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07/05 21:42 CDT Riley homers, Anderson shines as Braves beat Cards 7-1
Riley homers, Anderson shines as Braves beat Cards 7-1
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) --- Austin Riley homered and drove in three runs, Ian Anderson
allowed one run in a bounce-back start, and the Atlanta Braves beat the
struggling St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Tuesday night.
Riley hit a two-run homer, his 21st, and William Contreras also went deep in
the first inning as Atlanta took a 5-0 lead. Matt Olson drove in two runs with
two hits, including a first-inning single after Ronald Acua Jr. singled and
stole second.
Anderson (7-5) allowed eight hits with one walk and three strikeouts in five
innings. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, getting an inning-ending
groundout from Dylan Carlson.
Anderson had allowed a combined 11 earned runs in back-to-back losses.
The Cardinals have lost three straight and five of six. They began the night
three games behind division-leading Milwaukee in the NL Central.
The Braves, second in the NL East behind the New York Mets, have won the first
two games of the four-game series.
Cardinals rookie right-hander Andre Pallante was pulled in the fourth after
allowing consecutive run-scoring doubles to Olson and Riley, who finished with
three hits. Pallante (2-4) allowed career highs of seven runs and 10 hits in 3
2/3 innings --- his shortest of six starts.
The defending champion Braves hope Anderson can show his 6.91 ERA in six June
starts was an aberration.
"He went from taking a shutout into the seventh inning to having a couple of
rough starts," manager Brian Snitker said of Anderson before the game. "It
happens. Hopefully he can find himself and get back to where he wants to be and
get on a little run the other way."
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol juggled his lineup, moving slumping Tommy Edman
from the cleanup spot to seventh. Rookie Brendan Donovan hit leadoff.
Edman was held without a hit as left-hander Tyler Matzek made a backhanded grab
of his grounder in the eighth. Donovan had one hit as the Cardinals stranded 10
runners.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals: Marmol said LHP Gnesis Cabrera (undisclosed injury) "was really
good" when throwing live batting practice. Cabrera was placed on the injured
list June 25 and will be evaluated on Wednesday. ... Marmol said RHP Johan
Oviedo "woke up feeling better than we anticipated" after being struck on his
right hand by a line drive hit on Monday night. X-rays were negative.
Braves: One week after being placed on the 15-day IL, RHP Kenley Jansen
(irregular heartbeat) threw off the mound before the game. Jansen is on pace to
being activated when first eligible on July 12. "As soon as he's cleared ... he
should be ready to go," Snitker said. ... OF Adam Duvall entered the game in
the eighth as a defensive replacement in left field, his first appearance since
he was hit by a pitch on his left hand Saturday at Cincinnati. ... Matzek, who
returned from the IL on Monday, pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing one walk.
UP NEXT
Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (5-6, 2.61 ERA) will make his first start against
Atlanta since 2019 when he faces Braves LHP Max Fried (8-2, 2.66) on Wednesday
night. Mikolas is 1-2 with a 2.61 ERA in five career appearances, including
four starts, against Atlanta. Fried is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two career starts
against the Cardinals.
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