Trevor Rosenthal has been through it all before.
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The St. Louis Cardinals play the Kansas City Royals at Busch Stadium tonight.
With third baseman Mike Moustakas hitting, Escobar took second on defensive indifference, but Rosenthal induced a game-ending grounder to second to earn his 30th save.
There was no Governor’s Cup even for this one but in a meeting of the teams with Major League Baseball’s best records, the Cardinals rolled up their 61st victory against 34 losses. The Marlins have won three straight after a four-game losing streak. Mike Moustakas grounded out to end it. Rosenthal is the fifth Cardinal with consecutive 30-save seasons, joining Isringhausen, Dennis Eckersley (1996-97), Lee Smith (1991-93) and Todd Worrell (1986-88).
But once Rosenthal struck out Coleman, it was downhill for the Royals.
Molina said, “We practice that play in spring training”. You just have to find a way to pitch out of it. “There’s not a lot I can control once the ball leaves my hand”.
“There’s nothing you can do differently”, the manager said.
“That’s a controversial philosophy”, said Matheny. I didn’t anticipate him being in there, but he really wanted the ball. “Plus he was going in and out on us”. This will be his first start there as a visitor.
Catcher Salvador Perez and Rios touched Lackey for two-out RBI singles in the first, but the 36-year-old veteran permitted just three hits and a walk after that, retiring 10 of the last 11 hitters he faced.
Carpenter was confident Rosenthal could come through. He was retired from the hill with only three innings pitched. “He’s been in that situation before and pitched out of it before”. Young is 1-3 with a 2.93 ERA and 19 strikeouts in his career against the Cardinals.
“That’s my whole career”, Lackey said. “It’s a great place to pitch, for sure”.
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“I mean, I guess there’s a little rivalry going on”, Lackey said of the competition between the Show-Me State rivals. “I’m kind of an old-school guy”.
Carpenter has been in a slump, which happens.
The Cardinals are 43-10 in their last 53 home games versus a right-handed starter and 4-1 in their last five games overall. It was his first homer on an 0-2 count this season. “Tomorrow is a new day”. It went like this: Lose to Bumgarner, walk off dinger game two, lose to Hudson, lose to Vogelsong, and then get beat by Bumgarner once again. Randal Grichuk and Matt Carpenter hit two-run homers.
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St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal took over in the ninth with a 4-2 lead but allowed runners onto second and third base before recording his first out. The Cardinals are 5-1 since the All-Star break…. Grichuk and Carpenter both hit their 10th home runs of the season.
