PHOENIX — The St. Louis Cardinals have come up with an approach against Arizona that is ultimately, completely successful, even if it sometimes feels like they’ve got a snake by the rattler and must scrabble to avoid its bite.
With a strong enough start, it doesn’t matter how they finish.
For the third consecutive game, the Cardinals stormed to an early lead, hoisted there again by a home run from left fielder Tyler O’Neill. The Cardinals had seven runs before Arizona had its first and yet the Diamondbacks got the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning. Alex Reyes kept it there to complete a 7-4 victory Saturday night at Chase Field. Reyes’ save made a winner of Adam Wainwright, who extended a personal no-hit streak to the equivalent of 11 innings, but didn’t get an out in the sixth despite pitching with a hearty 7-0 lead at one point.
