His three-start winning streak ended with a no-decision Sunday at Miami as he allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings. Cardinals 2B Matt Carpenter went 0-for-4 in his first game back from the disabled list.3. The Braves did get a 5 1/3-frame effort from Joel De La Cruz as their bullpen faces a potentially heavy workload in Saturday’s contest. The Redbirds managed a mere two hits and walked seven times with Garcia driving in Matt Holliday with the only run in the second.The Cardinals have named Carlos Martinez as Saturday’s starter who sees the Braves for the second time in 2016. “He kept the ball off speed enough; he had a couple different breaking balls and keeping the ball off the fat part of the bat”. St. Louis has won all four games this season against the Braves. Atlanta was held to three hits and a walk with Ender Inciarte walking and hitting a single. Atlanta are 6-14 in the last 20 meetings in St. Louis and the under is 15-7 in the last 22 meetings.
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Francoeur tipped his cap to Garcia. The Cards can thank starter Jaime Garcia for this win as he threw eight scoreless innings with eleven strikeouts while Seung Hwan Oh tossed a ideal 9th to record the save.
Snitker thought De La Cruz pitched well.
“It was awesome”, Francoeur said. “It was a great play”. Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters before Friday’s game he expects RHP Julio Teheran, who is on the disabled list with a strained right lat muscle, to throw from flat ground on Saturday.2.
To make room on the roster for Carpenter, the Cardinals optioned left-handed pitcher Dean Kiekhefer to Triple-A Memphis.
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Cardinals: LHP Tyler Lyons (knee) will miss at least a month, general manager John Mozeliak said. He is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA in 16 2/3 career innings against the Braves.
