Saturday, May 6, 2017

Cardinals Beat Braves 5-3: Aledmys Diaz Collects Three Singles & Two RBIs; Matt Carpenter Singles, Walks, & Hits A Two-Run Homer; Matt Adams Singles & Hits A Solo Home Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Adams entered late in the game in left field and batted second.  2-for-4 with one home run, one two-out RBI and two runs.
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted third.  2-for-4 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, one walk, and two strikeouts.
Randal Grichuk started in left field and moved to right, batting fourth.  2-for-5 with one run, two stolen bases, and one strikeout.
Aledmys Diaz started at shortstop and moved to left field, batting fifth.  3-for-4 with two RBIs (one w/two-outs) and one sac fly.
Jedd Gyorko entered late in the game at third base and batted ninth.  1-for-1 at the plate.
Mike Leake started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed three hits, three earned runs, one home run, two walks, and struck two out for the winning decision (4-1).  0-for-3 at the plate.  (p-s:91-61)(g/f:10-5)
Trevor Rosenthal entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck one out for the hold (3).  (p-s:17-10)(g/f:0-1)
Seung-Hwan Oh entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs for the save (7).  (p-s:15-10)(g/f:1-2)

Rough Outing:
Tommy Pham started in centerfied and batted sixth.  0-for-3 with one walk and two strikeouts.
Eric Fryer started at catcher and batted eighth.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts and threw out one of two base runners.

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal beat Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game

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