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Ryan Helsley survived Atlanta's ninth-inning
comeback bid. He yielded two runs but still converted his 27th
consecutive save, extending his team record.
The Cardinals have won four straight games and nine of their
past 12.
Austin Riley homered for the Braves, who took just their third
loss in the past 11 games.
Braves starter Spencer Schwellenbach (1-3) allowed four runs on
eight hits in five innings. He struck out six and didn't issue a
walk.
Atlanta shortstop Orlando Arcia exited the game in the sixth
inning due to dizziness.
The Cardinals took a 4-0 lead in the third inning. Michael Siani
singled with one out, took second base on a wild pitch and
scored on Alec Burleson's two-out double. Burleson collected his
eighth RBI in his past three games.
Willson Contreras, who returned after missing 40 games with a
broken forearm, followed with an RBI single. After Nolan Gorman
hit a single, Brendan Donovan lined a run-scoring single to run
his RBI streak to seven games.
Gorman capped the rally by coming home as Donovan baited the
Braves by getting into a rundown.
Riley cut Atlanta's deficit to 4-1 in the fifth inning while
hitting his fifth homer in his past 10 games and his eighth of
the season.
The Braves' Forrest Wall and Zack Short drew one-out walks in
the eighth inning, then they executed a double steal. However,
Ryan Fernandez struck out Jarred Kelenic and retired Ozzie
Albies on a fly ball to the right-center-field wall.
The Braves then came up just short with their ninth-inning
rally.
Marcel Ozuna walked, Matt Olson hit a single, and Sean Murphy
drew a one-out walk to load the bases. Ramon Laureano hit an RBI
single and pinch hitter Travis d'Arnaud followed with a
sacrifice fly, but Short struck out to end the game.
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