 hit a 407-foot shot off Lucas Giolito (1-4) with two outs in the sixth to break a scoreless tie. Martinez allowed one run on five hits and left with a 3-0 lead. He struck out five and walked two. The Cardinals have won each of his six starts.Giolito surrendered three runs on four hits over 6 1-3 innings. He struck out seven and walked two. He had walked 21 batters and struck out 11 over his first five starts.Bud Norris picked up his sixth save in as many opportunities by getting four outs.Martinez fanned three consecutive batters after giving up a leadoff double to Jose Abreu in the fourth. He also induced Daniel Palka to hit into an inning-ending double play in the seventh.Fowler hit his 100th career home run in the seventh to push the lead to 3-0.Yolmer Sanchez had an RBI single in the eighth. Abreu followed with a sacrifice fly to trim the deficit to 3-2.Yadier Molina had two hits for the Cardinals.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox: RHP Danny Farquhar continues to show progress after suffering a brain aneurysm on April 21. He went for a couple of short walks with his wife Lexi on Tuesday.INF Yoan Moncada left the game in the eighth inning with left hamstring tightness. He is listed as day to day.UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-2, 1.78) will start against RHP Jake Odorizzi (2-2, 3.94) in the first of a four-game set with the Twins on Thursday. Lopez has allowed two earned runs or fewer in all five starts. The matchup kicks off a six-game homestand for the White SoxCardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (3-0, 3.27) takes on LHP Jose Quintana (3-1, 5.74) in the first of a three-game series against the Cubs on Friday. Mikolas leads the majors with a walk-strikeout ratio of 1-13.5.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Cardinals seek more offense versus White Sox 2h ago• 2 min read Entering the ninth inning of Tuesday night's game with the Chicago White Sox, the St. Louis Cardinals had scored three runs in 32 innings.After being swept in Pittsburgh, they were three outs away from losing 2-1 to James Shields, who entered the game with a 6.14 ERA.Then St. Louis suddenly barreled up three Joakim Soria pitches in the ninth. Matt Carpenter homered to tie the score. Marcell Ozuna doubled off the top of the wall in right-center and Yadier Molina laced a game-winning single to left.The Cardinals are hopeful that the 3-2 victory can carry over into the finale of their two-game interleague series Wednesday with Chicago in Busch Stadium."That was a big one, a huge win for us," Carpenter said to Fox Sports Midwest. "A lot of guys got involved. We needed it. A big comeback like that might be the key for us." St. Louis (16-12) is part of a four-team jumble in the National League Central. It is tied with Pittsburgh, a half-game behind the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee. It has joined the pack without getting a lot of production from some key players.Carpenter is batting .170, even after going 2-for-4 on Tuesday night. Dexter Fowler is down to .165, while Kolten Wong is hitting only .203. Even Ozuna, who suffered through a 1-for-24 skid in April, is batting .250 after a .312 season for Miami in 2017.Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, who worked his 1,000th game in their dugout Tuesday night, is holding steadfast to the belief that it's only a matter of time before Ozuna and Carpenter break out."They're a big piece of our team," he said. "I never want to put anything on anybody's shoulders, but they know they're better than what they've been doing. They want to carry some of the load too." St. Louis has made up for inconsistent offense with good starting pitching, and will send its ace to the mound Wednesday in its search for a sweep of the White Sox (8-19). Carlos Martinez (2-1, 1.43 ERA) has made five straight quality starts since losing Opening Day at the New York Mets.In his last outing, Martinez permitted one run over six innings Thursday but settled for a no-decision in the Cardinals' 4-3, 13-inning victory over the Mets. He is 3-3 with a 1.93 ERA in 14 career interleague games, but hasn't faced Chicago yet.Lucas Giolito (1-3, 7.71) takes the mound for the White Sox, fresh off his first win of the year. He earned a 6-3 decision Thursday night at Kansas City, going 5 2/3 innings and permitting two runs off five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.The hard-throwing Giolito, who has issued 21 walks and fanned only 11 in five starts, was supported by five homers from his teammates. He has never faced St. Louis."Love to see that," he said to mlb.com. "Guys are hitting home runs left and right and I'm ready to get back out there and put another zero on the board."
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