Apr 25, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals beginning pitcher Matthew Liberatore (52) pitches in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers through the third inning at Busch Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Jeff Curry-Imagn Photos Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI because the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Friday evening.
Cardinals left-hander Matthew Liberatore (2-2) allowed two runs, one earned, on 5 hits in six innings. He struck out 4 and didn’t stroll a batter.
Kyle Leahy, Phil Maton and Ryan Helsley labored an inning every, with Helsley earned his fourth save in 5 possibilities.
Brewers starter Chad Patrick (1-2) allowed two runs on 4 hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
Milwaukee middle fielder Garrett Mitchell departed the sport within the fourth inning on account of left indirect tightness.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead within the fourth inning. Brendan Donovan drew a leadoff stroll, raced to 3rd on Nolan Arenado’s hit-and-run single and scored on Nolan Gorman’s sacrifice fly.
Arenado superior to second on the throw residence, however Patrick retired the following two batters to strand him.
St. Louis elevated its result in 3-0 within the fifth inning. Masyn Winn hit a one-out single, stole second and took third on a throwing error. Nootbaar greeted reliever Tyler Alexander with an RBI single.
After Willson Contreras hit a double, Donovan’s single drove in Nootbaar, however Contreras was thrown out on the plate.
Liberatore retired 13 straight hitters earlier than permitting Jackson Chourio’s two-out double within the sixth inning. Christian Yelich adopted with an RBI single to chop Milwaukee’s deficit to 3-1.
After Arenado dropped Sal Frelick’s foul pop-up main off the seventh inning, Frelick hit a double. Rhys Hoskins greeted reliever Leahy with a single, and Isaac Collins walked to load the bases.
Pinch hitter Jake Bauers reduce the Cardinals’ result in 3-2 with a run-scoring groundout.
Chourio hit a leadoff single within the eighth inning and went to 3rd on William Contreras’ one-out single. However Arenado threw out Chourio attempting to attain on Frelick’s chopper to 3rd, and Hoskins struck out to finish the risk.
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