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Marcell Ozuna homered and drove in three runs,
Yadier Molina went 3-for-5 and three other St. Louis batters had
two hits each. The Cardinals moved a half game ahead of the
Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League Central
Division.
Nolan Arenado had two hits and reached all four times he came to
the plate for Colorado, which has lost four of five since
sweeping a home series against Miami.
Flaherty (8-6) didn't allow a hit until Yonathan Daza led off
the fifth inning with a single. Before that, the Rockies only
had three base runners -- one on a walk and two hit batsmen.
The Cardinals had no problem getting to rookie right-hander
Peter Lambert (2-4). With one out in the first, Kolten Wong
reached on an error by second baseman Ryan McMahon. After Paul
Goldschmidt lined out, Ozuna homered to left-center field to put
St. Louis ahead 2-0.
It was Ozuna's 24th home run of the season.
It stayed that way until the fourth, when the Cardinals loaded
the bases on a double and two walks. Lambert hit Wong to score
Tommy Edman and make it 3-0.
St. Louis broke it open in the fifth against Lambert and
reliever Wes Parsons, who was making his Colorado debut after
being claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. Molina
started it with a single off Lambert and Edman followed with a
single off of Parsons.
Harrison Bader drove in Molina with another single and Edman
came home on a throwing error by Parsons. Flaherty drove in
Bader with a sacrifice fly to make it 6-0.
The Cardinals added two more runs in the sixth on Ozuna's double
that scored Goldschmidt from first followed by Paul DeJong's
single to drive in Ozuna.
Lambert allowed four runs but only two were earned.
The Rockies scored three in the ninth on McMahon's RBI single, a
passed ball and a groundout.
--Field Level Media
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