Game #38 – May 9 – Busch Stadium
The Cardinals took the lead in the bottom of the 1st inning on a Harrison Bader double and a Paul Goldschmidt RBI single before Danny Duffy recorded an out on Juan Yepez's sacrifice fly. Tyler O'Neill added to the St. Louis lead with a solo home run in the 3rd. The Cards added 3 more in the 4th before Ricky DiVito relieved Duffy. DiVito pirched 3.2 shutout innings.
Mike Gerber got the Knights on the board with an 8th inning home run. Ryan McKenna doubled home 2 more runs later in the inning to make it 6-3.
Jorge Alcala kept the Cardinals off the scoreboard in the 8th despite St. Louis having runners at 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. Tommy Edman hit a fly ball to RF which Anthony Santander caught and threw out Nolan Arenado at the plate. Alcala then retired Paul DeJong on a popup to 2B.
The Knights went quietly in the 9th.
Final Score: St. Louis 6, Charlotte 3
WP: T. Walker (3-3)
LP: D. Duffy (4-3)
SV: G. Cabrera (11)
Record: 20-18
Player of the Game: Taijuan Walker
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