ST. LOUIS — Left-handed reliever Packy Naughton, replacing COVID-affected Adam Wainwright, made his first Cardinals start Tuesday night against a Baltimore Orioles team which hadn’t been to St. Louis, almost since its forbearers, the Browns, were here.
“We’re going to find out together,” said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol. He was referring to Naughton, not the Orioles, who had never played at Busch III and hadn’t played here at all since May, 2003. Naughton gave the Cardinals 3 1/3 decent innings but the Orioles won for the first time in St. Louis in 19 years when Kyle Bradish also won for the first time—in his career.
Right-hander Bradish, making his third major league start, bamboozled the Cardinals with his fastball-slider combination, striking out 11 and walking no one over seven innings in a 5-3 Baltimore victory.
