St. Louis Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays

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St. Louis Cardinals

55-57, 27-25 Away

Final
5 - 1

Toronto Blue Jays

52-60, 28-31 Home

Fermin's tiebreaking hit in 4-run 9th helps Cardinals beat Blue Jays 5-1, avoid series sweep

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Matthew Liberatore pitched six shutout innings and George Soriano (4-3) worked one inning for the win as the Cardinals used a four-run ninth to snap an eight-game losing streak against Toronto.

St. Louis won for the fifth time in 17 games since the All-Star break, and scored more than three runs for the first time since a 7-0 win over Cincinnati on July 25.

Blue Jays closer Louis Varland (3-4) walked Masyn Winn to begin the ninth. Winn advanced to third on a base hit by Bryan Torres before scoring on Fermin’s line drive single to center.

Varland hadn’t allowed a run since July 10 at San Diego.

Two outs later, Torres scored on a throwing error by second baseman Luis Urias. Jordan Walker followed with a two-run single, chasing Varland.

The four runs off Varland matched the number he allowed in 13 appearances in June.

St. Louis opened the scoring in the third inning when Nathan Church scored from first on a two-out double by Lars Nootbar.

Alejandro Kirk’s infield single in the second was the only hit off Liberatore. The left-hander walked one and struck out seven.

The Blue Jays tied it against Soriano in the eighth. Andrés Giménez reached on a two-out single and stole second before scoring on Urías’ double.

Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one run and four hits in six innings. Scherzer walked one and struck out five, boosting his career total to 3,512.

Up next Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (4-9, 3.57 ERA) is expected to start at New York on Monday against Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (10-6, 2.04).

Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (2-2, 5.74 ERA) is scheduled to start at Houston on Monday against Astros RHP Cristian Javier (1-1, 7.17).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Kirk struck out looking. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Springer lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Okamoto singled to center, Okamoto safe at second on fielding error by center fielder Church.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Soriano
	9th Inning	Burleson flied out to left.

Statistics

STL		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	8
39	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.6	Runs Created	1.2
.222	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.250
.111	Secondary Average	.156
.282	On Base Percentage	.182
.532	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.432
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
28.0	Batter Rating	14.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.64	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.028	Isolated Power	.094
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
9.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
77.3	MLB Rating	65.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0