It’s too early to say the Cardinals were “spiraling” after three-straight losses in May, but consecutive losses to Baltimore might’ve promoted some folks to reach for the panic button. Fortunately, Miles Mikolas was nails, the rookies kept hitting, and the Cardinals shoved around the Orioles at home to end their three-game slide, 10-1.
Juan Yepez had his fifth multi-hit game of the season, Brendan Donovan reached base four times, and the Cardinals went 5-12 with runners in scoring position. Mikolas pitched seven innings of one-run ball, lowering his ERA to 1.49 — the fourth-lowest in baseball. Paul Goldschmidt also stretched his on-base streak to 18 games with a 2-3 performance plus a walk.