Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals
· Major League Baseball
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Jake McCarthy homers twice as the Rockies get past the Cardinals, 8-6
McCarthy gave Colorado the lead on the first pitch of the game with his 420-foot drive to right-center field off Matthew Liberatore (5-9), and the Rockies went on to snap a four-game skid.
McCarthy hit his second of the game and 13th of the season in the sixth. He is hitting .305 and has seven hits in his last two games.
Liberatore went five innings and struck out three while giving up five runs on nine hits.
José Fermín had a two-run double to put the Cardinals ahead, but Carrigg hit a two-run double of his own in the third that gave the Rockies the lead for good. Hunter Goodman drove in one more before the end of the inning.
Rumfield got another across in the fifth, and McCarthy belted a two-run shot to center in the sixth.
The Cardinals got within two after Jordan Walker's eighth-inning homer, and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but Jordan Romano struck out César Prieto swinging for his 10th save.
Rockies starter Kyle Freeland tossed 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked three, and allowed five hits and three runs (one earned).
Five relievers combined to hold the Cardinals to two hits and three runs. Parker Mushinski (1-0) worked 1 1/3 innings for the win.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Prieto struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Church to second on fielder's indifference. |
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9th Inning | Prieto hit for Pereira |
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9th Inning | Church singled to right, Fermín scored. |
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9th Inning | Torres grounded out to first, Fermín to third. |
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9th Inning | Winn lined out to left. |
Statistics
COL |
STL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 12 | Ground Balls | 12 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 8 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 11 | Hits | 10 |
| 5 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 3 | Walks | 6 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 8 | Runs | 6 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 34 | At Bats | 37 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 11 | Runners Left On Base | 25 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 3 |
| 18 | Fly Balls | 21 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 157 | Pitches | 185 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 19 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 39 | Plate Appearances | 45 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 4 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 8.0 | Runs Created | 7.0 |
| .324 | Batting Average | .270 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .559 | Slugging Percentage | .432 |
| .471 | Secondary Average | .351 |
| .385 | On Base Percentage | .378 |
| .943 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .810 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 8.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 6.7 |
| 58.0 | Batter Rating | 44.0 |
| 17.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 37.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.03 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.11 |
| .235 | Isolated Power | .162 |
| 0.60 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 1.20 |
| .077 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .133 |
| .147 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .081 |
| 16.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 100.5 | MLB Rating | 91.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 29,204 | Capacity:
2026 National League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
- | 60 | W5 | 0.6178344 | 97 |
San Diego |
10 | 70 | L1 | 0.55414015 | 87 |
Arizona |
14 | 74 | W3 | 0.52866244 | 83 |
San Francisco |
33 | 94 | L2 | 0.40880504 | 65 |
Colorado |
40 | 100 | L2 | 0.36305732 | 57 |
2026 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee |
- | 59 | L1 | 0.6242038 | 98 |
Chicago |
11 | 70 | L1 | 0.55414015 | 87 |
Pittsburgh |
18 | 77 | W5 | 0.50955415 | 80 |
St. Louis |
22 | 81 | L1 | 0.48407644 | 76 |
Cincinnati |
25 | 84 | W1 | 0.46496814 | 73 |

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