Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Colorado Rockies

46-71, 19-39 Away

Final
8 - 6

St. Louis Cardinals

58-59, 29-33 Home

Jake McCarthy homers twice as the Rockies get past the Cardinals, 8-6

McCarthy gave Colorado the lead on the first pitch of the game with his 420-foot drive to right-center field off Matthew Liberatore (5-9), and the Rockies went on to snap a four-game skid.

McCarthy hit his second of the game and 13th of the season in the sixth. He is hitting .305 and has seven hits in his last two games.

Liberatore went five innings and struck out three while giving up five runs on nine hits.

José Fermín had a two-run double to put the Cardinals ahead, but Carrigg hit a two-run double of his own in the third that gave the Rockies the lead for good. Hunter Goodman drove in one more before the end of the inning.

Rumfield got another across in the fifth, and McCarthy belted a two-run shot to center in the sixth.

The Cardinals got within two after Jordan Walker's eighth-inning homer, and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but Jordan Romano struck out César Prieto swinging for his 10th save.

Rockies starter Kyle Freeland tossed 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked three, and allowed five hits and three runs (one earned).

Five relievers combined to hold the Cardinals to two hits and three runs. Parker Mushinski (1-0) worked 1 1/3 innings for the win.

Up next RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-10, 6.94 ERA) starts for Colorado opposite Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (4-9, 3.59) in the series finale on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Prieto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Church to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Prieto hit for Pereira
	9th Inning	Church singled to right, Fermín scored.
	9th Inning	Torres grounded out to first, Fermín to third.
	9th Inning	Winn lined out to left.

Statistics

COL		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	5
8	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
5	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	37
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	185
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	45
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
8.0	Runs Created	7.0
.324	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.559	Slugging Percentage	.432
.471	Secondary Average	.351
.385	On Base Percentage	.378
.943	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.810
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
8.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
58.0	Batter Rating	44.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.235	Isolated Power	.162
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.133
.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.081
16.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
100.5	MLB Rating	91.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0