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Athletics at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball
Athletics
64-76, 35-36 Away
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St. Louis Cardinals
69-71, 38-33 Home

Herrera hits go-ahead homer, Mikolas pitches 6 solid innings, Cardinals beat A's 2-1

Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Mikolas (7-10) gave up a run on five hits in six innings. He didn't have a strikeout and walked one. The right-hander was 0-2 with a 6.04 ERA in five August starts.

Matt Svanson followed with two scoreless innings and JoJo Romero pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.

Victor Scott II drew a leadoff walk from Hogan Harris in the sixth. Michael Kelly (4-3) replaced Harris with two outs and Scott on third and Iván Herrera hit his 12th homer three pitches later for a 2-1 lead.

Luis Severino left leading 1-0 after five innings and 61 pitches in his first start since Aug. 5. He allowed three hits and a walk. Severino followed five straight losses with four wins in a row before missing time with a left oblique strain.

JJ Bleday had a leadoff double in the third and rookie Nick Kurtz — batting .325 average with runners in scoring position — doubled to put the Athletics ahead. Bleday homered twice for the Athletics (64-76) in an 11-3 win in the opener.

The Cardinals (69-71) have just three wins in their last 11 home games.

Key moment Zack Gelof doubled leading off the fifth and Mikolas walked Kurtz intentionally with two outs before retiring Jacob Wilson on an infield pop-up to keep it 1-0.

Key stat The Athletics came in with 190 home runs — 57 more than the Cardinals.

Up next Athletics Jeffrey Springs (10-9, 4.17 ERA) starts Wednesday's rubber game opposite Matthew Liberatore (6-11, 4.32).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Thomas grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Thomas hit for Butler
9th Inning Langeliers struck out looking.
9th Inning Soderstrom grounded out to second.
9th Inning Romero relieved Svanson
8th Inning Nootbaar flied out to left.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 12
3 Strikeouts 5
1 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
5 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 2
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 25
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 5
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
1 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 1
19 Fly Balls 9
0 Caught Stealing 0
112 Pitches 99
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
9 Total Bases 9
33 Plate Appearances 28
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
4 Extra Base Hits 2
1.4 Runs Created 2.1
.161 Batting Average .200
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.290 Slugging Percentage .360
.194 Secondary Average .240
.212 On Base Percentage .259
.502 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .619
0.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.3
1.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.5
17.0 Batter Rating 18.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 25.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.39 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.54
.129 Isolated Power .160
0.67 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.40
.061 Walks Per Plate Appearance .071
.032 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .040
2.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
68.3 MLB Rating 71.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 17,002 | Capacity:

2025 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston - 63 L1 0.5467626 76
Seattle 3 66 L2 0.52517986 73
Texas 4.5 68 L1 0.51428574 72
Los Angeles 10.5 73 W1 0.4710145 65
Athletics 12.5 76 L1 0.45714286 64

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 54 L2 0.6115108 85
Chicago 5 59 W2 0.5755396 80
Cincinnati 15 69 L1 0.50359714 70
St. Louis 16.5 71 W1 0.49285713 69
Pittsburgh 23 77 W1 0.44604316 62
Full Standings