Cleveland Guardians at St. Louis Cardinals
Final
Recap
ST. LOUIS -- Nathan Church had three hits, Alec Burleson had two RBI and Jordan Walker extended his hitting streak to 11 games as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Wednesday. Dustin May (2-2) allowed one run on six hits and a walk and had four strikeouts in six innings, and Riley O’Brien pitched a perfect ninth to earn his fifth save and help St. Louis win its second straight game. Slade Cecconi allowed one run on three hits but surrendered a career-high five walks and threw 87 pitches in four innings for Cleveland, which lost consecutive games for the first time this season.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -104 · 50% to win
UpsetRun LineCLE -1.5
STL coveredTotalO/U 9 · 8 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
8Hits9
0Home runs0
2Walks7
8Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases4
149Pitches thrown147
7Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo NaylorC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauterRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brayan RocchioSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George ValeraLF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel MartinezPH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose RamirezDH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Brito2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Schneemann3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven KwanCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys HoskinsPH-1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo1B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt FestaP | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Slade CecconiP | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Connor BrogdonP | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim HerrinP | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |