St. Louis Cardinals at Athletics

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St. Louis Cardinals

25-18, 15-8 Away

Final
5 - 4

Athletics

22-21, 9-10 Home

Jordan Walker homers, hits go-ahead run in 9th as Cardinals beat Athletics 5-4

Trailing 4-3, Iván Herrera tied the game with a single to left field that scored Thomas Saggese before Walker's double put the Cardinals ahead.

Nick Kurtz opened the scoring in the first with a solo home run for the Athletics.

Victor Scott II homered in the fifth to tie the game tied at 1.

Walker added his 12th home run of the year in the sixth inning to put St. Louis ahead 2-1, and Nolan Gorman followed with a single to right field for a 3-1 lead.

Matt Svanson (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, giving up one hit and striking out two. Michael McGreevy got the start and threw six innings, giving up one run on five hits while striking out three.

Zack Gelof homered for the second consecutive day in the seventh, and Shea Langeliers hit a two-run single to put the Athletics up 4-3 in the seventh.

Jack Perkins (2-2) had his second blown save of the season in 2/3 innings.

Riley O’Brien picked up his 13th save, striking out two and allowing no hits.

Up next Athletics: RHP Aaron Civale (4-1, 2.59 ERA) gets the start at home against the Giants on Friday.

St. Louis: RHP Dustin May (3-4, 4.85 ERA) starts against the Kansas City Royals at home on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rooker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Iván Herrera challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Shea Langeliers called out on strikes.
	9th Inning	Kurtz hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Svanson
	9th Inning	Saggese as designated hitter.

Statistics

STL		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	8
5	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
21	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	17
41	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
5.9	Runs Created	5.9
.257	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.486	Slugging Percentage	.472
.314	Secondary Average	.306
.350	On Base Percentage	.350
.836	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.822
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
39.0	Batter Rating	35.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.40
.229	Isolated Power	.194
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.028
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.0	MLB Rating	86.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0