PHOENIX (AP) Brandon Pfaadt pitched seven scoreless innings, Geraldo Perdomo had two RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Friday night.
Pfaadt (10-6) allowed four hits with six strikeouts and no walks in his second straight sterling start. Adrian Del Castillo had three hits, an RBI and scored twice against Andre Pallante (5-6) after being called up from Triple-A Reno.
St. Louis scored three runs off John Curtiss in the ninth, on Victor Scott II’s two-run homer and Pedro Pagés’ run-scoring single. The Cardinals have lost four of six.
Pfaadt tossed a career-high eight innings against San Diego in his last start before the All-Star break, allowing two runs on four hits.
The right-hander allowed two hits through the first six innings before the Cardinals got two on in the seventh. Pfaadt struck out Jordan Walker and got Pagés on a weak fly to center to end the inning.
Pallante allowed seven runs on eight hits in six innings against Washington in his last start before the All-Star break.
The right-hander kicked off the second half of the season with another shaky outing.
Herrera hit a run-scoring single off Pallante in the second inning and Perdomo followed with a two-run single. Del Castillo had a run-scoring single in the third, followed by Alek Thomas’ RBI groundout.
Blaze Alexander chased Pallante with a run-scoring double that put Arizona up 6-0 in the fifth.
Pallante allowed six runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Thomas made an acrobatic catch against the wall in left-center to rob Walker of extra bases in the fifth inning.
The Cardinals went 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
St. Louis RHP Sonny Gray (9-3, 3.50 ERA) faces Arizona RHP Rhyne Nelson (5-2, 3.68) in the middle game of the three-game series Saturday.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Donovan 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 |
| I. Herrera DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .323 |
| A. Burleson LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| W. Contreras 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| N. Arenado 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| M. Winn SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .258 |
| J. Walker RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| P. Pages C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .213 |
| V. Scott II CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Carroll RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| G. Perdomo SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .268 |
| L. Gurriel LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| J. Naylor 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| E. Suarez 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| A. Del Castillo DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| B. Alexander 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| A. Thomas CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| J. Herrera C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .198 |
- 2B – W. Contreras (23)
- HR – V. Scott II (5)
- SH – A. Burleson
- RBI – P. Pages (28), V. Scott II 2 (33)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – A. Burleson, W. Contreras, N. Arenado 2 (2), P. Pages 2 (2)
- 2B – J. Naylor (19), B. Alexander (3)
- 3B – G. Perdomo (2)
- RBI – G. Perdomo 2 (67), A. Del Castillo, B. Alexander (2), A. Thomas (26), J. Herrera (14)
- 2-Out RBI – G. Perdomo 2 (2), B. Alexander, J. Herrera
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – L. Gurriel, J. Naylor, B. Alexander, A. Thomas, J. Herrera
- SB – M. Winn (6)
- DP – (Donovan-Winn-Contreras)
- E – A. Pallante (3)
- DP – (Suarez-Alexander-Naylor)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Pallante(L, 5-6) | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.71 |
| J. King | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.50 |
| K. Leahy | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.98 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Pfaadt(W, 10-6) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.82 |
| A. Saalfrank | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| J. Curtiss | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 |
- Pitches-Strikes – A. Pallante 89-51, J. King 18-13, K. Leahy 24-15
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – A. Pallante 8-4, J. King 2-0, K. Leahy 2-0
- Batters Faced – A. Pallante 25, J. King 6, K. Leahy 6
- Pitches-Strikes – B. Pfaadt 91-61, A. Saalfrank 17-10, J. Curtiss 24-14
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – B. Pfaadt 7-5, A. Saalfrank 4-1, J. Curtiss 2-1
- Batters Faced – B. Pfaadt 26, A. Saalfrank 6, J. Curtiss 6