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Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Matt Olson and
Marcell Ozuna hit solo homers for the Braves (90-47), who have
lost back-to-back games after winning 10 of the previous 11.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (7-10) earned his first
victory since July 17. He allowed three runs on eight hits in 6
2/3 innings, walking two and striking out two.
Braves starting pitcher Michael Soroka (2-2) struggled in his
return to the big leagues. He fanned six batters in three
innings, but he allowed five runs on four hits and a walk in his
first game back from Triple-A Gwinnett.
Atlanta went on top 1-0 on Albies' first-inning homer.
The Cardinals responded by taking a 3-1 lead in the second
inning. Nolan Arenado hit a single, moved to second on Willson
Contreras' sacrifice bunt and scored on Walker's bloop double.
O'Neill followed with his homer.
St. Louis made it 5-1 in the third inning when Paul Goldschmidt
walked and Gorman hit his first homer of the night.
Walker's long ball in the fourth inning increased the margin to
6-1.
The Cardinals pushed their advantage to 9-1 in the sixth inning.
Singles by Walker and O'Neill, Tommy Edman's RBI double, Masyn
Winn's run-scoring fielder's-choice grounder and Goldschmidt's
RBI single did the damage.
The Braves got two runs back in the bottom of the inning on
consecutive homers by Riley and Olson. By socking his 45th home
run of the year, Olson took sole possession of the major league
lead.
Atlanta cut the deficit to 9-6 in the eighth inning. Ozuna
homered, Eddie Rosario walked, Michael Harris II hit a single,
Orlando Arcia hit an RBI double and Ronald Acuna Jr. added a
run-scoring groundout.
Gorman's second homer made it 10-6 in the ninth inning.
--Field Level Media
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