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The Rangers took two of three from the
Cardinals and have won four of five. St. Louis has lost four of
five and is 5-13 this month.
The Rangers broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth on Danny
Santana's second career pinch-hit homer before the Cardinals
forced extras on Dexter Fowler's one-out homer in the ninth off
Texas closer Chris Martin.
The Cardinals then took the lead in the 10th when Harrison Bader
hit a leadoff double against Jeanmar Gomez (1-0), went to third
on a groundout by Paul Goldschmidt and scored on a sacrifice fly
by Paul DeJong.
But Jordan Hicks (1-2), who entered with two outs in the eighth
for the Cardinals, gave up a leadoff single to Rougned Odor in
the bottom of the inning and walked Santana before surrendering
a game-tying pinch-hit RBI single to Willie Calhoun.
With Santana on third, Carlos Martinez entered and intentionally
walked Shin-Soo Choo to load the bases. Martinez struck out
Logan Forsythe for the first out before Mazara flew out to
medium left-center field. Bader's throw home was wide on the
first base side as Santana slid home with the winning run.
Choo had two hits for the Rangers, including a leadoff homer in
the first that cut the Cardinals' lead to 2-1. It was the first
leadoff homer of the season for Choo and the 28th of his career.
Texas tied the game in the fourth, when Forsythe led off with a
walk and scored on Hunter Pence's one-out double.
Bader, Goldschmidt and DeJong also teamed up for the Cardinals'
first-inning rally, when Bader laced a leadoff double against
Drew Smyly and Goldschmidt drew a walk before DeJong delivered a
two-run double.
Bader and Marcell Ozuna each had two hits.
Smyly gave up two runs on three hits and four walks while
striking out four over four innings. Cardinals starter Jack
Flaherty allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while
striking out five over six innings.
--Field Level Media
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