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Nolan Schanuel, batting .367 since June 21, sparked the late
rally with a one-out single off All-Star closer Riley O’Brien,
who is tied for the National League lead with 25 saves.
Jorge Soler was hit by a pitch and Grissom sent a line drive off
the right-field wall that eluded a leaping Jordan Walker.
Pinch-runner Oswald Peraza scored from second base and
pinch-runner Jose Siri reached third.
Josh Lowe was walked intentionally to load the bases. Adell, who
homered in the third inning, took three straight balls from
O’Brien (3-4) before getting plunked by the next pitch to force
in the winning run.
Angels reliever José Fermin (3-1) struck out two in a scoreless
ninth.
O’Brien's fifth blown save laid to waste a strong start by St.
Louis right-hander Kyle Leahy, who gave up one run and three
hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked none.
Angels starter José Soriano threw his best game since early May,
allowing two runs and four hits in seven innings while striking
out seven and walking one.
The right-hander, who went 3-6 with a 5.15 ERA in his previous
14 starts, retired the side in order five times and became the
first Angels starter to get an out in the seventh since June 16.
Walker sparked the Cardinals’ second-inning rally with a leadoff
double over Lowe’s head in left field. He went to third on Lars
Nootbaar’s single and scored on Nathan Church’s one-out single
for a 1-0 lead.
Blaze Jordan followed with a potential inning-ending,
double-play grounder to third base, but Denzer Guzman bobbled
the ball and his only play was to first as Nootbaar scored for a
2-0 lead.
The Angels cut the deficit to 2-1 in the third when Adell, mired
in an 0-for-24 slump that dropped his batting average to .237
entering the game, led off with his 14th homer of the season.
Up next
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (5-6, 5.00 ERA) faces Angels
RHP Walbert Ureña (5-7, 2.88) on Tuesday night.
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