Former Cardinal Arozarena lifts Mariners past Redbirds 5-3

By MATT PIKE

Former Cardinal Randy Arozarena hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the third inning as part of a four-RBI night as the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3  to close within one game of the AL West lead.

The Cardinals took the lead first in the game scoring two runs in the second inning.  Nolan Gorman doubled, driving in Willson Contreras for the opening run, and Gorman later scored on an RBI single from Thomas Saggese

Arozarena hit his 27th homer, four more than his previous career high, in the third inning scoring Victor Robles and J.P Crawford to put the Mariners up 3-2.  St. Louis tied up the game in the fourth inning as Jose Fermin reached on an infield single, driving in Saggese, but then in the fifth inning, Arozarena gave Seattle the lead back with a sacrifice fly, scoring Mitch Garver, in an inning that included Josh Naylor’s 19th home run of the season.

Matthew Liberatore fell to 7-12 on the season with the loss giving up five runs on six hits with one strikeout and three walks in four innings.  At the plate, Fermin was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Contreras was 2-for-4 with a run scored, while every other Cardinal had one hit each.  The only Redbirds who did not reach base were Victor Scott and Ivan Herrera.

St. Louis and Seattle will wrap up their series on Wednesday.  Michael McGreevy (6-3, 4.68) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.61) for the Mariners.  First pitch is again at 8:40pm with coverage beginning at 8:30 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).

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