After their bullpen in the persons of John Brebbia, Andrew Miller and Ryan Helsley had kept them alive, the Cardinals finally pushed across a run other than via a homer as they caught the Atlanta Braves at 4-4 in the eighth inning Monday.
Paul Goldschmidt, who had hit one of the homers—Marcell Ozuna had the other two—doubled to left off Shane Green with one out in the eighth. Ozuna was called out on strikes but Yadier Molina singled just off the glove of leaping, 6-foot-5 first baseman Freddie Freeman to the tie score.
Andrew Miller worked out of a bases-loaded spot in the seventh although his best work was done with a man at third and one out.