Cardinals jump on Oakland early in 6-4 win

JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run homer, José Fermín drove in two with a double and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Athletics 6-4 on Tuesday night.

The Cardinals snapped a two-game skid and improved their major league-best road record to 14-7. They have yet to lose three straight road games this season.

Andre Pallante (4-3) struck out four and allowed four hits and three runs in five innings. Four relievers followed, with Riley O’Brien working around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his 12th save.

St. Louis scored four times in the first inning. Jordan Walker drove in the first run with a single, Fermín’s double brought in two and Yohel Pozo singled to score Fermín.

The A’s answered in the second when Nick Kurtz hit an RBI single to extend his on-base streak to 35 games. 

Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-1, 4.07 ERA) gets the start against A’s RHP J.T. Ginn (1-1, 3.62) as the series continues Wednesday.



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