Tampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals
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Lowe, Carlson spark Rays to a 6-4 victory over Cardinals to avoid a sweep
Lowe has hit seven home runs, nine doubles and has 18 RBI in his last 26 games. He has driven in a run in five consecutive games, tying a career high.
“You have to understand it's a very difficult game at times,” Lowe said. “It's a very fun game at other times. Never think you know too much or that you've got it figured out.”
Ben Rortvedt added three hits for the Rays.
Nolan Arenado drove in a run, scored twice and had three hits for St. Louis. Arenado is 12 for 30 in August with three doubles and six RBI. Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs for the Cardinals.
“This is a frustrating one. I feel like we played a pretty clean game,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. "We took some really good at-bats, especially giving up two in the first and then coming right back. Sometimes baseball just happens.”
Richard Lovelady (3-4) pitched one inning for the win and Pete Fairbanks, a St. Louis native who pitched at Missouri, pitched the ninth for his 22nd save in 24 opportunities.
“I treated it like it's any other place,” Fairbanks said about pitching at Busch Stadium where he threw in high school and college. “I was thinking to myself if I'm getting in this game we've got to score five runs and then Lowe hits a pop. So, I'll take it. I think I would have been frustrated if I hadn't gotten to pitch here. So, it's nice to put an ‘S’ in the record book.”
JoJo Romero (5-2) took the loss.
Kyle Gibson pitched six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk.
Shane Baz threw 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on six hits and two walks.
The Rays scored three runs in the seventh. Yandy Díaz drove in a run with a sacrifice fly before Lowe's homer that just cleared the wall and the glove of leaping center fielder Victor Scott II.
“Every single part of me just went straight to the worse,” said Lowe, who moved into third place in Rays history with 119 career homers. “I was pretty happy when I saw the umpire signal. It all worked out.”
Tampa Bay added a run in the ninth on José Caballero's single.
Arenado and Brendan Donovan had run-scoring hits as St. Louis took a 3-2 lead in the first. Goldschmidt drove in a run with a two-out single in the third.
Carlson drove in two runs with a two-out single to right in the first.
“It definitely felt good to come through with runners in scoring position," he said. “We wanted this one.”
The Rays were 1 for 23 with runners in scoring position in the previous two games.
“That would have been a real frustrating first inning if we had not capitalized on getting runners on second and third with no outs,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “That was big hit that set a tone for us.”
TRANSACTIONS
The Rays optioned RHP Hunter Bigge to Triple-A Durham.
TRAINING ROOM
Rays: LF Josh Lowe (right knee contusion) left the game after the top of the first. He fouled a ball off his right leg before striking out. Kameron Misner, a Missouri native, replaced him. … Reinstated LHP Richard Lovelady (left forearm flexor strain) from the 15-day IL.
Cardinals: RHP Riley O’Brien (right forearm flexor strain) tossed a scoreless inning Wednesday at Triple-A Memphis. He threw 10 pitches.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Zack Littell (5-7, 4.06) against visiting Baltimore RHP Zach Eflin (7-7, 4.05) on Friday.
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (8-9, 5.12) against Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-6, 3.69) in Kansas City on Friday.
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Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Contreras grounded out to third. | |
9th Inning | Burleson flied out to left. | |
9th Inning | Winn lined out to center. | |
9th Inning | Fairbanks relieved Poché | |
9th Inning | Morel struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | B. Lowe grounded out to shortstop, Caballero to third. |
Statistics
TB | STL | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
1 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
13 | Ground Balls | 16 |
7 | Strikeouts | 5 |
6 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
12 | Hits | 9 |
1 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
2 | Walks | 3 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
6 | Runs | 4 |
3 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
35 | At Bats | 35 |
1 | Home Runs | 0 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
17 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
3 | Doubles | 2 |
16 | Fly Balls | 14 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
127 | Pitches | 155 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
18 | Total Bases | 11 |
39 | Plate Appearances | 39 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
4 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
6.0 | Runs Created | 4.1 |
.343 | Batting Average | .257 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.514 | Slugging Percentage | .314 |
.257 | Secondary Average | .200 |
.385 | On Base Percentage | .333 |
.899 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .648 |
0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.1 |
6.0 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.1 |
46.0 | Batter Rating | 31.0 |
35.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.26 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.97 |
.171 | Isolated Power | .057 |
0.29 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.60 |
.051 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .077 |
-.086 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.057 |
12.0 | Runs Produced | 8.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
94.8 | MLB Rating | 80.8 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 35,217 | Capacity:
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 94 | 68 | .580 | - | W1 |
Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | W3 |
Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | W1 |
Tampa Bay | 80 | 82 | .494 | 14 | L1 |
Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | L3 |
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 |