Eddie Rosario homers, Max Fried shuts down Cardinals in Braves’ win
Fried rolls equally homer-happy Braves close down Cardinals 3-0
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Atlanta Braves' Eddie Rosario (8) celebrates with Dansby Swanson after striking a dwelling run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the 5th inning of a baseball game Wed, July 6, 2022, in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna and Eddie Rosario hit back-to-back homers, Max Fried threw six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night.
Fried (nine-2) combined with 3 relievers on a seven-hitter. He gave up just v hits, including two to Albert Pujols, with one walk and four strikeouts in winning his nine sequent decision later on losses in his first two starts.
Fried was pulled afterward experiencing tightness in the dorsum of his upper right leg.
“At that point of the game nosotros wanted to be equally conscientious as nosotros could,” Fried said.
Manager Brian Snitker said he “didn't desire to chance” with leaving Fried in the game, but said he expects the left-hander to brand his next start.
Fried and Miles Mikolas (5-7) each threw 4 scoreless innings earlier Ozuna led off the fifth with his 17th homer deep into the left-field seats. Rosario followed with his first homer.
Rosario returned from the injured list on Monday after needing light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation surgery to right blurred vision and a swollen right retina, forcing him to miss 62 games.
“I was nervous,” Rosario said through a translator. “I wasn't certain I could become out at that place and exist myself and play the way I knew I can play. I'chiliad glad to accept the kickoff homer.”
Austin Riley and Travis d’Arnaud added dorsum-to-back doubles off Mikolas in the sixth, giving Atlanta a 3-0 lead.
St. Louis loaded the bases against right-hander Jesse Chavez in the eighth, simply pinch-hitter Nolan Gorman grounded out to end the threat.
The Braves remained 2 1/2 games behind the New York Mets in the NL Due east. Atlanta is 26-7 since June one, when it was x ane/2 games behind the Mets.
The Braves flexed their power game with the homers by Ozuna and Rosario.
Atlanta has vii players, including two catchers, with ten or more than homers before the All-Star break for the first time since the franchise moved to Atlanta in 1966. The Braves lead the NL and rank second in the majors with 126 homers. The New York Yankees began the night with 133.
“That’due south kind of how our team is,” Snitker said. “... These are big, strong guys who are hitting it.”
Left-hander A.J. Minter, who has shared the closer's role with Volition Smith while Kenley Jansen is on the injury list with an irregular heartbeat, pitched the ninth for his second salve.
The Cardinals have lost 4 direct, their longest skid of the season, including the first three of the iv-game series against Atlanta. They remain three games backside segmentation-leading Milwaukee in the NL Cardinal.
Mikolas immune three runs on 5 hits in six innings, ending his streak of assuasive no more than than 2 earned runs in v consecutive starts and bemoaned the mistakes to Ozuna and Rosario.
“It'southward tough, two pitches kind of got away from me,” Mikolas said. “... Sometimes you make mistakes and they hit singles, and sometimes they hit home runs.”
Criminal offense MISSING
The Cardinals left ix runners on base and take been outscored 16-iv in the first three games of the series. Tommy Edman had one hit as he returned to the leadoff spot for St. Louis afterwards hitting seventh on Tuesday night.
“I know the hitters volition come up around,” Mikolas said. “Sometimes you take to bide your time. They will show up, I'm sure.”
DOUBLE-DIGIT HOMERS
Riley leads the Braves with 21 homers, followed by Ozuna (17), Dansby Swanson (14), Matt Olson (12), catchers Travis d’Arnaud (11) and William Contreras (10) and Adam Duvall (10).
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: LHP Steven Matz (left shoulder) is scheduled to throw 40 to 60 pitches for Triple-A Memphis on Thursday. Manager Oliver Marmol said Matz probable will need another rehab offset earlier he comes off the injury listing and joins the Cardinals' rotation. “Practise we take a need? Yes,” Marmol said. “Do we desire to blitz because nosotros have a need? No.”
Braves: OF Adam Duvall is expected to commencement on Thursday for the first time since he was hit by a pitch on his left paw Saturday at Cincinnati. He played off the bench for the second straight game. ... RHP Silvino Bracho was outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett afterward being designated for assignment on Monday.
Up NEXT
The Braves will attempt to consummate a 4-game sweep when RHP Spencer Strider (4-ii, 2.87 ERA) faces Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-ane, 5.66) in a matchup of rookies on Thursday night.
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