St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
Final
Recap
Before the Cardinals’ 5-3 win over the Braves at Truist Park, manager Oliver Marmol pointed to one common thread behind the club’s offensive success: one timely hit that gets the lineup rolling. That had been missing lately as the Cardinals dropped 10 of their previous 16 games, but Nelson Velázquez changed that with a home run Tuesday. A Statcast-projected 444-foot homer to center field, to be exact. “It was good to get on the board in that way,” Marmol said. “Because he's in there to try to do damage against the lefty, and that was a good \[confident\
Team stats
6Hits6
2Home runs0
5Walks7
6Strikeouts12
1Stolen bases1
182Pitches thrown147
12Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan HerreraC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blaze Jordan1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn WinnSS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars NootbaarLF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson VelazquezDH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec BurlesonPH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan WalkerRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan ChurchCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan FernandezP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew LiberatoreP | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| JoJo RomeroP | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George SorianoP | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'BrienP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |