Cardinals beat Orioles 5-4 after winning suspended game 3-1 for first series sweep of season
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St. Louis Cardinals’ Dylan Carlson (3) congratulates Brendan Donovan (33), who scored on a throwing error by Baltimore Orioles catcher James McCann after Donovan hit a double that scored two runs during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Le)
Earlier Wednesday, Nolan Gorman homered in the completion of a suspended game that St. Louis won 3-1. Gorman drove in all three St. Louis runs, and Lance Lynn pitched six solid innings on Tuesday night before the game was suspended because of rain in the middle of the sixth.
It was the first series sweep this season for the Cardinals, who have won eight of their last 10 games.
“It’s been incredible,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, who was ejected in the bottom of the third inning of the second game. “We’ve had a lot of guys who are stepping up. It’s fun to watch.”
The Orioles had gone 106 consecutive regular-season series without being swept, a span of more than two years. Baltimore had just eclipsed the 1903-05 New York Giants for the third-longest such streak in MLB history.
“I felt like we didn’t catch many breaks,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “We didn’t play our best baseball in these three games. We’re going to have to play better in Chicago.”
Neither starter returned after the delay in the second game. John Means allowed one hit in three innings with two walks and a strikeout for Baltimore.
“He was going to come out anyways,” Hyde said of Means. “He had some elbow discomfort. He’s going to get some further test
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Kyle Gibson, who won a career-high 15 games for the Orioles last year when they won 101 games and the American League East title, gave up five hits and three runs, all of them unearned, in four innings.
John King (1-1) picked up the win with two innings of no-hit work. Rookie Ryan Fernandez pitched the ninth for his first save despite giving up two hits and a run on a sacrifice fly.
