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Major League Baseball
St. Louis 5, Arizona 1
When: 1:15 PM ET, Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Brennan Miller, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Paul Clemons
Attendance: 36390

Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run double to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

After defeating the Cardinals 14-1 on Tuesday, the Diamondbacks left seven runners on base, went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays.

Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (2-2) allowed one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two.

JoJo Romero, Andrew Kittredge and Ryan Helsley each pitched a scoreless relief inning for St. Louis.

Arizona starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery (1-1) allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits in seven innings. He struck out four and walked one.

The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 first-inning lead. Pavin Smith and Blaze Alexander hit singles and Gibson hit Joc Pederson with a pitch. After Christian Walker hit a sacrifice fly, Gibson got Eugenio Suarez to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Arizona threatened again in the second inning. Jake McCarthy hit a single and took second on a wild pitch, but Gibson retired the next three batters

Paul Goldschmidt led off the bottom of the inning with a double, but Montgomery retired the next three batters.

Gibson escaped a fourth-inning jam. Walker hit a leadoff single, Corbin Carroll drew a two-out walk, and the runners advanced on a wild pitch before Gibson struck out Kevin Newman.

The Diamondbacks threatened again in the fifth inning when Tucker Barnhart led off with a single and Smith walked. But again Gibson retired the next three batters.

The Cardinals moved ahead 2-1 in the sixth inning. Brendan Donovan's single, Willson Contreras' double, and Nolan Arenado's single led to one run -- and Montgomery's wild pitch produced another.

St. Louis increased its lead to 3-1 in the seventh inning when Masyn Winn reached on an error and scored on Nolan Gorman's hit-and-run single.

The Cardinals made it 5-1 in the eighth inning. Arenado walked, Goldschmidt hit a single, Pedro Pages walked and Nootbaar hit a two-run double.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   St. Louis
Jordan Montgomery Player Kyle Gibson
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 5
3.86 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Arizona   St. Louis
Jake McCarthy Player Brendan Donovan
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 7 0 7 .233 19 7 1 3 0 0
St. Louis 9 0 12 .290 14 4 4 4 0 0