ATLANTA (AP) – Austin Riley went 3 for 4 and drove in a run, Julio Teheran
pitched five-plus scoreless innings, and the Atlanta Braves won for the fifth
time in six games with a 10-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday
night.
Riley, who homered in his second major league at-bat Wednesday, doubled off the
top of the wall in the second inning and singled in a run in the third. He
scored twice.
Teheran (3-4) allowed two hits, a bloop single by Yadier Molina to begin the
fifth and a single by Paul Goldschmidt to begin the sixth, and drove in two
runs with a sacrifice bunt in the second and a single in the third. Teheran, who
has a 0.53 ERA over his last three starts, walked four and struck out four.
Nick Markakis had an RBI double in the three-run third as Atlanta took a 5-0
lead.
The Braves led 2-0 in the second. Markakis walked, advanced to third on Riley’s
double and crossed the plate on Brian McCann’s sacrifice fly. Riley scored from
third on Teheran’s bunt.
Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright (3-4) gave up five runs, five hits and five
walks with two strikeouts in four innings.
Marcel Ozuna’s 13th homer cut the lead to 5-1 in the sixth off Jacob Webb. Matt
Carpenter homered off Touki Toussaint to make it 9-2 in the eighth.
Atlanta went up 8-1 in the bottom of the sixth on RBI singles by Freddie
Freeman, Josh Donaldson and Markakis. Ronald Acuna Jr.’s RBI single in the
seventh made it 9-1, and Freeman hit his eighth homer in the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
RHP Carlos Martinez will rejoin the Cardinals’ bullpen this weekend at Texas
after missing 44 games a right shoulder cuff strain. “You’re talking about a
legitimate weapon, a two-time All-Star who proved he could do the job out of the
bullpen last year,” St. Louis manager Mike Shildt said. “You always want to be
able to shorten games.”
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will make his 10th start when St.
Louis begins a three-game series at Texas. In four career starts in the Rangers’
ballpark, the former Texas hurler is 0-4 with a 13.73 ERA.
Game time is 7:05 with the pre-game at 6:10 on KTLO-AM.
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