St. Louis Cardinals at Tampa Bay Rays

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St. Louis Cardinals

64-65, 29-35 Away

Final
7 - 4

Tampa Bay Rays

61-67, 32-33 Home

Contreras HR, Burleson's 2 RBIs power the Cardinals to a 7-4 win over the Rays

Sonny Gray (12-6) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings, with six strikeouts and a walk for the win. Kyle Leahy, Matt Svanson and JoJo Romero (fourth save) combined to limit Tampa Bay to one run and five hits the rest of the way.

Trailing 1-0 going into the second, the Cardinals got run-scoring hits from Nathan Church and Lars Nootbaar before another run scored on a wild pitch and Burleson drove in two runs with a single to right field. Ivan Herrera added an RBI single in the fourth and Contreras hit his 18th homer of the season in the seventh off Bryan Baker.

Tampa Bay's Yardy Diaz hit a two-run homer in the third. It was his 17th homer at Steinbrenner Field and 21st of the season overall.

Joe Boyle (1-3) took his first home loss this season. He allowed six runs, five earned, on nine hits with five strikeouts and three walks in five innings.

Key moment Diaz, the Rays' veteran DH singled in the bottom of the fifth and injured his right hamstring. He left the game and is day-to-day.

Key stat After allowing just one earned run in four previous starts at Steinbrenner Field, Boyle allowed five earned and six total Thursday. He also allowed a career-high nine hits.

Up next Rays RHP Adrian Houser (6-4, 2.67 ERA) faces Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (6-9, 4.99) on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	J. Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero stole second.
	9th Inning	Caminero singled to right.
	9th Inning	B. Lowe lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Mangum grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Hampson in left field.

Statistics

STL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
40	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.0	Runs Created	5.9
.286	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.389
.257	Secondary Average	.306
.375	On Base Percentage	.366
.804	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.755
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
44.0	Batter Rating	33.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.60	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.143	Isolated Power	.111
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.028
13.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
90.0	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0