Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals

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Baltimore Orioles

65-68, 31-34 Away

Final
8 - 7

St. Louis Cardinals

66-68, 32-36 Home

Encarnacion-Strand hits tiebreaking RBI double in the 9th as Orioles outlast Cardinals 8-7

Baltimore Orioles vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Encarnacion-Strand's double in the top of the ninth scored Luis Vázquez, helping the Orioles (65-68) stay within 2 1/2 games of the Cleveland Guardians in the race for the final American League wild-card spot.

Encarnacion-Strand and Dylan Beavers opened the scoring with RBI singles before Taveras' three-run homer extended the lead to 5-0 in the first inning. Alonso followed in the second with his team-leading 32nd home run of the year — a two-run, 368-foot long ball to right field.

Grant Wolfram (5-2) worked a hitless eighth inning, and Andrew Kittredge picked up his seventh save of the season with a one-hit ninth as Baltimore took the first two games of the three-game set.

Baltimore starter Kyle Bradish allowed seven runs on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Five relievers worked 4 2/3 scoreless innings.

Nolan Gorman hit a solo homer in the second for St. Louis, which scored six runs in the fifth inning. Alec Burson started the comeback with a two-run single, Jordan Walker tacked on an RBI double and Nathan Church had a two-run double to bring St. Louis within a run. José Fermín tied the game at 7 with an RBI groundout.

Riley O’Brien (3-6), who has 33 saves this season, allowed the go-ahead run. Michael McGreevy worked five innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits while striking out three for St. Louis.

Up next Orioles' LHP Trevor Rogers (9-8, 4.14 ERA) takes the mound for the series finale on Thursday. The Cardinals have not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fermín popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Church grounded out to second, Walker to second, Herrera to third.
	9th Inning	Walker walked.
	9th Inning	Burleson grounded out to first, Herrera to second.
	9th Inning	Herrera singled to left.
	9th Inning	Kittredge relieved Wolfram

Statistics

BAL		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	37
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	191
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
22	Total Bases	16
44	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
8.6	Runs Created	6.4
.342	Batting Average	.297
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.579	Slugging Percentage	.432
.342	Secondary Average	.324
.419	On Base Percentage	.381
.998	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.813
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
8.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
57.0	Batter Rating	48.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.55
.237	Isolated Power	.135
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.027
16.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
103.5	MLB Rating	93.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0