pena said he doesn't try to "beat the shift" by going to left field, preferring to stick to his game plan.

"You have to be willing to 'sacrifice' a couple of hits here or there for the greater good, for the long haul," he said. "That's not always easy to do."

The Quade way: Manager Mike Quade has a way of dealing with player mistakes that can easily become a T-shirt slogan: "Observe it, address it and move on.""