×
Top Stories
After Knicks' Game 5 rout, pressure shifts to Pacers for Game 6Tigers place rookie Jackson Jobe on 15-day IL with elbow injuryZach Eflin shines, Orioles hold off late White Sox rallyNick Taylor, Ben Griffin share lead halfway through MemorialMiguel Angel Jimenez (63) in front at Principal Charity ClassicReports: Braves RHP AJ Smith-Shawver out for season with torn UCLAvalanche sign KHL G Ilya Nabokov to entry-level dealAngels star Mike Trout activated, in lineup as DHAndrew Abbott continues dominance as Reds top CubsRed Sox place RHP Liam Hendriks (hip) on 15-day ILPrinceton WR AJ Barber, Tiki's son, enters transfer portalJays place OF Anthony Santander (shoulder) on ILBig 12 commish: Big Ten, SEC share 'great responsibility' with CFP modelRockies add OF Sam Hilliard, INF Thairo Estrada to rosterRays reinstate OF Jake Mangum from injured listMusic City set for encore after 2024's five-OT thrillerTwins reinstate CF Byron Buxton from concussion ILOrioles place OF Cedric Mullins (hamstring) on ILLawsuit accuses Pelicans' Zion Williamson of rapeIslanders ink F Kyle Palmieri, D Adam Boqvist to contracts

Nolan Arenado, Cardinals stop Orioles’ nascent momentum

By MLB Premium News May 28, 2025 | 4:28 AM

Nolan Arenado broke a tie with an eighth-inning home run and Lars Nootbaar also homered as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the host Baltimore Orioles 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Masyn Winn drove in two runs and Jordan Walker tripled in a three-run eighth inning as the Cardinals racked up 14 hits, including three by Nootbaar. St. Louis has won four of its last five games.
The Orioles had a season-best three-game winning streak snapped despite Ryan O’Hearn’s three-run home run. Ryan Mountcastle notched three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Ramon Urias had two hits, but Baltimore went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
Steven Matz (3-1) was the winning pitcher with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Ryan Helsley worked the ninth for his 11th save.
Arenado, Winn, Alec Burleson and Walker all had two hits for St. Louis, which managed only four hits in Monday’s series opener.
After the Cardinals built a 3-0 lead through two innings on Willson Contreras’ RBI single and Nootbaar’s two-run blast, the Orioles got on the board on Heston Kjerstad’s RBI groundout in the fourth.
The hot-hitting O’Hearn sent Baltimore into a 4-3 lead in the fifth with his ninth homer of the year, and suddenly it looked like the Orioles might be regaining some of the magic that has been missing for most of the season.
But the Cardinals drew even in the seventh on Winn’s run-scoring single. Arenado’s one-out, solo blast put St. Louis ahead against reliever Bryan Baker (3-1). Arenado has six home runs this year.
Then the Cardinals tacked on two more runs, as Nolan Gorman and Walker hit back-to-back triples and Winn singled home Walker. Baker was charged with three runs while recording just two outs.
St. Louis starter Andre Pallante worked 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) while walking three and striking out seven.
The Orioles got a solid outing from starter Tomoyuki Sugano, who gave up three runs while logging 5 1/3 innings. Baltimore used six pitchers.