By MATT PIKE
The second half of the MLB season didn’t fare much better for Cardinals starter Erick Fedde, as the right hander was unable to turn his luck around against the Colorado Rockies as the Redbirds fell 8-4 on Tuesday night at Coors Field.
Mickey Moniak led off the scoring for the Rockies with a solo home run in the first inning. In the second inning, Colorado added two more runs on Adael Amador’s two RBI double, driving in Ryan McMahon and Brenton Doyle. And the Rockies continued their scoring frenzy into the third inning, with three more runs off Fedde, McMahon hitting a three run home run, scoring Moniak and Jordan Beck, to put Colorado up 6-0 after three innings.
The Cardinals did score two runs in the fourth inning as Alec Burleson scored on a groundout by Nolan Arenado and Masyn Winn singled to drive in Willson Contreras, all with two outs, but that was all they could do in the inning, and heading into the bottom of the fourth, Fedde was replaced by reliever Kyle Leahy.
Leahy gave up no runs in the fourth, but in the fifth inning the Rockies added one more run off the reliver, Doyle driving in Ezequiel Tovar with an RBI single, following Tovar’s two out double. Not another run scored until the seventh inning when the Cardinals cut back into the lead, Brendan Donovan doubling to bring home Victor Scott II after his one out walk, putting the Redbirds down 7-3.
In the eighth inning, Jordan Walker scored as Walker and Yohel Pozo hit back to back doubles for the Cardinals, but in the bottom half of the inning, the Rockies got the run back scoring their final run of the game with a bases loaded walk to Moniak, bringing home Michael Toglia.
Fedde took the loss, falling to 3-10 on the season, pitching three innings and giving up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk. At the plate, Burleson was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Donovan was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
St. Louis and Colorado will now look for a series win in the rubber match tomorrow. Andre Pallante (5-6, 4.71 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals while the Rockies starter is listed as TBD. First pitch is at 2:10pm, coverage will be joined around 2 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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