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Esteury Ruiz smacked his second homer in three
games and Tyler Nevin had three hits as the A's capped a 3-3
homestand with their third-most runs this season.
Willson Contreras had two doubles and Ivan Herrera drove in two
runs for the Cardinals, who completed a 3-3 trip.
Blackburn (2-0), who had not allowed a run in his previous three
starts, allowed three in a Cardinals fourth-inning uprising that
propelled the visitors into a 3-2 lead. Contreras had an RBI
double and Herrera a two-run single in the rally.
But Blackburn allowed just one more hit and no more runs before
being pulled after 5 2/3 innings, charged with three runs on six
hits. He walked five and struck out seven.
T.J. McFarland protected a 5-3 lead by getting the final out of
the sixth, before Austin Adams, Lucas Erceg and Mason Miller
combined for three scoreless innings. Miller recorded his fourth
save with a two-strikeout ninth.
Down 3-2, the A's regained the lead in the fifth after Nevin and
Zack Gelof opened the inning with singles against Cardinals
starter Steven Matz (1-1).
Langeliers followed with his double to left-center, tying the
score, before Abraham Toro (groundout) and Darell Hernaiz
(sacrifice fly) plated additional runs.
The A's added an insurance run in the sixth when Ruiz, who had
reached base on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on
Nevin's single.
Ruiz, who was promoted from Triple-A on Monday, homered to open
the scoring in the third after Max Schuemann had worked Matz for
an inning-opening walk.
Matz went five innings, allowing five runs and seven hits. He
walked three and struck out four.
Ruiz finished with two runs and two RBIs for the A's, who outhit
the Cardinals 10-6.
Contreras' doubles were the only extra-base hits for St. Louis,
which failed to homer in the three-game series.
--Field Level Media
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