St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks
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Cardinals overpower Diamondbacks with 5 home runs in 11-7 victory
Gorman connected leading off the second against All-Star starter Zac Gallen, then hit a two-run blast to dead center in the eighth off Scott McGough.
Gorman, who grew up in Phoenix and had a large contingent of friends and family on hand, has two multi-homer games this season and 22 homers on the season.
“The most special thing is it's my mom's birthday,” Gorman said.
He watched Paul Goldschmidt when he was with the Diamondbacks, and now is a teammate. “There's a lot of little things that I pick up from him that he learned here,” Gorman said.
Goldschmidt, Lars Nootbaar and Andrew Knizner also homered to give the Cardinals the series victory over the slumping Diamondbacks, who have lost six of seven and are 3-9 since the All-Star break.
Andre Pallante (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief of Jack Flaherty, who made his final start for the Cardinals before the trade deadline Tuesday.
Flaherty, who will be a free agent after the season, pitched five-plus innings, allowing eight hits and three runs. He walked two and struck out four.
He gave up a leadoff triple to Geraldo Perdomo in the first, but stranded him thanks to a pair of strikeouts.
Flaherty admitted to being distracted by any impending moves. He has been with the Cardinals since 2017.
“It's something you kinda know, you get a feeling the way things are going. But it's a business and I got a job to do. Focus on the task at hand," Flaherty said.
“He threw a lot of pitches (28) in the first but still navigated it well,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.
Gallen (11-5) lost for the first time at home in 11 starts this season. He pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs, seven hits and two walks. He struck out eight.
Emmanuel Rivera and Christian Walker homered for Arizona. Corbin Carroll and Jake McCarthy had three hits each for the Diamondbacks. Each team had 15 hits.
DEADLINE DISCUSSIONS
The Diamondbacks are just two seasons removed from a 110-loss season and find themselves in the buyers’ market for the first time in five years.
With the trade deadline coming Tuesday, general manager Mike Hazen addressed the state of his team before the game and reflected on his team’s rapid ascent even as they have fallen out of first place since the All-Star break.
“We don’t want to waste opportunities that may be in front of us,” Hazen said of acquiring help. “This team will continue to mature, and I think giving this team an opportunity to play in a pennant chase is extremely important.”
The Diamondbacks’ bullpen issues — including a blown save Monday in a loss and six runs allowed Wednesday — have been front and center but Hazen emphasized there are other needs.
“People fixate on the bullpen, but you don’t fixate on the eight innings of opportunities that put your bullpen in situations that end up costing you,” Hazen said. “That’s something that needs to improve for us as a team. We’re not going to beat you up every day. How we respond to this little lull in our season can be very indicative of what we’re looking at.”
The Cardinals, on the other hand, are in the unfamiliar position of becoming sellers. Last year’s NL Central champions are fighting to stay out of last place this season.
Flaherty, who is a free agent after the season, might be of interest to a contending team. Marmol acknowledged that the 27-year-old pitcher would be difficult to lose. He managed Flaherty with Palm Beach in the Class-A Florida State League in 2016.
Still, Marmol realized there’s not much he can do about it. “Until it happens, it’s not even in my thinking. You’re so entrenched in the competition.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: Marmol said 2B-OF Tommy Edman (right wrist inflammation), out since July 7, is feeling better and hopes he can take game-speed full swings by Friday to determine if he’s ready to return. ... C Willson Contreras and 3B Nolan Arenado got the day off.
NEXT
Cardinals: Return home to begin a four-game series against the Chiocago Cubs. RHP Miles Mikolas (6-5, 4.33) was set to start for St. Louis on Thursday.
Diamondbacks: Off Thursday before hosting Seattle in a three-game series beginning Friday.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Gurriel Jr. grounded out to third. | |
9th Inning | Gurriel Jr. hit for Herrera | |
9th Inning | Thomas doubled to center, Canzone scored. | |
9th Inning | McCarthy popped out to second. | |
9th Inning | Rivera struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Canzone doubled to center. |
Statistics
STL | ARI | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
9 | Ground Balls | 14 |
9 | Strikeouts | 8 |
10 | Runs Batted In | 7 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
15 | Hits | 15 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
3 | Walks | 3 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
11 | Runs | 7 |
1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
40 | At Bats | 41 |
5 | Home Runs | 2 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
12 | Runners Left On Base | 23 |
0 | Triples | 1 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
2 | Doubles | 4 |
22 | Fly Balls | 20 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
154 | Pitches | 183 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
32 | Total Bases | 27 |
43 | Plate Appearances | 45 |
810.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
7 | Extra Base Hits | 7 |
11.5 | Runs Created | 10.6 |
.375 | Batting Average | .366 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.800 | Slugging Percentage | .659 |
.500 | Secondary Average | .415 |
.419 | On Base Percentage | .400 |
1.219 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.059 |
0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
11.9 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 10.6 |
76.0 | Batter Rating | 61.5 |
8.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 20.5 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.58 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.07 |
.425 | Isolated Power | .293 |
0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.38 |
.070 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .067 |
.125 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .049 |
21.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
0.9 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.8 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
119.3 | MLB Rating | 108.0 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 22,457 | Capacity:
2024 National League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee | 93 | 69 | .574 | - | L1 |
St. Louis | 83 | 79 | .512 | 10 | W1 |
Chicago | 83 | 79 | .512 | 10 | L1 |
Cincinnati | 77 | 85 | .475 | 16 | W1 |
Pittsburgh | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | L1 |
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |