Liberatore tosses 6-plus strong innings to help Cardinals beat Brewers
3-2
[April 26, 2025]
By DAVID SOLOMON
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matthew Liberatore pitched six-plus
solid innings, and Brendan Donovan had a pair of singles and drove in a
run to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2
Friday night.
Liberatore (2-2) allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits with four
strikeouts. He has completed six innings in all five of his starts this
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Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras, second from left, looks on
as St. Louis Cardinals' Willson Contreras, right, watches after hitting
a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 25,
2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) |
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Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth to earn
his fourth save.
Lars Nootbaar drove in Masyn Winn with a single to right in the
bottom of the fifth inning and later scored on Donovan’s single
to left field to give St. Louis a 3-0 lead.
Winn singled to leadoff the inning and chase Brewers starter
Chad Patrick. Winn then stole second and advanced to third when
shortstop Joey Ortiz couldn’t handle catcher William Contreras’
throw.
Patrick (1-2) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks in 4
1/3 innings for Milwaukee, which has lost three straight and
four of its last five.
Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell departed the game in the
middle of the fourth inning with left oblique tightness after
grounding out to Winn in the top of the inning.
Key moment
Milwaukee loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh when Sal
Frelick doubled off Liberatore, Rhys Hoskins singled off Kyle
Leahy and Issac Collins walked. Pinch-hitter Jake Bauers drove
in Frelick on a groundout to cut Milwaukee’s deficit to 3-2, but
Caleb Durbin grounded out, and Brice Turang flied out to center
to end the threat.
Key stat
Nootbaar drew his ninth leadoff walk of the season in the bottom
of the first, breaking Davey Lopes’ record of eight leadoff
walks in March and April, set in 1975 with the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
Up next
Brewers RHP Quinn Priester (1-0, 1.93 ERA) opposes Cardinals RHP
Sonny Gray (3-0, 3.41) on Saturday.
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