Massin Vinen gave a Go-forward home run in the seventh innings as St. Louis Cardinals on Monday extended the line of victory in nine games with a 3–2 road win over Philadelphia Philos.
Ivan Heera also worked for St. Louis, with the longest win in Major this season. Lars Nutbar pasted a pair of hits for cardinals, which had only five hits as a team.
JT Realmuto had two hits and one RBI for Philadelphia, who won five of their last six matches. Nick Castelanos and Alek Bohm also made two hits for Philips.
The decisive explosion came in the seventh, when the Winn Reliever came on a 0–1 offer from Matt Stharum (1-2) and sent it several rows in seats in the left area. Home Run Winn was the fourth of the season and was allowed for the first time by Stharum.
Neither the team scored till the fourth innings, when St. Louis took a 1-0 lead for some wildness from Philadelphia. Christopher Sanchez went two hitters and unheard a wild pitch before throwing the other baseless Edmondo Sosa, left on a possible innings double play, leading to Nolan Aranado scored.
Sosa amended the lower half of the frame with the RBI Infield single.
Unlike Herera against Sanchhez-Homer of the region gave the cardinals 2–1 in the sixth, but the Philos immediately tied it when Kyl Schwar, leading a single, advanced with a single, upgraded by Castlanos on a basis and scored on a grounder by Realmuto.
Philadelphia dealt with almost another run, but the first basman Wilson Contraras made a diving stop on the grounds of Max Capler to prevent any more damage.
St. Louis Starter Matthew Libertor allowed two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He went to one and went to one before giving the way to Kyle Lehi (1-0), who logged in 2 1/3 scorer frame.
Jojo Romero recorded the final from the eighth, before Ryan Halesley slammed the door in the ninth for her eighth sev.
Sanchez scored two runs and four hits in six frames, dropping eight walking from the three.
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