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The Cardinals rebounded from a 4-2 loss on
Tuesday to even the three-game interleague series, which
concludes on Thursday.
St. Louis received contributions throughout its lineup, with
Nootbaar collecting two hits, an RBI and two runs scored. Jordan
Walker added two hits and drove in a run.
Cards starter Dakota Hudson (3-0) worked five innings, giving up
three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk.
Giovanny Gallegos closed out the ninth inning for his ninth
save.
Jose Siri had two home runs for Tampa Bay.
The Rays went with Jalen Beeks as the opener and the left-hander
was charged with two runs in two-plus innings. Kevin Kelly (4-2)
entered in the third inning after Nootbaar singled and went on
to yield three runs on five hits in two innings of work.
The Cardinals grabbed the lead in the second inning on Alec
Burleson's RBI groundout. Nolan Gorman got the inning started
with a single, and Walker's double put runners on second and
third. With one out, Burleson chopped a ground ball to third and
Gorman scored easily.
Tampa Bay responded quickly with a two-run home run in the
second inning, a 429-foot shot to center by Siri.
In the third inning, the Cardinals reclaimed the lead.
Nolan Arenado and Walker each collected a run-scoring singles,
giving St. Louis a 3-2 advantage.
St. Louis kept the pressure on in the fourth inning, building a
5-2 lead on Goldschmidt's two-run single.
The Rays chipped back to 5-3 in the bottom of the fourth on
Siri's second blast of the night, a drive to left field to give
him 23 homers on the season.
Nootbaar connected off Robert Stephenson in the seventh, giving
the Cardinals a three-run lead again.
Wander Franco's 448-foot home run off Drew VerHagen in the
seventh pulled Tampa Bay within two runs.
--Field Level Media
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