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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1756246" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/strong-start-clutch-finish-bullpen-holds-tight-for-matzs-first-cardinals-win-2-1-vs/article_24be5efd-ac9f-5419-81aa-57e6d7c03d7e.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>MILWAUKEE — What started with Steven Matz zeroing in on his first chance to make a better second impression with his new club became the first true stress test for how the Cardinals intend to end the closest of games.</p><p>The Cardinals’ bullpen inherited a one-run game in the sixth inning Saturday, received a vital boost from a second run in the eighth, and shepherded the game through the final 3 1/3 innings. Right-hander Giovanny Gallegos, the Cardinals’ closer who could appear in any inning needed, completed a four-out save — two of which came on his final pitch — and secured a 2-1 victory against Milwaukee at American Family Field.</p><p>Paul DeJong’s 100th double of his career produced the game’s lone run in its first seven innings before the division rivals traded runs in the eighth inning. Corey Dickerson’s two-out RBI single scored Nolan Arenado for the eventual game-winner on Arenado’s 31st birthday. With the tying run on base in the ninth, Gallegos got a groundball to second base and because the Cardinals’ were shifted, birthday boy Arenado pivoted the game-ending double play at second. With little margin for error the relievers cinched Matz’s first win as a Cardinal by getting 10 outs from the 11 batters they faced.</p><p></p><p>They beat the Brewers at their own game.</p><p>“I think we have the best bullpen,” manager Oliver Marmol said after his team improved to 5-2. “That’s extremely valuable. When I think of the way we used them, on any given night you can flip that on its head and I’d be totally fine with it. It’s just having the ability to trust any of those guys in any situation is a nice thing to have.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1756246, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/strong-start-clutch-finish-bullpen-holds-tight-for-matzs-first-cardinals-win-2-1-vs/article_24be5efd-ac9f-5419-81aa-57e6d7c03d7e.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] MILWAUKEE — What started with Steven Matz zeroing in on his first chance to make a better second impression with his new club became the first true stress test for how the Cardinals intend to end the closest of games. The Cardinals’ bullpen inherited a one-run game in the sixth inning Saturday, received a vital boost from a second run in the eighth, and shepherded the game through the final 3 1/3 innings. Right-hander Giovanny Gallegos, the Cardinals’ closer who could appear in any inning needed, completed a four-out save — two of which came on his final pitch — and secured a 2-1 victory against Milwaukee at American Family Field. Paul DeJong’s 100th double of his career produced the game’s lone run in its first seven innings before the division rivals traded runs in the eighth inning. Corey Dickerson’s two-out RBI single scored Nolan Arenado for the eventual game-winner on Arenado’s 31st birthday. With the tying run on base in the ninth, Gallegos got a groundball to second base and because the Cardinals’ were shifted, birthday boy Arenado pivoted the game-ending double play at second. With little margin for error the relievers cinched Matz’s first win as a Cardinal by getting 10 outs from the 11 batters they faced. They beat the Brewers at their own game. “I think we have the best bullpen,” manager Oliver Marmol said after his team improved to 5-2. “That’s extremely valuable. When I think of the way we used them, on any given night you can flip that on its head and I’d be totally fine with it. It’s just having the ability to trust any of those guys in any situation is a nice thing to have.” [/QUOTE]
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