St. Louis 6, Atlanta 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, August 22, 2013
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Dana DeMuth, 1B -
Paul Nauert, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
37363
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Cardinals 6, Braves 2: Joe Kelly allowed two runs in six strong innings and three consecutive run-scoring doubles in the fifth inning sparked host St. Louis in the opener of a four-game series.
Matt Carpenter, Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday doubled home runs in the decisive fifth, helping the Cardinals turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 advantage. Kelly (5-3) scattered seven hits while improving to 4-0 in August as St. Louis remained one game behind first-place Pittsburgh in the NL Central and 1 1/2 games ahead of Cincinnati for the NL wild-card lead.
Atlanta starter Paul Maholm (9-10), in his first start since being activated from the disabled list, allowed five runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. Justin Upton hit a two-run homer for the Braves, who lead Washington by 14 games in the NL East.
Upton’s 24th homer in the fifth gave the Braves a 2-1 advantage, but the Cardinals broke through with two outs in the bottom of the frame. Carpenter’s double to right-center plated Pete Kozma, Beltran brought home Carpenter with a two-base hit to left, and Holliday followed with a double to left to score Beltran.
David Freese drove in two runs for St. Louis, which has won five of its past six. New Atlanta second baseman Elliot Johnson went 2-for-4.
GAME NOTEBOOK: St. Louis C Yadier Molina did not play, but moved into the NL batting lead (.332) when Atlanta 3B Chris Johnson (.330) went 0-for-3. … Upton returned to the lineup after missing two games with an upper back strain. … The Braves announced RHP Brandon Beachy will miss his scheduled start Sunday, and will visit Dr. James Andrews on Monday after experiencing a drop in velocity during Tuesday’s loss at New York.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Atlanta |
|
St. Louis |
|
Paul Maholm
|
Player |
Joe Kelly
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
7 |
|
6.75 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
9 |
1 |
12 |
.265 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.281 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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