Orioles rout Cardinals, 13-1
The Cardinals lost their fourth straight and fifth of their last six, falling 13-1 to Baltimore a day after losing shortstop Masyn Winn to a fractured thumb.
Church's homer is the Cardinals' only run
Orioles1-13St. Louis lost 13-1 to Baltimore on August 25, its fourth straight loss and fifth in its last five games. Nathan Church went 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI, and his solo shot accounted for the only run the Cardinals managed all night.
Starter Matthew Liberatore lasted just 4.0 innings, allowing eight earned runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts against one walk, and the bullpen didn't stop the bleeding — even Caleb Ferguson, who struck out three over 1.2 innings, gave up an earned run on two hits. At 66-67, St. Louis sits five games back in the NL Wild Card race with an elimination number of 15.
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The Cardinals placed shortstop Masyn Winn on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to August 22, with a left thumb fracture. In the same move, the club recalled infielder Nolan Gorman from Triple-A Memphis, the Cardinals announced.
Losing Winn costs St. Louis its everyday shortstop for at least the next two weeks in the middle of a playoff push that's already slipping away, and Gorman's return gives the lineup a bat back at a moment it badly needs one after Monday's shutout-level performance.
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The Cardinals host the Orioles tonight, with Michael McGreevy (5-9, 3.54 ERA) starting for St. Louis against Baltimore's Kyle Bradish (7-12, 3.70 ERA). McGreevy didn't factor in a decision last time out against Cincinnati, going 5.1 innings with three earned runs, while Bradish took the loss against the Yankees, allowing three earned runs over 5.2 innings.
Baltimore is favored to complete the sweep, and the total reads middling — no bettor is pricing in a repeat of Tuesday's 13-1 final. For that number to hold, McGreevy needs to keep the Orioles' lineup from doing to him what it did to Liberatore, and the Cardinals' offense needs to show up for more than one swing.