Oakland 7, St. Louis 3
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
88°
Umpires:
Home -
Gabe Morales, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Jerry Meals, 3B -
Tom Woodring
Attendance:
40556
By Field Level Media
Chad Pinder and Marcus Semien hit back-to-back homers as part of a six-run fifth inning, and the visiting Oakland A's beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Tuesday night.
Matt Olson had a homer and a single for the A's, who opened a six-game road trip.
Oakland starter Chris Bassitt allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings before being lifted.
Reliever J.B Wendelken (1-1) pitched two-thirds of an inning for the win. Five Oakland relievers combined to throw 5 2/3 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts.
Matt Carpenter had a two-run triple for St. Louis, and Marcell Ozuna had two hits and walked twice.
Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty (4-5) was charged with seven runs on nine hits -- three of them homers -- over 4 2/3 innings.
Olson led off the second with a solo home run to give Oakland an early lead, but the Cardinals answered in the bottom half of the inning.
Yadier Molina led off with a single, and Dexter Fowler walked. With two outs, Carpenter sent a fly ball to deep center. Ramon Laureano misplayed the ball at the wall, and it fell in for a two-run triple. Paul DeJong (two hits) followed with a ground-rule double to make it 3-1.
Oakland's Josh Phegley led off the fifth with a double, and Pinder and Semien followed with back-to-back homers. With one out, Matt Chapman and Olson singled. A two-out single by Stephen Piscotty scored Chapman and ended Flaherty's night. John Brebbia came on, and pinch hitter Khris Davis lined a double to center, scoring Olson and Piscotty.
Earlier on Tuesday, Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak announced that closer Jordan Hicks (torn ulnar collateral ligament) would undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery Wednesday. Carlos Martinez will become the Cardinals' closer.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Oakland
|
10 |
3 |
22 |
.270 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
St. Louis
|
10 |
0 |
14 |
.278 |
22 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |