Oakland Athletics at St. Louis Cardinals
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Nolan Arenado, Jordan Walker hit first-inning homers to power Cardinals past Athletics 6-2
Arenado finished with four hits and Tommy Edman also homered for the last-place Cardinals, who have won five of six.
Lawrence Butler hit his first major league homer for Oakland, which has lost five straight overall and its last nine on the road. The A's (33-87) fell 54 games under .500 for the first time since ending the 1979 season at 54-108.
Dakota Hudson (4-0) recorded his third successive win, allowing two runs on five hits over 6 2/3 innings.
“I'm not overthinking, just playing catch out there,” Hudson said.
Hudson has won three starts in a row for the first time since Aug. 31-Sept. 12, 2020.
“I don’t want to attribute it all to mentality, but a decent amount of it is,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “He’s attacking the zone.”
Arenado hit a two-run shot in the first off Spenser Watkins (0-1), his team-high 25th, to make it 3-0. Three batters later, Walker hit his 11th homer.
Arenado became the tenth third baseman in major league history to record 25 home runs in eight or more seasons.
“I take a lot of pride in it,” Arenado said. “I believe when I'm out on the field, I can put up numbers.”
Arenado improved his average to .289.
“He's a nice example for a guy like me to look up to,” St. Louis outfielder Lars Nootbaar said. “A (future) Hall of Famer and he's still getting after it day after day. Being able to watch a guy like that work is very important."
Arenado is the seventh St. Louis player to hit 25 or more homers in three successive seasons.
St. Louis has scored five or more runs in each of its last six games.
“Our approaches have been very good,” Marmol said.
Butler, in his 18th career at-bat, sent a long drive over the wall in right in the seventh inning.
“I feel like I can make the adjustments pretty fast,” Butler said. “Just keep working every day.”
Oakland outfielder Esteury Ruiz stole his 47th base of the season in the third inning to extend the franchise rookie record.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: RHP Angel Felipe was placed on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. He allowed three runs on three hits to St. Louis while recording one out in Monday night's 7-5 loss.
Cardinals: INF Nolan Gorman missed his second successive game with lower back tightness. C Willson Contreras sat out with hip tightness suffered while running the bases in the third inning Monday night.
UP NEXT
St. Louis LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-4, 5.72 ERA) will face Oakland RHP Paul Blackburn (2-3, 4.52) as the Cardinals seek a three-game sweep on Wednesday.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Allen grounded out to first. | |
9th Inning | Butler struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Soderstrom struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Romero relieved King | |
8th Inning | O'Neill struck out swinging. | |
8th Inning | Burleson grounded into fielder's choice to first, Burleson to second, Arenado to third, Goldschmidt out at home in rundown. |
Statistics
OAK | STL | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
2 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
17 | Ground Balls | 12 |
5 | Strikeouts | 7 |
2 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
6 | Hits | 14 |
1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
1 | Walks | 4 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
2 | Runs | 6 |
1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
32 | At Bats | 37 |
1 | Home Runs | 3 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
12 | Runners Left On Base | 22 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
1 | Doubles | 5 |
10 | Fly Balls | 18 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
128 | Pitches | 171 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
1 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
1 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
10 | Total Bases | 28 |
35 | Plate Appearances | 41 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
2 | Extra Base Hits | 8 |
2.5 | Runs Created | 11.0 |
.188 | Batting Average | .378 |
1.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.313 | Slugging Percentage | .757 |
.188 | Secondary Average | .486 |
.257 | On Base Percentage | .439 |
.570 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.196 |
1.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
2.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 12.9 |
20.0 | Batter Rating | 57.0 |
32.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 12.3 |
1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
3.66 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.17 |
.125 | Isolated Power | .378 |
0.20 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.57 |
.029 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .098 |
.000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .108 |
4.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.8 |
0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
72.3 | MLB Rating | 106.5 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 32,528 | Capacity:
2024 American League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 88 | 73 | .547 | - | W2 |
Seattle | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.5 | W4 |
Texas | 78 | 84 | .481 | 10.5 | W3 |
Oakland | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19.5 | L3 |
Los Angeles | 63 | 99 | .389 | 25.5 | L6 |
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 |