In a bit of a surprising decision, the St. Louis Cardinals have chose to recall righthander Mike Mayers to serve as their spot starter for Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Adams homered for the second consecutive game.
Howie Kendrick: 2-for-5 with a double, home run and two RBI.
The 444-foot drive left the field in a hurry.
“I thought I did a pretty good job with the first two batters and then it felt like it snowballed on me”, Mayers said. “So, I knew I squared it up”.
Kenley Jansen retired the Cardinals in the ninth inning for his 29th save of the season.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers (55-44) are looking to polish off a nine-game road trip with a winning mark. The game lasted 3 hours, 49 minutes. They are two games clear of Miami for the first wild-card spot and are just three games back of San Francisco for first place in the West. “One game or one debut or one outing doesn’t define somebody’s career”.
But, for the St. Louis Cardinals, this is the case.
“We were in survival mode at that point just trying to figure out if we were going to get through it”, Matheny said. “It was well done”.
Chase Utley and Corey Seager singled in the first ahead of a walk to Justin Turner.
Los Angeles started the scoring with four runs in the third. He hit two homers in a 6-3 win over Washington on Thursday. He had hit in seven successive at-bats before flying out in the ninth.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Cole Hamels allowed one unearned run in 5 1/3 innings, Nomar Mazara and Adrian Beltre homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Saturday night.
“At that point in time it was going to be his last hitter anyway and with the leg cramp it made sense to get him out of there”, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I think this injury is not as bad so I should be good to go”. At Memphis, he’s 3-3, holding a 2.94 ERA/4 HR/5 ER/43 SO, also with nine game starts for 52 IP.
Stephen Piscotty had two hits for the Cardinals. He left with leg cramps.
Rosenthal has thrown 8 1/3 inninngs in those 10 appearances with three walks and 10 strikeouts.
“It just seems like it’s that one mistake pitch”, Roberts said.
He’s got an extra day of rest, though, as he was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday against the Iowa Cubs, so perhaps he’ll be able to provide the Cardinals with five or six solid innings.
St. Louis starter Michael Wacha allowed two runs on 10 hits in six innings.
Socolovich appeared in two games with St. Louis, allowing one run in 3 2/3 innings…. He is 2-0 with a 3.20 ERA in three career starts against St. Louis.
“Every kid that’s picked up a baseball, it’s their dream to be in that kind of situation”, Matheny said.
Williamson, whose fourth-inning error allowed the Yankees’ only run, began the comeback when he connected leading off the fifth.
The Cardinals have used only five starting pitchers this season, the lowest total in the majors.
Two big innings and a solid start from Kenta Maeda got the Los Angeles Dodgers back into the win column after a 16-inning loss on Friday night.
Cardinals: IF/OF Brandon Moss (ankle) is expected to go on a rehab assignment early next week.
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Cardinals: IF Matt Carpenter (right oblique) took swings, but there is no timetable for his return.
