The St. Louis Cardinals (28-23) narrowly held off the Arizona Diamondbacks (26-25) 4-3 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. A bases-clearing triple from Nolan Arenado in the sixth inning proved to be the difference, spoiling an otherwise strong outing from Arizona starter Zac Gallen, who gave up just two hits prior.
Starting Pitchers
STL: Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.51 ERA) – 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB
ARI: Zac Gallen (3-6, 5.25 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 4 K, 4 BB
Scoring Summary
4th Inning
Ketel Marte put Arizona on the board first with a solo shot to center field, giving the D-backs a 1-0 lead.
6th Inning
Victor Scott II led off with a single, advanced to second on a walk to Lars Nootbaar and reached third on Masyn Winn’s sacrifice bunt. After Brendan Donovan was intentionally walked, Iván Herrera drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game. Arenado followed with a game-winning triple to left, clearing the bases and putting the Cardinals ahead 4-1.
ARENADO THREE-RUN, GO-AHEAD TRIPLE #STLCards pic.twitter.com/ojjHhOAsZE
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9th Inning
Gabriel Moreno brought the D-backs within one with a two-run homer to left, but it wasn't enough as St. Louis sealed the win.
Notes
Arenado’s game-winning triple was his first since June 2023.
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol was ejected in the fourth inning for arguing balls and strikes. It's his third ejection of the year.
Victor Scott II has three of the Cardinals’ nine hits across their last two games.
St. Louis has won 14 of its last 18 games, while outscoring their opponents 88-45 during that stretch.
Betting Recap
Cardinals ML (+110) cashed with Eric Sontag and the total score stayed UNDER 8.5 (+102).
On Deck
Matthew Liberatore will take the mound in the second game of the series on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CT.
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