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Masyn Winn also hit a homer for the Cardinals,
and Alec Burleson had two runs and an RBI.
Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn (6-4) earned his first
career win against the Rangers, giving him a victory over all 30
teams. He held them to one run on three hits in five innings
while striking out three and walking one.
Wyatt Langford's homer accounted for the Rangers' only run.
Texas starting pitcher Max Scherzer (2-4) allowed three runs on
four hits in four innings. He fanned five and walked one.
Winn hit Scherzer's first pitch of the game over the
left-center-field wall to put the Cardinals up 1-0.
Langford tied the game 1-1 with his second-inning homer. With
one out in the same frame, Nathaniel Lowe walked and Josh Jung
hit a single, but Lynn retired the next two batters to prevent
further trouble.
The Cardinals regained the lead 2-1 in their half of the inning.
Matt Carpenter dropped a double down the left field line and
scored on Brandon Crawford's double into the right field corner.
St. Louis upped its lead to 3-1 in the third inning when
Burleson walked and scored on a hit-and-run double by Lars
Nootbaar.
The Cardinals played small ball to start their five-run outburst
against reliever Cody Bradford in the fifth inning. Michael
Siani reached on a bunt single, stole second base, took third on
a groundout and scored on Burleson's single through the
pulled-in infield.
Willson Contreras hit a single and Paul Goldschmidt drew a
two-out walk before Pham's grand slam made it 8-1.
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