PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Dakota Hudson tossed six effective innings, Jedd Gyorko hit
a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3
Thursday.
Marcell Ozuna, Matt Wieters and Matt Carpenter also went deep for the
Cardinals, who avoided their first sweep against Philadelphia since 2006.
Hudson (4-3) allowed four hits and one run in his fourth straight quality
start. Jordan Hicks got the last three outs for his 11th save in 12 tries after
three relievers worked two innings.
Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff (2-3) gave up four runs and eight hits in 6 1/3
innings.
The Cardinals jumped ahead 2-0 in the second on a pair of solo homers. Ozuna
hit his 16th on a 1-2 pitch the opposite way into the right-field stands. One
out later, Wieters drove one out to right for his second homer in two days and
third this season.
Gyorko’s two-run shot in the seventh made it 4-1. Carpenter connected off Edgar
Garcia as a pinch-hitter in the seventh.
After Carlos Martinez tossed a scoreless seventh, the Phillies rallied against
him in the eighth. Andrew McCutchen walked and Jean Segura hit a single. Andrew
Miller entered and Bryce Harper ripped an RBI single off him. John Gant replaced
Miller and Rhys Hoskins singled in another run to cut it to 5-3.
But Gant retired Cesar Hernandez on an infield popup, struck out Scott Kingery
and pinch-hitter J.T. Realmuto flied out.
The Cardinals twice intentionally walked Hoskins to load the bases after Harper
hit doubles. The strategy paid off because the Phillies only managed one run.
Hernandez had an RBI fielder’s choice grounder in the fourth but lined into an
inning-ending double play in the sixth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: C Yadier Molina sat out for the second straight game. He has a
bruise on his right hand between his thumb and index finger.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.76 ERA) starts Friday night at home
against the Chicago Cubs. He is 3-0, 1.32 in six career appearances, including
four starts, vs. the Cubs. Yu Darvish (2-3, 5.40 ERA) gets the start for the Cubs.
Game time is 7:15 with the pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.
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