PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Masyn Winn homered in the seventh inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Monday night for their ninth consecutive win.
Ivan Herrera also went deep for St. Louis, and Lars Nootbaar had two of the Cardinals’ five hits.
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The game was tied at 2 when Winn hit a two-out drive to left-center off Matt Strahm (1-2).
Kyle Leahy (1-0) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. JoJo Romero escaped a jam in the eighth, and Ryan Helsley recorded his eighth save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Cristopher Sánchez struck out eight in six innings for Philadelphia. He allowed two runs and four hits.