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Beau Taylor and Matt Chapman homered for the
A's, who have won seven of nine.
The Cardinals have lost three straight.
Mengden (2-1) turned in an ace-like performance filling the
rotation spot of Frankie Montas, who was suspended for 80 games
last week due to a PED violation. The 26-year-old Mengden,
beginning his second stint with Oakland this season, allowed
four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings.
After contributing 5 2/3 scoreless innings Tuesday night, the
A's bullpen tossed three more Wednesday, with Liam Hendriks
pitching around a Marcell Ozuna double in the ninth inning for
his second save. Yusmeiro Petit and Joakim Soria each tossed a
hitless inning before Hendriks closed it out.
Mark Canha had two hits for Oakland.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright (5-7) allowed two runs on
seven hits over 6 2/3 innings in his second start since
returning from a brief stint on the injured list.
He struck out nine and walked one in just his second home loss
of the season.
Tommy Edman had two hits for St. Louis.
Taylor broke a scoreless tie with two outs in the fourth when he
connected with an 0-2 sinker for his second home run of the
season.
The first two A's reached base against Wainwright in the sixth,
but the veteran got a flyout and two strikeouts to end the
threat.
The Cardinals had two on against Mengden after Ozuna walked with
two outs in the bottom of the sixth, but Jose Martinez grounded
out.
Chapman (2-for-4) made it 2-0 when he clubbed his 19th homer of
the season with two outs in the seventh.
--Field Level Media
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