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Zack Gelof and Jordan Diaz each drove in two
runs for the A's, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Gelof
went 4-for-5 with a stolen base and Diaz reached base three
times.
Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore (2-5) allowed six
runs (five earned) on 10 hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.
He fanned five.
St. Louis outfielder Lars Nootbaar exited in the sixth inning
with a lower abdomen contusion. Nootbaar was injured after
fouling a ball off himself in the fifth.
Cardinals infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman departed in the
eighth inning with a right calf contusion. He was also injured
by a foul ball during a fifth-inning at-bat.
The A's jumped out to a 4-0 lead as Liberatore needed 35 pitches
to get through the first inning.
Gelof hit a double, stole third base and scored on Carlos
Perez's single. Diaz added a two-run double and Shea Langeliers
capped the rally with an RBI single.
Blackburn dodged trouble in the second inning. Alec Burleson hit
a double and moved to third on Jordan Walker's single. Andrew
Knizner drew a one-out walk to load the bases.
But Blackburn struck out Taylor Motter and got Edman to ground
out.
The Athletics pushed their lead to 5-0 in the fourth inning.
Nick Allen hit a single and was thrown out trying to score on
Esteury Ruiz's double, but Gelof followed with an RBI single.
Brent Rooker reached on Walker's three-base error to open the
fifth inning. Diaz drew a one-out walk, ending Liberatore's
night. Seth Brown greeted reliever Casey Lawrence with a
sacrifice fly to make it 6-0.
The A's made it 7-0 in the sixth inning. Ruiz drew a walk, stole
second and scored on Gelof's RBI double.
Tyler Soderstrom's homer in the ninth pushed Oakland's lead to
8-0.
--Field Level Media
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