Thursday, July 5, 2018

Cardinals Beat Diamondbacks 8-4: Yadier Molina Singles, Walks, & Hits A Three-Run Homer; Tommy Pham Singles Twice, Doubles, & Drives In Three Runs; Matt Carpenter Singles, Doubles Twice, & Knocks In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at third base and moved to first, batting leadoff.  3-for-4 with two doubles, one RBI, one run, one walk, two throwing errors, and assisted in one double play.
Tommy Pham started in centerfield and batted second.  3-for-5 with one double, three RBIs, and one run.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted fifth.  2-for-4 with one home run, three two-out RBIs, one run, and one walk.
Harrison Bader started in right field and batted seventh.  2-for-5 with one double, one run, one stolen base, and two strikeouts.
Yairo Munoz started at shortstop and batted eighth.  1-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, two runs, one hit by pitch, and assisted in one double play.
Miles Mikolas started and pitched six innings.  He allowed seven hits, two earned runs, four walks (one intentional), and struck three out for the winning decision (9-3).  1-for-2 with one strikeout.  (p-s:99-63)(g/f:5-4)
Bud Norris entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck three out.  (p-s:15-8)

Rough Outing:
Jose Martinez started at first base and batted third.  0-for-4 with one strikeout.
Jedd Gyorko started at second base and moved to third, batting sixth.  0-for-4 with one walk and grounded into one double play.
Greg Holland entered in the seventh and pitched to two batters.  He allowed one hit, two runs (one earned), and one walk.  (p-s:11-4)
Jordan Hicks entered in the seventh and pitched two innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, hit one batter, and struck three out for the hold (11).  0-for-1 with one strikeout.  (p-s:15-8)(g/f:2-0)(ir-s:2-2)

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game
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