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The Cardinals won the season series 4-2 and
pulled to within 2 1/2 games of Atlanta in the race for the
National League's first wild-card berth. It was the first time
St. Louis has won the season series against Atlanta since 2017.
Paul Goldschmidt, Alec Burleson, Lars Nootbaar and Willson
Contreras all went deep for St. Louis.
Burleson was 2-for-5 with two RBIs, giving him an RBI is six
straight games and six in the series. Burleson has recorded 41
of his 59 RBI since June 1, the most in the National League
during that stretch.
Mikolas (8-8) pitched six innings and allowed two runs on seven
hits, one walk and three strikeouts. The St. Louis defense
turned three double plays behind him.
Ryan Fernandez, Andrew Kittredge and Ryan Helsley each threw a
scoreless inning to finish the game
Atlanta rookie Spencer Schwellenbach (3-5) pitched six innings
and allowed four runs on seven hits -- three of them home runs
-- and eight strikeouts. The loss snapped his two-game winning
streak.
Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies injured his left wrist in
the ninth inning. Albies banged his glove on the shoulder of
base-stealer Michael Siani and was holding his left arm while
exiting the field. Albies was still having the wrist evaluated
after the game, but manager Brian Snitker said the injury "is
not good" and that Albies would be going on the injured list.
Goldschmidt got St. Louis on the board in the second inning and
ended an 0-for-12 skid with a solo homer, his 14th homer of the
season. Burleson added a solo shot, his 18th, in the third
inning.
The Braves cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the third on
Jarred Kelenic's solo homer, his 11th.
Nootbaar hit a solo homer, his seventh, in the fourth inning,
and Burleson added a run-scoring single in the fifth for a 4-1
advantage.
The Braves rallied for a run in the home half of the fifth when
Ramon Laureano doubled with two outs and scored on Orlando
Arcia's single.
St. Louis tacked on a run in the eighth when Conteras went deep
against reliever Jesse Chavez for his 11th homer.
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