Cards complete 3-game sweep of Guardians with 7-0 victory
[June 30, 2025] By
BRIAN DULIK
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nolan Gorman belted a three-run homer,
Victor Scott II had a two-run shot and Matthew Liberatore won his
career-high third straight start and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled to a
7-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. Gorman
went deep in the first inning off Logan Allen (5-6), while Scott homered
off Hunter Gaddis in the seventh to extend the Cardinals’ lead to 5-0.
Pedro Pagés and Garrett Hampson added RBIs in the eighth. |
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore delivers against
the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning of a baseball game,
Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long) |
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St. Louis has won six straight on the road, its
longest run under fourth-year manager Oliver Marmol. The
Cardinals completed their initial series sweep of Cleveland by a
21-6 margin in the three-game set.
Liberatore (6-6) tossed six innings, striking out five while
allowing three hits and five walks. JoJo Romero, Riley O'Brien
and John King wrapped up the combined three-hitter that included
eight bases on balls.
Allen gave up three runs in six innings for Cleveland, which
went 1-5 on its homestand and fell two games below .500 for the
first time since April 8.
Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias was taken off the field on a
cart after sustaining a left ankle sprain in the third, but
X-rays of his lower leg were negative. He caught his left spikes
on the grass while going into the hole to field a grounder by
Masyn Winn. Arias will undergo an MRI on Monday.
Key moment
With two outs in the first and Winn and Willson Contreras
aboard, Gorman hammered Allen's sweeper 428 feet into the
right-center field stands.
Key stat
Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado singled in the third for
his 1,900th hit and had his 400th double in the sixth. He jammed
his right index finger and twisted his hand awkwardly against
his body while reaching first base on his milestone hit, but
remained in the game until the eighth.
Up next
Cardinals: RHP Erick Fedde (3-7, 4.11 ERA) starts the opener of
a three-game series Monday in Pittsburgh.
Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (5-3, 3.68 ERA) pitches Tuesday to
begin a three-game set at the Chicago Cubs.
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