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Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman each had two
hits and drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who notched 13
hits and have won five of seven.
Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson (7-3) went five innings, allowing
three runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out eight.
Three St. Louis relievers combined for four scoreless innings
while allowing just two hits.
Washington's Jesse Winker had two doubles and CJ Abrams and Lane
Thomas had two hits each. The Nationals collected 11 hits but
were short-circuited by three double plays.
Nationals rookie DJ Herz (1-3) lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up
five runs (four earned) on five hits. He walked two and fanned
four.
Brendan Donovan walked with two outs in the St. Louis second and
Gorman followed with an RBI double. Dylan Carlson singled home
Gorman to make it 2-0.
Winker doubled leading off the bottom half and scored on a
one-out double by Juan Yepez. With two outs, Riley Adams lined a
single to right, scoring Yepez with the tying run.
Paul Goldschmidt doubled leading off the top of the fourth and
scored the go-ahead run on Gorman's two-out single.
Masyn Winn walked with one out in the Cardinals' fifth. After
Alec Burleson reached on catcher interference on Adams, Dylan
Floro replaced Herz. Contreras lined a single to center, scoring
Goldschmidt. After a double steal and a flyout, Arenado singled
to left with two outs, scoring both runners to make it 6-2.
James Wood singled leading off the bottom of the sixth and
scored on Winker's double to cut Cardinals lead to 6-3. Luis
Garcia Jr. walked with nobody out, but Ryan Fernandez replaced
Gibson and got Yepez to ground into a double play before Trey
Lipscomb grounded out.
In the seventh, Burleson singled and Contreras homered to left,
his ninth of the season, to make it 8-3.
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