Former Phoenix high school star Nolan Gorman
homered twice among his three hits for the Cardinals, and
teammate Lars Nootbaar also had three hits and a home run. Paul
Goldschmidt and Andrew Knizner also went deep for St. Louis.
Christian Walker and Emmanuel Rivera homered for the
Diamondbacks, while Walker, Jake McCarthy and Corbin Carroll had
three hits apiece.
Paul DeJong smoked a one-out double to right-center off Arizona
ace Zac Gallen in the seventh, and Knizner drove home DeJong
with a go-ahead single, ending Gallen's afternoon.
Diamondbacks reliever Kyle Nelson induced a Brendan Donovan
foulout, but another high fastball to Goldschmidt ended up deep
in the left field stands to give St. Louis a 6-3 lead.
The Cardinals added on in the eighth. Gorman blasted his second
home run of the day, a two-run shot to dead center, and Knizner
cracked a two-run shot as well, scoring DeJong ahead of him.
Nootbaar singled home Donovan to cap the St. Louis scoring.
Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty, among the leading trade targets
as the Tuesday deadline nears, went five-plus innings, allowing
three runs and eight hits. He struck out four and walked two.
Relievers Andre Pallante (3-1), Giovanny Gallegos and Andrew
Suarez finished up for St. Louis.
Gallen (11-5), who was chasing a major-league-leading 12th
victory, went 6 1/3 innings, walking two, striking out eight and
yielding five runs on seven hits.
Nootbaar put the Cardinals on top 3-2 with a home run in the
sixth inning, but Rivera tied it in the bottom of the sixth with
a long drive over the left field fence.
DeJong, Donovan and Tyler O'Neill joined Knizner with two hits
apiece for St. Louis.
Carroll, the betting favorite for National League Rookie of the
Year, doubled, singled twice, walked, scored three times and
stole his 30th base.
Walker cracked a two-run homer in the ninth.
The Diamondbacks took their sixth loss in seven games. The
Cardinals won for just the second time in six games.
--Field Level Media
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