St. Louis Cardinals at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

45-38, 19-21 Away

Final
5 - 0

Cleveland Guardians

40-40, 20-18 Home

Sonny Gray strikes out 11, allows only 1 hit in dominant complete game as Cardinals blank Guardians

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Alec Burleson and Pedro Pagés homered, and Nolan Arenado had a pair of RBI for the Cardinals, who bounced back after being shut out in their previous two games.

It is the seventh complete game of Gray's 13-year career and the 18th in the majors this season. It is also his fourth career shutout and first since 2015 when he was with the Athletics.

Gray — who threw 89 pitches, including 66 strikes — had double-digit strikeouts for the third time this season and 20th in his career.

Pagés and Burleson lined home runs off Cleveland starter Luis Ortiz (4-9) in the third inning. Pagés drove an elevated sinker over the left-field wall to lead off the frame and snap a 24-inning string where the Cardinals had not scored a run. Burleson connected for a two-run shot with two outs.

The Guardians were blanked for the second straight game. Toronto's Kevin Gausman threw eight innings of two-hit ball in the Blue Jays 6-0 win on Thursday.

Cleveland third baseman José Ramírez was not in the lineup due to a bruised right forearm.

Key moment Nolan Jones had a base hit to right field with two outs in the fifth which prevented the Guardians' from being no hit for the fifth time since 2021.

Key stat After giving up six runs in 4 1/3 innings in a 6-0 loss at Milwaukee on June 12, Gray has allowed only one run in 14 innings in his last two starts.

Up next St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.31 ERA) goes up against Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi (3-3, 3.38).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kwan flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Martínez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Naylor lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Hampson in right field.
	9th Inning	Donovan grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Scott II struck out looking.

Statistics

STL		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	7
8	Strikeouts	11
5	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	1
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	1
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	89
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	1
37	Plate Appearances	28
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
3.9	Runs Created	-2.3
.206	Batting Average	.036
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.036
.324	Secondary Average	.000
.270	On Base Percentage	.036
.711	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.071
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-2.3
37.0	Batter Rating	1.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.18
.235	Isolated Power	.000
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
10.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.0
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
83.0	MLB Rating	51.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0