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After winning 4-2 on a 10th-inning walk-off homer Tuesday and in an
11-3 rout Wednesday, the Rays received an outstanding start from
McClanahan (7-2) to notch the sweep and finish 4-2 on their six-game
homestand.
The left-hander allowed an unearned run on two hits, while striking
out nine and walking one. He increased his major league-leading
strikeout total to 98.
Ji-Man Choi slugged a two-run homer and Kevin Kiermaier went 2-for-3
to account for the Rays' three hits.
Tampa Bay defeated St. Louis for the 10th time in the past 12 games
dating back to July 2, 2011.
St. Louis pitcher Miles Mikolas (4-4) yielded two runs on three hits
in a complete game. He struck out nine without a walk.
Paul Goldschmidt walked and scored in the sixth inning to move his
on-base streak to 45 games -- the longest by a Cardinal since Matt
Holliday reached in 47 games over the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Mikolas and McClanahan were sharp their first time through the
batting order, with only Albert Pujols managing a hit -- a pop-fly
double that second baseman Vidal Brujan overran to lead off the
second inning.
McClanahan cruised through the Cardinals the first time around by
striking out five of the first nine outs.
Meanwhile, Mikolas retired all nine batters against him until
leadoff hitter Kiermaier opened the fourth inning with a single to
right. One batter later, Choi lashed Mikolas' 1-0 inside sinker out
to right for a 2-0 lead. The homer was his fifth this season and
extended his hitting streak to nine games.
In the sixth, after a two-out walk to Goldschmidt and a single by
Nolan Arenado, McClanahan attempted to field Pujols' soft comebacker
with his bare hand, muffing the ball. He then mishandled it with his
glove in an attempt to pick it up and threw wildly past first
baseman Choi to send home Goldschmidt.
Jason Adam relieved McClanahan in the ninth and immediately walked
Arenado. But he struck out pinch hitter Nolan Gorman and got Tyler
O'Neill to ground into a double play to Brujan to end the game for
his second save.
--Field Level Media
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