Jake McCarthy hits two home runs as Rockies top Cardinals
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) — Jake McCarthy hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 8-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Busch Stadium. McCarthy went 4 for 5 with a solo homer in the first and a two-run homer in the sixth. Cole Carrigg added two RBIs. Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Parker Mushinski earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Jordan Romano pitched the ninth for his 10th save. St. Louis took an early 2-1 lead in the first on José Fermín’s two-run double. Iván Herrera had three hits and drove in a run. Fermín finished 2 for 2 with two RBIs. Jordan Walker homered in the eighth. Matthew Liberatore took the loss. Colorado scored three in the third, one in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the ninth. St. Louis scored single runs in the fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth. The Rockies outhit the Cardinals 11-10. The Rockies improved to 46-71. The Cardinals fell to 58-59. Attendance was 29,204. Time of game was 3:09.