Jansen then walked O'Neill on five pitches to blow his fifth save in 34 chances. I think it’s safe to say him and Morton didn’t feel as good as they wanted to today.”ĭickerson singled to shortstop Dansby Swanson, scoring Donovan and tying the game. “Regardless if he’s not throwing strikes, his ball’s moving a lot and he’s still a great pitcher. “He’s usually really tough,” Arenado said of Jansen. Jansen walked Paul Goldschmidt and hit Nolan Arenado to load the bases. Nolan Arenado and Andrew Knizner homered for the Cardinals, who claimed their sixth walk-off win of the season.ĭonovan hit a one-out double off Kenley Jansen (5-1) in the ninth and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Not that we needed a morale booster, but it kind of makes you feel better about yourself.” “Any time you can beat a team like that down the stretch is good. “This is a really, really good team,” Cardinals designated hitter Brendan Donovan said. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. LOUIS (AP) - Corey Dickerson tied the game with an infield single and Tyler O’Neill drew a bases-loaded walk, all in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the St. He sat out Sunday and Tuesday with a sore heel, an injury he suffered Saturday while running out a single.ST. The Astros hope to get second baseman Jose Altuve back in the lineup for this game. Mikolas is 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA in two career starts against the Astros. The Cardinals have scored just 10 runs in his past six starts, and he's 2-4 in that span. In his two starts prior to that loss in Washington, Mikolas allowed 11 runs on 15 hits and three walks over 12 innings. Kept us close for most of the game and it's just a tough game overall." Kind of like being a kid in the backyard, playing in the summer. "It was kind of fun, but a little challenging throwing in the rain. "They hit a couple balls pretty hard, but we had our defense positioned pretty well. "I thought I commanded the fastball pretty well early," Mikolas told the St. He held the Nationals to two runs on eight hits over seven innings in rainy conditions. The Cardinals will start Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.23), who is coming off a tough-luck 3-0 loss at Washington on June 21. To their credit, they didn't give in and they continued to fight." "At the end of the day, you still have to find a way to win. We fall behind 2-0, we have to find a way to fight back and that's all that matters and they were able to do that. "No one's going to care how we feel today," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. They rallied from a 2-0 deficit Tuesday while shaking off their jet lag from two games in London. The Cardinals have won six of their past eight games while trying to climb out of the National League Central cellar. He will try to get back on track in his first career start against St. The 2 1/3-inning stint was the shortest start of Javier's career. "I don't know, he was high, high and more high," Astros manager Dusty Baker said of the location of Javier's pitches. He allowed four runs on four hits and the five walks while needing 82 pitchers to retire just seven batters. The Astros eventually beat the Mets 10-8 in Javier's start last week. The Cardinals won the opener 4-2 Tuesday while handing the Astros their eighth loss in their last 11 games. ![]() ![]() Louis in the middle contest of a three-game set. ![]() Javier (7-1, 3.25 ERA) will try to restore order on Wednesday when he faces the Cardinals in St. "I was falling behind a lot of hitters and missing with a lot of pitches." "I really don't even know what to tell you what was going on today," he told reporters after the game. He walked a career-high five batters and seemed mystified after the June 21 game against the New York Mets. June 28 - Houston Astros starting pitcher Cristian Javier suffered an uncharacteristic loss of command during his most recent start.
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