By MATT PIKE
The St. Louis Cardinals offense struggled to figure out the Colorado Rockies pitching, managing just five hits, as the Redbirds were shutout to fall in the series finale at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon, losing 6-0 before heading back to St. Louis.
In the bottom of the second, the Rockies got on the scoreboard, striking Cardinals starter Andre Pallante for four runs. Ryan McMahon scored after his leadoff walk for the first run on an RBI single by Kyle Farmer, before with runners on first and second the lead was extended on another RBI single by Adael Amador driving in Austin Nola. A fourth straight single by Tyler Freeman brought home Farmer to push in the third run, and a fifth single by Mickey Moniak drove in Amador for the final run putting Colorado up 4-0 early in the game.
The Rockies put up one more run against Pallante in the fifth inning, an RBI double by Jordan Beck driving in Freeman who walked to start the inning. Ezequiel Tovar put up the final run for Colorado in the eighth inning, hitting his sixth home run of the season off reliever John King to right field.
Pallante took the loss, falling to 5-7 on the season, pitching five innings and giving up five runs on eight hits while striking out five and walking two. At the plate, five Cardinals had one hit each, led by Iván Herrera who was 1-for-2 with two walks. Jordan Walker and Willson Contreras each doubled while going 1-for-4.
St. Louis now returns to the comforts of Busch Stadium to host San Diego. Sonny Gray (9-4, 4.04 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Yu Darvish (0-2. 6.08 ERA) for the Padres tomorrow in St. Louis. First pitch is at 6:45pm, coverage will be joined around 6:35 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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