Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals

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Atlanta Braves

54-40, 27-22 Away

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St. Louis Cardinals

50-44, 26-25 Home

Nootbaar, Liberatore spark Cardinals to 4-1 win over the Braves

Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Matthew Liberatore (5-6) allowed four hits over six scoreless innings, striking out six on 71 pitches. A double play helped him escape a sixth-inning jam with runners on first and third.

Riley O'Brien earned his 24th save in 28 chances despite allowing two baserunners in the ninth.

Reynaldo Lopez (4-2) made his fourth start since rejoining Atlanta’s rotation on June 26. He allowed four runs on five hits.

The Cardinals are 5-5 in their last 10 games. St. Louis has won four of five games against the Braves this season and clinched its second season series against Atlanta since 2018.

Atlanta has lost five of its last seven games.

Nootbaar’s two-out homer came in the first inning. Iván Herrera drew a one-out walk before Jordan Walker singled with two outs and extended his on-base streak to 17 games. Nootbaar hit a 1-2 curveball 435 feet into the right field bleachers.

St. Louis has hit 16 home runs in its last 11 games.

The Cardinals extended their lead to 4-0 in the fourth. Nootbaar led off with a walk, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Blaze Jordan.

Mauricio Dubón hit the first pitch from reliever Luis Gastelum 401 feet in the seventh inning, trimming the St. Louis lead to 4-1.

Up next Braves RHP JR Ritchie (1-2, 4.60 ERA) faces RHP Dustin May (5-6, 4.55) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bart struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Smith hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Baldwin to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Smith hit for White
	9th Inning	Riley lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Dubón lined out to second.

Statistics

ATL		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	10
35	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.2	Runs Created	2.1
.188	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.345
.188	Secondary Average	.241
.257	On Base Percentage	.200
.570	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.545
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
15.0	Batter Rating	27.5
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.40
.125	Isolated Power	.172
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.5	MLB Rating	75.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0