St. Louis Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Rays

64-67, 29-37 Away

Final

63-67, 34-33 Home


STL
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	0
0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	-	7	8	1

R. Pepiot9-10

5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

M. Liberatore6-11

4.1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

Cardinals Hitting

hitters
L. NootbaarCF
I. HerreraDH
A. BurlesonLF
W. Contreras1B
N. Gorman3B
T. SaggeseSS
J. WalkerRF
P. PagesC
aY. PozoPH-C
J. Fermin2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.330	.387
4	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.420
4	2	1	0	0	0	.285	.336	.447
3	0	0	0	1	2	.261	.345	.460
3	0	1	1	1	0	.227	.328	.414
4	0	0	0	0	3	.248	.285	.323
4	0	2	1	0	0	.233	.288	.323
2	0	0	0	0	2	.223	.270	.358
2	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.284	.408
3	0	1	0	0	0	.320	.393	.520
32	2	5	2	3	8

a-popped out to second for Pagés in the 7th

Batting
RBIGorman (39), Walker (32)
2Out RBIWalker, J.
Team LOB6
Team RISP2-6 (Contreras 0-1, Pozo 0-2, Gorman 1-1, Walker 1-1, Saggese 0-1)

Baserunning
CSContreras (1, 2nd base by Pepiot/Fortes)

Rays Hitting

hitters
C. SimpsonLF
J. Caminero3B
Y. Diaz1B
B. Lowe2B
C. MorelDH
E. PereiraCF
J. LoweRF
C. WilliamsSS
N. FortesC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	2	2	0	1	0	.307	.345	.365
4	1	1	4	1	0	0	.255	.298	.527
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.338	.459
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.266	.319	.485
4	1	3	1	1	0	1	.222	.284	.409
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.115	.233	.154
3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.235	.304	.371
3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	1.000
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.300	.219
31	7	8	7	2	5	9

Batting
2BWilliams (1, Granillo)
3BSimpson (3, Granillo)
HRMorel (10, 4th inning off Liberatore 0 on, 2 Out); Caminero (37, 5th inning off Svanson 3 on, 1 Out)
RBIMorel (23), Simpson 2 (21), Caminero 4 (91)
2Out RBISimpson 2; Morel, C.
Team LOB5
Team RISP2-5 (Fortes 0-1, Simpson 1-1, Caminero 1-3)

Baserunning
CSJ. Lowe (4, 2nd base by Granillo/Pagés)
SBJ. Lowe 2 (16, 2nd base off Liberatore/Pagés, 3rd base off Liberatore/Pagés); Simpson (38, 2nd base off Liberatore/Pagés); Williams (1, 2nd base off Liberatore/Pagés)

Fielding
EMontgomery (1, throw)

Cardinals Pitching

pitchers
M. Liberatore(L, 6-11)
M. Svanson
A. Granillo
R. Fernandez
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.1	3	4	4	3	5	1	73-45	4.27
0.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	13-7	2.28
2.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	36-24	4.82
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	8.50
8.0	8	7	7	5	9	2	133-84

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedLiberatore 10/19; Svanson 5/4; Fernandez 3/3; Granillo 8/10
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesLiberatore-16-9-9-11; Svanson-2-2-1-2; Fernandez-5-1-0-2; Granillo-5-7-5-7
Ground Balls-Fly BallsLiberatore 4-4; Svanson 1-0; Fernandez 1-1; Granillo 1-2
Game ScoresM Liberatore 43

Rays Pitching

pitchers
R. Pepiot(W, 9-10)
E. Uceta
M. Montgomery
B. Van Belle
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	1	0	0	1	3	63-38	3.82
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	14-7	3.90
0.2	1	1	0	1	2	28-15	5.05
2.1	3	1	1	0	2	35-26	3.86
9.0	5	2	1	3	8	140-86

Pitching
WPVan Belle
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedUceta 3/4; Van Belle 6/10; Pepiot 9/16; Montgomery 2/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesUceta-1-3-1-2; Van Belle-3-8-7-8; Pepiot-10-5-11-12; Montgomery-4-5-4-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsUceta 1-1; Van Belle 1-4; Pepiot 4-7; Montgomery 1-0
Game ScoresR Pepiot 67

Scoring Summary

		STL	TB
4th	Morel homered to left center (399 feet).	0	1
5th	Caminero homered to right (381 feet), J. Lowe scored, Williams scored and Simpson scored.	0	5
6th	Simpson tripled to center, Williams scored and Fortes scored.	0	7
7th	Walker singled to center, Burleson scored, Gorman to third.	1	7
9th	Gorman singled to center, Burleson scored.	2	7

Cardinals
7
Rays
4

Game 1

22/8

Cardinals
6
Rays
10

Game 2

23/8

Cardinals
2
Rays
7

Game 3

24/8

George M. Steinbrenner Field

5:10 PM, 24 August 2025

Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 8,809

Game Time:2:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings
First Base Umpire - Gabe Morales
Second Base Umpire - Jacob Metz
Third Base Umpire - Emil Jimenez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Rays

R. Pepiot9-10

M. Liberatore6-11

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Inning

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