Relying on a dash of 'Whiteyball,' Cardinals turn walks, outs into runs to edge Oakland
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After a walker by Jordan Walker, Michael Siani, the Cardinals’ No. 9 hitter Tuesday, dropped a bunt to push both of his teammates into scoring position. That made it possible for Winn to speed home on a groundball to third and tie the game, 1-1.
Down by a run in the sixth, the Cardinals followed the same theme, just with a different formula. This time the sacrifices weren’t bunts, but fly balls. Nolan Arenado’s second hit of the game led off the inning. He would eventually get to third after consecutive walks loaded the bases. Lars Nootbaar fell behind in the count with and awkward swing on the first pitch only to still grind out a walk and load the bases with no outs.
Those came next.
Winn flew out to center.
Arenado scored.
Walker flew out to right.
Ivan Herrera scored.
That is out the Cardinals took the lead.
The Cardinals did not have a hit in the third inning as they produced a run, and they spun one hit in the sixth inning into two runs for the lead.
Happy birthday, Nolan. Got you grounders.
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