Official St Louis Cardinals Thread (pitching, pitcher, win, games)

[Carolina Knight]

Final: Cardinals 3, Diamondbacks 3

Batting

• Home runs: Molina, Yadier (12); Gyorko, Jedd (6)
• Runs batted in: Molina, Yadier, 3 (35); Gyorko, Jedd, 2 (23); Muñoz, Yadier (17)

Pitching

• Carlos Martínez (5-4) won the decision. He allowed six hits, allowed two earned runs, allowed two bases on balls, and struck out seven in six innings.
• Greg Holland allowed two hits and allowed one run in one inning.
• Bud Norris earned the save (16). He struck out one in one inning.

[Carolina Knight]

It is great to see the Cardinals return to the win column with a needed win.

Marcell Ozuna and Kolten Wong were missing in action at bat.

[Carolina Knight]

Saint Louis Cardinals (43-40)
Third, National League Central Division (5.5 games behind Milwaukee Brewers)
Projected starting pitcher: Flaherty, Jack; RHP (3-3, 2.92 earned run average, 73 strikeouts)

Arizona Diamondbacks (47-38)
First, National League West Division
Projected starting pitcher: Greinke, Zack; RHP (8-5, 3.41 earned run average, 108 strikeouts)

[Carolina Knight]

I hope the Cardinals provide run support for Jack Flaherty as they threw him under the bus in his previous start.

[Carolina Knight]

Final: Diamondbacks 4, Cardinals 2

Batting

• Runs batted in: Muñoz, Yairo (18); Wong, Kolten (17)

Pitching

• Jack Flaherty (3-4) lost the decision. He allowed four hits, allowed four earned runs including one home run, allowed one base on balls, and struck out seven in six innings.

[Carolina Knight]

The Cardinals find their way back to losing.

Tommy Pham and Marcell Ozuna did not hit balls with bats for base hits and runs batted in. They may need up for another benching.

Jack Flaherty has pitching issues. He can pitch well, but he loads up the bases and allowed earned runs. He needs to get with the program.

[Carolina Knight]

Saint Louis Cardinals (43-41)
Third, National League Central Division (6.5 games behind Milwaukee Brewers)
Projected starting pitcher: Mikolas, Miles; RHP (8-3, 2.61 earned run average, 72 strikeouts)

Arizona Diamondbacks (48-38)
First, National League West Division
Projected starting pitcher: Corbin, Patrick; LHP (6-3, 3.14 earned run average, 134 strikeouts)

[Carolina Knight]

The Cardinals are two losses away from returning to 0.500 baseball. That is dangerous and would be going in the wrong direction. Bad pitching and not hitting balls with base for base hits and runs batted in continue to doom the Cardinals.

Miles Mikolas is pitching for the Cardinals. He can do his part for the Cardinals to win by producing a quality start.

The Cardinals' batters need to step up with run support.

[Carolina Knight]

Final: Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 4

Batting

• Home runs: Muñoz, Yairo (4); Molina, Yadier (13)
• Runs batted in: Pham, Tommy, 3 (32); Muñoz, Yairo (19); Molina, Yadier, 3 (38); Carpenter, Matt (37)

Pitching

• Miles Mikolas (9-3) won the decision. He allowed seven hits, allowed two earned runs, allowed four bases on balls, and struck out three in six innings.
• Greg Holland allowed one hit, allowed two runs (one earned), and allowed one base on balls in the seventh inning.

[Carolina Knight]

The Cardinals win a series by taking two of three games from the Diamondbacks. Congratulations, Cardinals!

Tommy Pham and Marcell Ozuna rebounded hitting balls with bats for base hits and runs batted in. José Martínez had an off day.

Matt Carpenter tallied two errors from bad defensive play.

Miles Mikolas continues to dominate the Cardinals' pitching rotation.