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Rockies starting pitcher Cal Quantrill (5-4)
blanked the Cardinals for five innings while allowing three hits
and four walks. He struck out one.
Tyler Kinley earned his third save.
Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray (7-4) surrendered three
runs on two hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out
five.
Colorado moved ahead 1-0 in the third inning. Jake Cave walked,
moved to third on Toglia's single and scored when Charlie
Blackmon grounded into a forceout.
Quantrill dodged trouble in the fourth inning. Nolan Gorman and
Nolan Arenado drew one-out walks, but Brendan Donovan lined out
and Ivan Herrera grounded into a forceout.
The Rockies increased their lead to 3-0 in the fifth inning.
Brenton Doyle hit a leadoff single and Cave drew a one-out walk.
After they executed a double steal, Toglia hit a run-scoring
groundout, and Cave scored on a wild pitch.
After Gray walked Blackmon and Ezequiel Tovar, reliever Matthew
Liberatore got Ryan McMahon to hit a rally-ending groundout.
In the bottom of the inning, Toglia robbed Matt Carpenter of a
solo homer with a leaping catch at the right field wall. Masyn
Winn and Alec Burleson hit two-out singles, but Paul Goldschmidt
grounded out to strand them.
Colorado threatened in the sixth when Elias Diaz walked and
Brendan Rodgers hit a single to start the inning. But Liberatore
retired the next three batters to escape.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the
inning. Gorman hit a leadoff single off reliever Matt Carasiti,
advanced on Donovan's one-out single, and scored on an error.
After singles by Carpenter and Michael Siani produced another
run, Victor Vodnik came on to coax an inning-ending groundout
from Winn.
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