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Nolan Gorman homered and drove in the three St. Louis runs, and Lance Lynn pitched six solid innings to help the Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 31 on Wednesday afternoon.
ST. LOUIS: Nolan Gorman homered and drove in three runs in St. Louis, and Lance Lynn pitched six solid innings to help the Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
The game was postponed due to the rain after a delay of 91 minutes on Tuesday night with the teams tied 1-1 in the middle of the sixth over.
Lynn (2-2) allowed one unearned run on two hits and struck out five while pitching six innings for the first time since throwing seven innings on April 16 in Oakland.
“It’s different,” Lynn said of getting the win a day after he pitched. “Last night, I threw the ball well. I was in a good place to keep going, but the rain said otherwise.”
Andrew Kittredge and JoJo Romero combined to pitch two innings of scoreless relief. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth to earn his 15th save to tie Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase for the lead.
Jacob Webb (0-3) walked Alec Burleson in the bottom of the sixth, and Gorman hit his eighth home run of the season off left-hander Keegan Akin to give St. Louis a 3-1 lead.
“Big left homer there,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “It took a really nice swing to pick us up and then our pen did an amazing job of finishing that game. JoJo did his job, Kittredge and Helsley closed the door there. It was a very good start yesterday to give us a shot to be in a position to win today.”
Kyle Bradish allowed one run on four hits in five innings. He struck out six.
“We had three hits,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “It’s hard to win when you only have three hits.”
The Orioles took advantage of an error in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game at 1. Kyle Stowers reached base on a ball that bounced off Gorman’s glove for an error and scored on Jorge Mateo’s double to left field.
Masyn Winn extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a double down the field line in the bottom of the fourth.
Gorman hit an RBI double to center field that bounced off Mateo’s glove on the warning track to give St. Louis a 1-0 lead in the second.
COACH’S ROOM
Cardinals: RHP Keynan Middleton (right forearm flexor strain) is scheduled to play in consecutive games for Double-A Springfield on Wednesday or Thursday. The Cardinals could activate him from the injured list before Friday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs.
UP NEXT
Cardinals RHP Kyle Gibson (3-2, 4.09 ERA) will face former teammate LHP John Means (2-0, 3.06 ERA) in his first start against the Orioles since leaving as a free agent after the season 2023 on Wednesday.
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