St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves

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St. Louis Cardinals

9-14, 1-10 Away

Final
6 - 7

Atlanta Braves

9-13, 7-2 Home

Braves rally on Sean Murphy's 3-run homer, then hold off slumping Cardinals 7-6

Cardinals lose in heartbreaking fashion on Arenado's check swing

Austin Riley hit a two-run homer for Atlanta, and Michael Harris II added two hits and drove in a run. Daysbel Hernández (2-0) got three outs for the win.

St. Louis lost its fifth consecutive game. It dropped to 1-10 on the road.

The Cardinals rallied with three runs in the ninth against Raisel Iglesias. Victor Scott II doubled home Pedro Pagés before Willson Contreras connected for a two-run homer.

Brendan Donovan walked with two outs before Murphy ended the game by tagging out Nolan Arenado on a dribbler ball just in front of home plate.

The Braves grabbed control in the eighth. Harris hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly before Murphy went deep.

Cardinals reliever Phil Maton (0-1) got one out and was charged with four runs.

St. Louis wasted a solid performance by Erick Fedde, who pitched six innings of two-run ball.

Atlanta right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach permitted three runs — two earned — and eight hits in seven innings.

Cardinal manager Oliver Marmol was ejected in the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes.

Key moment Riley was initially ruled out on a grounder to shortstop in the eighth, but he was awarded a one-out single after a replay reversal. He scored the tying run on Matt Olson's single.

Key stat Riley has seven homers in his last 12 games against the Cardinals.

Up next Cardinals right-hander Andre Pallante (2-1, 3.22 ERA) will start Game 2 of the three-game series. The Braves are going with a bullpen game on Tuesday after Spencer Strider was placed on the 15-day IL with a strained hamstring.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arenado grounded out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Donovan walked.
	9th Inning	Contreras homered to left center (417 feet), Scott II scored.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Scott II doubled to right, Pagés scored.
	9th Inning	Pagés hit a ground rule double.

Statistics

STL		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	6
5	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	14
40	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
5.9	Runs Created	4.9
.297	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.483
.270	Secondary Average	.379
.333	On Base Percentage	.371
.820	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.854
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
45.0	Batter Rating	42.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.189	Isolated Power	.207
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
11.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.0	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0