Nolan Gorman’s tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning lifted the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, ending their five-game losing streak.
In a 4-4 game, Gorman lined a changeup from Enyel De Los Santos (1-1) into the right field corner to clear the bases. Gorman has seven extra-base hits and 12 RBIs in his last seven games in Atlanta.
The Cardinals evened the three-game series and ended Atlanta’s four-game winning streak. It was only the second road win in 11 tries for St. Louis.
Steven Matz (2-0), the second pitcher used by the Cardinals, picked up the win. He threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowed one hit, one walk and fanned two. Kyle Leahy and Ryan Helsley each pitched a scoreless inning to finish the game.
Neither starter received a decision. The Braves selected Scott Blewett, who the team acquired from Baltimore on Sunday, as the opener. He worked three innings and allowed two runs on four hits, issued two walks and struck out one. St. Louis starter Andre Pallante went 4 1/3 innings and allowed four runs on seven hits, three walks and one strikeout.
The Cardinals opened the scoring in the third when Lars Nootbaar ended a 1-for-18 skid by hitting a two-run homer, his fourth of the season.
Atlanta rallied for three runs in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead. Sean Murphy started it with a solo homer, his sixth. Alex Verdugo doubled in a run and later scored on Austin Riley’s infield single and a throwing error by Pallante. Riley finished with three hits.
The Braves took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on Matt Olson’s leadoff homer, his fourth, but the Cardinals tied the game with a pair of runs in the sixth. Masyn Winn, activated from the injured list earlier in the day, drove in a run with a single and Jordan Walker scored on a wild pitch.
Atlanta’s Nathan Wiles, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the day, made his major league debut in the ninth and allowed three runs. Victor Scott II, Winn and Nootbar each notched an RBI off Wiles.
St. Louis second baseman Brendan Donovan sat out because of a strained rib.
