Cleveland Guardians at St. Louis Cardinals

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Cleveland Guardians

10-7, 6-5 Away

Final
9 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

8-8, 5-5 Home

Martínez and Rocchio go deep as Guardians defeat Cardinals 9-3 despite Walker's 8th homer

Gavin Williams (2-1) allowed two runs in five-plus innings for the win. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four.

Jordan Walker’s major league-best eighth home run leading off the sixth ended Williams’ night. Walker became the fifth player in Cardinals history to hit at least eight homers in the first 16 games of a season, joining Stan Musial (1954), Mark McGwire (1998), Scott Rolen (2004) and Albert Pujols (2006).

Martínez gave the Guardians a 1-0 lead in the first inning, sending Matthew Liberatore's curveball 398 feet over the left-field wall.

Daniel Schneemann’s two-run single sparked a Guardians rally in the fourth. Austin Hedges followed with a sacrifice fly to give Cleveland a 4-1 lead.

Rocchio made it 6-1 with a two-run homer off Justin Bruihl in the sixth that left his bat at 108.1 mph, according to Statcast.

Steven Kwan capped a three-run outburst in the eighth with a two-run single. Five of the nine Guardians batters reached safely at least twice.

Liberatore (0-1) needed a season-high 105 pitches to get through five innings. He allowed four runs on six hits, walked three and struck out two.

Alec Burleson’s RBI single drew the Cardinals even at 1 in the first, capping a string of three straight two-strike singles off Williams.

Up next LHP Joey Cantillo (1-0, 2.45 ERA) starts for the Guardians against Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (1-1, 2.16) on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Burleson doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Herrera grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Wetherholt grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Schneemann grounded out to second.

Statistics

CLE		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
176	Pitches	165
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	14
42	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
7.2	Runs Created	5.0
.306	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.400
.361	Secondary Average	.257
.381	On Base Percentage	.325
.881	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.725
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
55.0	Batter Rating	28.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.194	Isolated Power	.143
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
17.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
99.0	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0