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Luis Gastelum threw a scoreless seventh, George Soriano had a
1-2-3 eighth and closer Riley O’Brien struck out Oswald Peraza
with an 80-mph sweeper and Josh Lowe with a 98-mph sinker with
two on in the ninth for his 26th save.
Dobbins (2-1) escaped a first-and-third, two-out jam in the
second, a two-on, one-out jam in the third and a
first-and-third, two-out jam in the fourth. That inning ended
with Cardinals third baseman Blaze Jordan reaching into the
third-base dugout to snag Tyler Heineman’s popup.
Angels starter Reid Detmers (3-7), expected to be a top target
of contenders looking to acquire starting pitching before the
Aug. 3 trade deadline, blanked the Cardinals on one hit through
five innings despite walking two to open the fifth.
The left-hander escaped the fifth with the help of third baseman
Vaughn Grissom, who made a backhand diving stop of Jose Fermin’s
grounder, scrambled to the bag for a forceout and threw to first
to complete a double play. Jordan struck out to end the inning.
But with one out in the sixth, Detmers (3-7) left a fastball up
to Wetherholt, who lined his 15th homer of the season over the
wall in center to break the tie and knock Detmers out of the
game.
Up next
Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (4-7, 2.92 ERA) will oppose
Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (4-1, 4.58 ERA) Thursday night in St.
Louis. For the Angels, RHP Grayson Rodriguez (3-3, 8.23 ERA)
will face Giants RHP Logan Webb (5-7, 3.87 ERA) Friday night in
San Francisco.
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