St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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St. Louis Cardinals

51-46, 25-20 Away

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3 - 5

Arizona Diamondbacks

50-48, 28-21 Home

Nolan Arenado closes in on 2,000 career hits, Diamondbacks top the Cardinals 5-3

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

The D-backs scored three runs in the third — all with two outs — to make it 4-0. Ketel Marte scored on a wild pitch and then Arenado delivered a two-run double down the left field line.

The 35-year-old Arenado is two hits shy of 2,000. The eight-time All-Star is playing his first season with the D-backs after five seasons with the Cardinals and eight with the Colorado Rockies.

Pfaadt (4-1) gave up two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out three. He's surrendered only five earned runs over 21 innings (2.14 ERA) in four starts since returning from a month-long stint in the minors.

Gabriel Moreno and Marte each added two hits for the D-backs, who have won five out of their last six. Paul Sewald earned his 23rd save in 24 chances despite giving up a solo homer to Jimmy Crooks.

All-Star right fielder Jordan Walker — who won the Home Run Derby on Monday — had an RBI single in the sixth to help the Cardinals cut the deficit to 5-2. JJ Wetherholt and Alec Burleson both had two hits.

Cardinals righty Dustin May (5-7) gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks over five innings. The 28-year-old has struggled over his last five starts, giving up 18 earned runs over 16 1/3 innings for a 9.92 ERA.

Up next The D-backs will start All-Star LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3, 2.29 ERA) on Sunday while the Cardinals counter with RHP Andre Pallante (10-6, 3.96).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Herrera lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Wetherholt struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Crooks homered to right center (443 feet).
	9th Inning	Fermín struck out looking. St Louis Cardinals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Ginkel
	9th Inning	Vargas at first base.

Statistics

STL		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	10
38	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
3.5	Runs Created	3.5
.229	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.314	Slugging Percentage	.333
.171	Secondary Average	.233
.289	On Base Percentage	.371
.604	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.705
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
24.0	Batter Rating	30.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.086	Isolated Power	.067
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.63
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
6.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
76.5	MLB Rating	79.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0