ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals finished their homestand in a similar fashion to how they started it, with Jack Flaherty on the mound and their offense providing a double-digit scoring output in a victory in front of a home crowd.
For the first time this season, the Cardinals had three players with three hits or more apiece. Oscar Mercado, Nolan Arenado and Tommy Edman spearheaded an attack that chased one of the best left-handed starters of this generation from the game in less than four innings and then battered a taxed bullpen as the Cardinals won their third game of the four-game series 10-5 in front of an announced crowd of 44,721 at Busch Stadium on Sunday, the fifth announced sellout this season and the third in a row.
The Cardinals (21-27) finished went 5-2 on the seven-game homestand, and they moved ahead of the Cincinnati Reds and out of the National League Central Division cellar.
