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04/18 21:14 CDT Cardinals slug 3 homers to beat the Astros 7-5 and extend
winning streak to 4 games
Cardinals slug 3 homers to beat the Astros 7-5 and extend winning streak to 4
games
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON (AP) --- Masyn Winn hit a two-run homer and Jos Fermn and Alec
Burleson added solo shots to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-5 win over the
Houston Astros Saturday night.
Winn's homer made it 4-1 in the third and the second home run of Fermn's
career pushed the lead to 5-1 in the sixth. Burleson's shot to the second deck
in right field in the seventh made it 6-1.
Yordan Alvarez hit his major league-leading ninth homer in the first inning and
Shay Whitcomb hit a three-run homer in the ninth, but it wasn't enough to keep
the Astros from losing for the 11th time in 13 games.
Jordan Walker singled in the fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13
games and Nolan Gorman had two hits and two RBIs to help the Cardinals to their
fourth straight victory.
Andre Pallante (2-1) allowed three hits and a run with a season-high five
strikeouts in five innings to get the win for the Cardinals. Riley O'Brien got
the last two outs of the game to get his sixth save.
Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1) yielded four hits and four runs,
walked three batters and hit two in five innings.
McCullers hit the first two batters with pitches before walking Walker with one
out. Gorman hit a two RBI single on a grounder to right field to make it 2-0.
Alvarez cut the lead to 2-1 with his home run to center field with one out in
the first.
Gorman singled with one out in the third before Winn's home run to left field
made it 4-1.
Fermn connected off Colton Gordon with one out in the sixth on his shot to the
seats in left field to push the lead to 5-1.
Up Next
St. Louis LHP Matthew Liberatore (0-1, 4.29 ERA) opposes RHP Mike Burrows (1-3,
6.55) in the series finale Sunday.
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