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Paul Goldschmidt hits a homer and hits two runs, Nolan Arenado hits a two-run double, 4-5, Myles Mikolas pitches eight innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals win 5-1 over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Did. Friday night in Phoenix.
Goldschmidt's solo home run was his fifth outburst in his 17 games with his former team, and also his 30th of the season, reaching the seventh milestone. Goldschmidt went on base four times with three hits and a walk, scoring two runs.
Arenado hit his three doubles. The Cardinals won his fifth straight in the last 20 years and he finished 16th, so his 7 RBIs in 4 runs, the biggest came in his two.
Mikolas (10-9) gave up one run and his two hits, he struck out four and walked one.
Cardinals' Yadier Molina had his first three-hit game of the season, with 2,152 all-time hits, placing him fifth among primary catchers. Molina is a New York Yankees legend, Yogi he passed Bella (2,150).
Josh Rojas hit Arizona with his two hits, his fifth loss in the last 13 games.
Goldschmidt stopped a full-count fastball from Arizona's Tommy Henry to open the scoring in the first inning with a 416-foot blast that he scored with two outs (2-2). .
It wasn't until the Cardinals scored four runs and four hits in his seventh.
When Goldschmidt headed for the mound he sent his hopper one and Diamondbacks reliever Kevin tripped his Ginkel foot, the bases had his two outs. filled with Molina scored from his 3rd place and Goldschmidt reached safety with no throws.
Arenado doubled to left center to make it 4-0. Edwin Useta replaced Ginkel, catcher Carson Kelly crossed up on the first pitch on a passed ball, and Goldschmidt scored from third to a five-run margin.
Mikolas retired his 11 batters he faced in the first, but Rojas doubled to left field with his two outs in the fourth inning. He didn't give up another hit until Sergio Alcantara hit a double and short-hopped the fence to the right to start the eighth.
Alcantara moved to his third on Kerry's foul to right and scored on Gerardo Perdomo's infield out.
Dylan Carlson also had his two hits and St. Louis led by his 12–4.
Henry had one run in 5 1/3 innings and he had six hits. He struck out his seven and walked one.
– Field Level Media
