WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- When the Cardinals signed 36-year-old right-hander Lance Lynn back in November, the club repeatedly mentioned the veteran’s willingness to battle through any situation and his blunt honesty as two reasons for adding him to their staff.

On Friday night in his Spring Training debut with the Cardinals -- the same organization that Lynn helped to win the World Series in 2011 -- the righty showed plenty of his fiery disposition in a variety of ways.

Lynn felt he threw the ball much better than his first inning and final lines revealed Friday, and he came back into the game in the second for a strong inning of work. Then, in the third, Lynn was not only ejected for arguing balls and strikes, but he was also booted from the bullpen when informed that he couldn’t remain in the stadium.

Just another night at the ballpark for Lynn, who showed plenty of his trademark fight throughout several rounds of adversity.

“The ball was actually coming out good, and to be honest with you, it was coming out a little hotter than I expected, so that was a little off, but physically I felt fine,” said Lynn, whose Cardinals beat the Nationals 7-6 at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. “I just need to hone in the strike zone more and make pitches, but stuff-wise I got a little guide-y trying to throw a strike and get out of there at the end of the first. But, all in all, I’m in a good spot physically.”

In two-plus innings, Lynn allowed four runs on three hits and three walks to the Nats. He struck out two, getting Joey Gallo on a nasty pitch in the first inning. Taking advantage of the relaxed Spring Training rules, the Cardinals removed Lynn following Nick Senzel’s three-run double down the third-base line. Lynn then returned to the game in the second inning and pitched well after allowing a leadoff single to Jacob Young. In the third, Lynn reacted to home plate umpire Angel Hernandez arguing balls and strikes with Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, bench coach Daniel Descalso and pitching coach Dusty Blake in the dugout.

Upon being ejected, Lynn headed to the Cardinals bullpen, where he ultimately threw 20 more pitches. It was then that he was informed that he couldn’t be in the ballpark and was instructed to leave the bullpen. At that point, Marmol was also ejected, and because the team’s clubhouse is down the first-base line, Lynn and Marmol had to make the long walk -- Lynn across the outfield as Kyle Leahy warmed up and Marmol from the third-base dugout.

Since the primary goal in Spring Training is to get work in, Lynn thinks that pitchers should still be allowed to throw in the bullpen -- even if ejected -- during Grapefruit League action.

“It depends on how they want to do it,” he said. “When you look at the way it went down, it’s a good thing that it didn’t happen in the first [inning] because I was able to get three up-downs and I was able to finish up in the bullpen. For me, I’m on to the next one … .”

Lynn, who has purposefully been brought along slowly this spring by the Cardinals coaching staff, hit 93 mph with several of his first-inning pitches, per the stadium scoreboard. That displeased him because he said he’d rather save that sort of firepower for regular-season games. What Lynn did like was the darting action on a new changeup that he’s been working on since last season after he was traded to the Dodgers.

Lynn has worked this offseason to change the shape on some of his pitches and his pitch mix after surrendering a MLB-most 44 home runs during the season and four more solo long balls in a playoff loss.

“I was pleased with everything, but the changeup looked really good,” Lynn said. “The changeup that was just off [the plate] to [Washington’s Jesse] Winker, he looked out at me like, ‘What was that?’ He’s known me for a long time, so to get a guy who’s known to have good plate discipline kind of give you a look and be surprised by a pitch, that’s a good sign.

“That [changeup] is something I started using more and more last year, especially when I went to L.A. All in all, it matches my pitch mix in a way that I can use it. I just have to find the right times to throw it and hone it in where I can throw it for a strike and get chases with it.”