The Cleveland Baseball Club were not able to win their second straight game in St. Louis as the Cardinals by a score of 8-2.
The Cleveland Baseball Club had a chance to win two straight games in St. Louis, but that was not in the cards as the Cardinals returned the favor with a blowout win of their own. It was St. Louis who managed to score eight straight runs after Cleveland’s two run 1st inning which led to the large score differential.
Eddie Rosario drove in the first run of the game on an RBI double and Harold Ramirez would knock in their second run on a sacrifice fly. Unfortunately all three of Cleveland’s hits came in the 1st as they were held hitless over the next 8 innings. During that St. Louis took it to Cleveland’s pitching staff.
St. Louis immediately answered in the bottom of the 1st with four runs of their own, leading to an early exit for Jean Carlos Mejia after just two-thirds of an inning. Phil Maton would follow and allow two runs on two hits while striking out six. The only other Cleveland pitcher to allow any runs to scarfed was Trevor Stephan in the 7th. Stephan allowed two runs on two hits and one walk. It was just not a great outing overall for Cleveland and their pitching staff, but luckily they have an off day on Thursday. They can use that day to reset and prepare to take on the Seattle Mariners for a three game series.
