HOUSTON (AP) _ Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko each homered to help the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 8-5 on Tuesday night.
The Cardinals roughed up Astros ace Dallas Keuchel (7-12) to overcome a rocky
outing from starter Jaime Garcia (10-8). Garcia gave up five runs and seven hits
in five innings, including three home runs.
The Astros dropped their third straight, and the Cardinals won their third in a
row on the day they learned outfielder Matt Holliday and reliever Seth Maness
are headed for the disabled list. Holliday will have surgery on his right thumb
and could miss the remainder of the regular season, while Maness will have Tommy
John surgery, likely sidelining him until 2018.
Seung Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out three, for his 12th save
of the season.
The two-game series wraps up Wednesday afternoon in Houston. Carlos Martinez (10-7)
starts for the Cardinals while Doug Fister (11-7) goes for the Astros. Game time
is 1:10 with the pre-game at 12:15 on KTLO-AM.
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