mlb Game Recap
St. Louis Drops San Diego 9-7 - Match Report
St. Louis got 5 innings of work from Sonny Gray en route to a 9-7 victory over San Diego on Thursday at Busch Stadium.
St. Louis was favored by -155 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.5.
Sonny Gray earned the victory for the Cardinals, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 5, walking 0, and allowing 11 hits and 6 earned runs. That effort was supported by 4 RBIs from Willson Contreras in the win.
San Diego's starting pitcher Yu Darvish worked 3.1 innings, giving up 8 hits and 8 earned runs while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 3 hits from Manny Machado in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored San Diego as they had 12 hits, while St. Louis only had 13.
The game was closed out by Ryan Helsley who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 1 hits, 0 walks and fanned 2 batters to earn the save.