Cleveland Guardians at St. Louis Cardinals
Final
Recap
ST. LOUIS -- Angel Martínez and Brayan Rocchio homered as the Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday night. Gavin Williams (2-1) allowed two runs in five-plus innings for the win. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. Jordan Walker’s major league-best eighth home run leading off the sixth ended Williams’ night. Walker became the fifth player in Cardinals history to hit at least eight homers in the first 16 games of a season, joining Stan Musial (1954), Mark McGwire (1998), Scott Rolen (2004) and Albert Pujols (2006).
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -118 · 52% to win
WonRun LineCLE -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8 · 12 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits9
2Home runs1
5Walks4
6Strikeouts6
2Stolen bases0
165Pitches thrown176
6Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin HedgesC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brayan RocchioSS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David FryDH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Angel MartinezRF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel SchneemannCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Ramirez3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven KwanLF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Brito2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik SabrowskiP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin WilliamsP | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Hunter GaddisP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade SmithP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim HerrinP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |