Matthew Liberatore pitches 6 shutout innings to help Cardinals top
Phillies 7-0
[April 14, 2025]
By DAVID SOLOMON
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matthew Liberatore pitched six shutout
innings, Willson Contreras and Jordan Walker homered and the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Sunday.
Liberatore (1-1) allowed three hits, walked one and matched his season
high with seven strikeouts. |
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore throws during
the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies
Sunday, April 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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Phil Maton, JoJo Romero and Kyle Leahy each
pitched a scoreless inning for the Cardinals, who got their
second shutout of the season after blanking the Phillies on
Friday night.
Zack Wheeler (1-1) allowed four runs and seven hits with a walk
and three strikeouts in six innings.
Contreras hit his first homer of the season to left field off
Wheeler in the fourth inning to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
Contreras had not homered in his previous 25 games dating to
Aug. 10, 2024.
Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman each doubled
down the left field line in the sixth to expand the Cardinals’
lead to 4-0.
Walker hit his second home run of the season to left field in
the top of the seventh to put St. Louis ahead 7-0.
Key moment
Philadelphia had runners on second and third base with one out
in the top of the second after Edmundo Sosa hit a one-out single
and advanced to second on St. Louis’ failed attempt to throw out
J.T. Realmuto at third. Liberatore then struck out Brandon Marsh
and induced a weak groundout from Johan Rojas to escape the jam.
Key stat
St. Louis won its first series against Philadelphia since June
20-22, 2017. The Cardinals had gone 0-9-3 in their last 12
series against the Phillies.
Up next
Phillies: RHP Taijuan Walker (1-0, 0.00 ERA) faces San Francisco
Giants RHP Landen Roupp (0-1, 3.60 ERA) to open a seven-game
homestand Monday night.
Cardinals: Host Houston on Monday night when RHP Sonny Gray
(2-0, 4.50 ERA) will oppose Astros LHP Framber Valdez (1-1, 2.50
ERA) to open a three-game series.
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