St. Louis Cardinals at Cleveland Guardians

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St. Louis Cardinals

46-38, 20-21 Away

Final
9 - 6

Cleveland Guardians

40-41, 20-19 Home

Cardinals rally from 5-run deficit to defeat Guardians 9-6

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Masyn Winn added three hits for St. Louis, and Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras both homered. Donovan and Alec Burleson each drove in two runs.

Kyle Manzardo and Gabriel Arias went deep for the Guardians (40-41), who have lost three straight and dropped under .500 for the first time since April 9. Cleveland snapped a 21-inning scoreless drought with six runs in the third to take a 6-1 lead before St. Louis came back.

Burleson had a two-run single in the fifth, and Scott tied it with a two-run double during a five-run sixth. Yohel Pozo scored the go-ahead run on Donovan's sacrifice fly, and Scott came home on an RBI groundout by Winn.

Contreras added a solo homer in the ninth.

Matt Svanson (1-0) got the win and Ryan Helsley earned his 16th save.

Matt Festa (1-2) took the loss.

In the third, the Guardians got a solo shot from Manzardo and a two-run drive by Arias off starter Miles Mikolas. Their other runs came on an RBI double by Lane Thomas, an RBI triple by Steven Kwan and a run-scoring grounder by Daniel Schneeman.

Key moment Donovan lined a fastball over the wall in right-center on Slade Cecconi's first pitch. It was the sixth time this season a Guardians starter allowed a home run on the opening pitch of the game — most in the majors. Cleveland gave up six such homers from 2017-24.

Key stat It was the first time since July 5 last year against Washington that the Cardinals trailed by five and rallied to win. The last time Cleveland led by at least five and lost was on May 19, 2023, against the New York Mets.

Up next The series finale is a matchup of left-handers. Matthew Liberatore (5-6, 3.96 ERA) pitches for St. Louis, and Logan Allen (5-5, 4.25) takes the mound for Cleveland.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ramírez lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Manzardo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kwan flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Helsley relieved Maton
	9th Inning	Gorman singled to right, Gorman out stretching at second.
	9th Inning	Arenado grounded out to second.

Statistics

STL		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	9
9	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
23	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	148
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
23	Total Bases	19
43	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
9.0	Runs Created	6.2
.359	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.590	Slugging Percentage	.528
.333	Secondary Average	.389
.395	On Base Percentage	.308
.985	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.835
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
9.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
63.0	Batter Rating	46.5
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.231	Isolated Power	.278
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.139
18.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
107.0	MLB Rating	91.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0