Athletics at St. Louis Cardinals

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Athletics

64-76, 35-36 Away

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St. Louis Cardinals

69-71, 38-33 Home

Herrera hits go-ahead homer, Mikolas pitches 6 solid innings, Cardinals beat A's 2-1

Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Mikolas (7-10) gave up a run on five hits in six innings. He didn't have a strikeout and walked one. The right-hander was 0-2 with a 6.04 ERA in five August starts.

Matt Svanson followed with two scoreless innings and JoJo Romero pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.

Victor Scott II drew a leadoff walk from Hogan Harris in the sixth. Michael Kelly (4-3) replaced Harris with two outs and Scott on third and Iván Herrera hit his 12th homer three pitches later for a 2-1 lead.

Luis Severino left leading 1-0 after five innings and 61 pitches in his first start since Aug. 5. He allowed three hits and a walk. Severino followed five straight losses with four wins in a row before missing time with a left oblique strain.

JJ Bleday had a leadoff double in the third and rookie Nick Kurtz — batting .325 average with runners in scoring position — doubled to put the Athletics ahead. Bleday homered twice for the Athletics (64-76) in an 11-3 win in the opener.

The Cardinals (69-71) have just three wins in their last 11 home games.

Key moment Zack Gelof doubled leading off the fifth and Mikolas walked Kurtz intentionally with two outs before retiring Jacob Wilson on an infield pop-up to keep it 1-0.

Key stat The Athletics came in with 190 home runs — 57 more than the Cardinals.

Up next Athletics Jeffrey Springs (10-9, 4.17 ERA) starts Wednesday's rubber game opposite Matthew Liberatore (6-11, 4.32).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Thomas grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Thomas hit for Butler
	9th Inning	Langeliers struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Romero relieved Svanson
	8th Inning	Nootbaar flied out to left.

Statistics

ATH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	25
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	Pitches	99
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	9
33	Plate Appearances	28
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
1.4	Runs Created	2.1
.161	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.360
.194	Secondary Average	.240
.212	On Base Percentage	.259
.502	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.619
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
17.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	25.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.54
.129	Isolated Power	.160
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.071
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.040
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.3	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0