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Rays starting pitcher Shane Baz allowed four
runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two batters and
struck out two.
Reliever Richard Lovelady (3-4) earned the victory, and Pete
Fairbanks earned his 22nd save.
Outfielder Josh Lowe exited the game with a right knee contusion
after fouling a pitch off of his leg in the first inning.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs for the Cardinals, and Nolan
Arenado went 3-for-3 with a walk, two runs and an RBI.
Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson allowed two runs on eight
hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Reliever JoJo Romero (5-2) took the loss.
Tampa Bay took a 2-0 first-inning lead. On the first two pitches
of the game, Yandy Diaz hit a single off Gibson's foot, and
Brandon Lowe sent him to third with a double.
Gibson struck out the next two batters, but Carlson lined a
two-run single.
The Cardinals took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Masyn Winn walked leading off and Baz hit Willson Contreras with
a pitch with one out.
Arenado hit an RBI single, Brendan Donovan hit an RBI double,
and Goldschmidt followed with a run-scoring groundout.
St. Louis increased its lead to 4-2 in the third inning. Arenado
hit a two-out infield single, Donovan walked, and Goldschmidt
lined an RBI single.
The Rays surged ahead 5-4 in the seventh inning against Kyle
Leahy. Taylor Walls walked leading off, reached third on Curtis
Mead's single and scored on Diaz's sacrifice fly.
Then Lowe launched his go-ahead two-run homer, giving him eight
RBIs in his last five games.
Tampa Bay expanded its lead to 6-4 in the ninth when Walls hit a
double and Jose Caballero followed with an RBI single.
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