The Cardinals won their seventh straight game to move two games
up on the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central. The
Yankees lost their fifth straight game.
DeJong went 2-for-3 with two walks, a double, a three-run homer
and three runs in the 4-hour, 25-minute marathon. Arenado went
3-for-5 with a double, a three-run homer and two runs.
Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright allowed six runs on
eight hits and four walks in four innings. Reliever Chris
Stratton (6-4) earned the victory and Ryan Helsley got the final
four outs to earn his 11th save.
In his Yankees debut, starting pitcher Frankie Montas allowed
six runs on five hits and three walks in three innings. Reliever
Albert Abreu (2-1) took the loss.
Aaron Judge went 2-for-5 with a walk and four RBIs for the
Yankees. Aaron Hicks went 3-for-4 with a walk, one RBI and two
runs while breaking out of a 0-for-32 slump.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone earned his sixth ejection of the
season for protesting home plate umpire Ed Hickox's
ball-and-strike calls. Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake was
also ejected.
Matt Carpenter's sacrifice fly put the Yankees up 1-0 in the
first inning. In the bottom of the frame, Arenado hit a
game-tying RBI single.
The Yankees moved ahead 4-1 in the second inning on Hicks' RBI
single and Judge's two-run single.
The Cardinals countered with five runs in their half of the
inning with the help of three walks. Dylan Carlson's RBI double,
Paul Goldschmidt's sacrifice fly and Arenado's homer put the
Cardinals up 6-4.
The Yankees tied the game 6-6 in the fifth on Judge's two-run
double.
The Cardinals retook the lead 9-6 in the bottom of the inning on
DeJong's RBI double, Tommy Edman's run-scoring single and
Goldschmidt's bases-loaded walk.
The Yankees cut their deficit to 9-8 in the sixth inning on Jose
Trevino's run-scoring single and Marwin Gonzalez's RBI fielder's
choice.
DeJong's homer in the eighth inning made it 12-8, and LeMahieu
hit a homer in the ninth inning to bring the final score to
12-9.
--Field Level Media
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