Cardinals Rally in Eighth to Top Rockies, 7-4

Overview

• St. Louis broke a 4-4 tie with a four-run eighth inning at Busch Stadium that included a bases-clearing double by rookie JJ Wetherholt and an RBI single from Iván Herrera, who collected four hits.
• Rockies starter Michael Lorenzen lasted into the fifth inning and allowed four runs on eight hits with three walks and only one strikeout, a performance manager Warren Schaeffer blamed on poor fastball command.
• Reliever Tanner Gordon kept Colorado close with 3.1 solid innings of relief before Parker Mushinski surrendered the decisive double that opened the eighth inning.
• Colorado again left runners stranded, extending a series-long theme of poor production with runners in scoring position that has undermined games despite generating baserunners.
• The loss dropped the Rockies further from contention as they head to Arizona, where rookie Gabriel Hughes is scheduled to start the next game, while St. Louis stays around .500 and chases a wild-card push.