Cardinals 2-1 Athletics (Sep 2, 2025) Recreation Recap

ST. LOUIS — — Iván Herrera hit a go-ahead two-run residence run, and Miles Mikolas pitched six stable innings to assist the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Athletics 2-1 on Tuesday night time.

Mikolas (7-10) gave up a run on 5 hits in six innings. He did not have a strikeout and walked one. The right-hander was 0-2 with a 6.04 ERA in 5 August begins.

Matt Svanson adopted with two scoreless innings and JoJo Romero pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.

Victor Scott II drew a leadoff stroll from Hogan Harris within the sixth. Michael Kelly (4-3) changed Harris with two outs and Scott on third and Iván Herrera hit his twelfth homer three pitches later for a 2-1 lead.

Luis Severino left main 1-0 after 5 innings and 61 pitches in his first begin since Aug. 5. He allowed three hits and a stroll. Severino adopted 5 straight losses with 4 wins in a row earlier than lacking time with a left indirect pressure.

JJ Bleday had a leadoff double within the third and rookie Nick Kurtz — batting .325 common with runners in scoring place — doubled to place the Athletics forward. Bleday homered twice for the Athletics (64-76) in an 11-3 win within the opener.

The Cardinals (69-71) have simply three wins of their final 11 residence video games.

Key second

Zack Gelof doubled main off the fifth and Mikolas walked Kurtz deliberately with two outs earlier than retiring Jacob Wilson on an infield pop-up to maintain it 1-0.

Key stat

The Athletics got here in with 190 residence runs — 57 greater than the Cardinals.

Up subsequent

Athletics Jeffrey Springs (10-9, 4.17 ERA) begins Wednesday’s rubber recreation reverse Matthew Liberatore (6-11, 4.32).

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