Athletics at St. Louis Cardinals

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Athletics

64-75, 35-35 Away

Final
11 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

68-71, 37-33 Home

JJ Bleday and Zack Gelof homers power Athletics to an 11-2 win over the Cardinals

Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Luis Morales (3-0) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out a career-best eight batters in 5 2/3 innings. It was the first time Morales had allowed multiple runs in six career appearances.

Sonny Gray (12-8) allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks in six-plus innings for the Cardinals, who lost their second straight after winning three in a row.

Bleday hit his second homer of the game and 12th of the season in the sixth inning to extend the Athletics’ lead to 5-1. It was the second multi-homer game for the 27-yera-old outfielder.

Bleday hit a two-run shot in the fourth and Gelof followed with a 385-foot shot to right field.

Darell Hernaiz doubled to leadoff the sixth inning, and Colby Thomas singled to center field to drive him in to give the Athletics a 4-1 lead.

Iván Herrera his his 12th home run of the season to leadoff the bottom of the fourth inning to put the Cardinals on the board.

Key moment Bleday hit a two-run shot down the right field line for his first homer of the game, and Gelof added his second homer of the season two pitches later to give the Athletics a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth. It was the third time the Athletics hit consecutive homers this season.

Key stat Athletics DH Brent Rooker was 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles and 3 RBI.

Up next Athletics RHP Luis Severino (6-11, 4.82 ERA) faces Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (6-10, 5.04) Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hampson popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Church flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Walker flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Fermín singled to left, Saggese scored.
	9th Inning	Fermín hit for Pagés
	9th Inning	Saggese doubled to shortstop.

Statistics

ATH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
20	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	12
11	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
29	Total Bases	12
44	Plate Appearances	37
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	2
10.2	Runs Created	3.2
.375	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.725	Slugging Percentage	.343
.400	Secondary Average	.143
.419	On Base Percentage	.270
1.144	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.613
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
9.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
78.0	Batter Rating	25.0
13.3	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
2.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.350	Isolated Power	.114
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.068	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.025	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
22.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
118.0	MLB Rating	75.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0