Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals

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Philadelphia Phillies

8-5, 3-4 Away

Final
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St. Louis Cardinals

6-7, 5-2 Home

Pallante tosses 7 shutout innings and Pozo helps spark Cardinals to 2-0 victory over Phillies

Yohel Pozos' RBI double puts the Cards on the board

Pallante (2-0) gave up just two singles, struck out four and walked two.

Phil Maton retired the side in the eighth and Ryan Helsey got three outs after giving up a leadoff single in the ninth for his second save of the season, preserving St. Louis' first shutout.

Aaron Nola (0-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings and struck out seven. Nola had been 4-0 in five previous starts against St. Louis since Game 2 of the NL wild-card playoffs in 2022.

Pozo, who made his Cardinals debut Monday night in Pittsburgh, entered the game to catch in the second inning after shortstop Masyn Winn left with lower back spasms. Pedro Pagés moved from catcher to second base and second baseman Thomas Saggese, who had two hits, went to shortstop.

Pozo finished 3 for 4 with a run scored, matching his career high for hits previously done with Texas in 2021.

St. Louis scored its only runs in the fifth inning. Pozo doubled into the corner in left field to score Saggese from first base. After Lars Nootbaar singled, Nola struck out the next two but then walked Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson to force in Pozo and make it 2-0.

Key moment With two outs and a runner on third that Pallante helped put there with a walk and an errant pickoff throw in the fifth inning, he struck out Bryson Stott to keep the Phillies scoreless.

Key stat Nola had only walked one batter in his first two starts this season. In five innings Friday, he walked four.

Up next LHP Cristopher Sánchez (0-0, 4.09) faces RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1, 11.25) in the second game of the series Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castellanos flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Schwarber grounded out to pitcher, Turner to third.
	9th Inning	Harper grounded out to second, Turner to second.
	9th Inning	Turner singled to center.
	9th Inning	Helsley relieved Maton
	8th Inning	Nootbaar grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Pozo out at second.

Statistics

PHI		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	10
4	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
116	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	1
-0.2	Runs Created	4.6
.100	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.100	Slugging Percentage	.313
.133	Secondary Average	.281
.156	On Base Percentage	.378
.256	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.691
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
5.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.46
.000	Isolated Power	.031
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
58.3	MLB Rating	75.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0