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Tyler O'Neal absorbed a walk-off hit in the ninth inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Paul Goldschmidt hit his two-run homer and sacrifice fly to give the Cardinals his 11th win in 12 games here.
Cardinals starting pitcher Jose Quintana allowed two runs and two walks as he allowed four hits over five innings. Ryan Helsley (7-1) pitched his ninth inning to take the win.
Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland allowed 3 runs in his 7 hits and allowed 1 walk in 6 innings where he struck out 4. Dinelson Ramett (1-2) conceded the loss with his ninth run.
Tommy Edman broke his tie scoreless with a solo home run in the fourth inning, and Goldschmidt's two-run run in the fifth inning gave the Cardinals the lead to his 3-0. pushed to 0.
Quintana held the Rockies hitless in his fifth inning as Colorado broke through in his sixth. Wynton Barnard, Conor Joe, and Charlie Blackmon hit streaks to produce one run.
In the seventh inning he had two outs, an infield hit by Bernard and a walk by Joe. Blackmon hit his two-run double to reliever Packy Norton to put Colorado up his 4–3.
Carlos Estevez released Lucas his Gilbreth and allowed Goldschmidt to make a sacrifice flight before Nolan flew his Arenado to avoid further trouble.
As Ramette started in his ninth inning with Andrew Knysner and Lars walking his nutbar, Carlson bunted the bases on his single. As the Rockies deployed his five infielders and his two outfielders, Rammett struck O'Neill to end the game.
– Field Level Media
