Yadier Molina doubled in the tiebreaking run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Monday.
The loss was the sixth in a row for Atlanta, which is 8-11 and in last place in the National League East.
Dennys Reyes (2-0) worked an inning of relief and Ryan Franklin pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
St. Louis tied the game with two runs in the seventh. Colby Rasmus hit a leadoff homer and pinch hitter Bryan Anderson doubled in the tying run with two outs.
The Braves, who scored just six runs during the previous five losses, jumped out to a 3-0 lead off St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse.
Pitcher Tim Hudson led off the Atlanta third with a single and later scored on Brian McCann’s bases-loaded sacrifice play. Tony Glaus followed with a single that scored Martin Prado.
In the fourth, Melky Cabrera opened with a single and scored on Nate McLouth’s double.
The Cardinals got their first run in the sixth on Albert Pujols’ groundout that scored Skip Schumaker. Molina’s hit off Takashi Saito (0-1) later plated Pujols.
Atlanta | St. Louis | |
Tim Hudson | Player | Kyle Lohse |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
6.0 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 2 |
6 | Hits | 7 |
4.50 | ERA | 4.50 |
Atlanta | St. Louis | |
Troy Glaus | Player | Albert Pujols |
2 | Hits | 3 |
1 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 0 |
2 | TB | 4 |
.667 | Avg | .750 |