ST. LOUIS (AP) — Willson Contreras had three hits and four RBIs, Nolan Gorman homered and Matthew Liberatore pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday night.
Liberatore (7-11) struck out seven. JoJo Romero got the final four outs for his seventh save.
Gorman hit a solo home run in the seventh inning, his 14th of the season. He also had two singles.
Contreras opened the scoring in the third with a two-run single off Jeffrey Springs (10-10) that right fielder Brent Rooker misjudged or couldn’t see. In the eighth, Contreras added a two-run triple to left.
Nick Kurtz hit an opposite-field home run for the A’s in the eighth, his 28th of the year. It was his 14th home run of the year to the opposite field.
Contreras’ two-run since in the third.
Liberatore won for the first time since June 29.
A’s RHP Mason Barnett (0-1, 11.25 ERA) was set to start Friday night on the road against the Los Angeles Angels. Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (6-2, 4.17) was scheduled to start Friday night at home against San Francisco.
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