St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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This one had no business being competitive after the 3rd inning, when the Cardinals hung 5 runs on the board and looked like they'd cruise. Andre Pallante got the start for St. Louis working off a breakout season (10-6, 3.81 ERA) that's turned him from 2025 afterthought into a rotation anchor, while Eduardo Rodriguez took the ball for Arizona fresh off making the All-Star team, sporting a 2.62 ERA that's been the best number on a Diamondbacks staff otherwise gutted by injuries.

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Cardinals(51-46)

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7

+1.5-182+113o8.5-127

Diamondbacks(50-48)

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8

-1.5+178-115u8.5+130

Best BetDiamondbacks -126

Postgame

Cashed — Arizona won outright 8-7 despite trailing 5-0, exactly the resilience the pick banked on.

Pregame

Arizona at home with Eduardo Rodriguez's All-Star form was the lean even with St. Louis playing above its head all year. The Diamondbacks needed a full-team push after falling behind by 5, but they found it, and that's the kind of got-it-anyway win worth paying for.

Neither starter finished with much to show for it — Pallante's last time out against Milwaukee was a 6-run, 5-inning disaster, and Rodriguez's turnaround has been built on missing bats and limiting hard contact rather than length, going just 6 innings in his last start against the Dodgers. That matters here: Arizona's rotation is a MASH unit with Zac Gallen, Corbin Burnes, Michael Soroka and Ryne Nelson all shelved, so every bullpen inning behind Rodriguez is a stress test, and the Cardinals' pen is down JoJo Romero and Max Rajcic too. Neither team had much margin for error in the middle innings, and it showed.

Andre Pallante

(11-6)·3.72 ERA

Jul 9 vs Brewers

L

5.0IP

6ER

2K

2BB

97P

07/19 Lineup

Eduardo Rodriguez

(10-3)·2.48 ERA

Jul 10 @ Dodgers

W

6.0IP

2ER

5K

1BB

87P

07/19 Lineup

The Cardinals grabbed the series opener 5-4 on Friday, and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo made no attempt to hide his frustration afterward, saying flatly, "That's not D-back baseball." Arizona responded with a tighter 5-3 win Saturday, and Sunday turned into the wildest game of the set — a 5-run 3rd for St. Louis, answered by Arizona chipping away across the 6th, 7th and 8th before finishing it off with a run in the 9th.

St. Louis Cardinals

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Jul 18L@ Diamondbacks3-5

Jul 18W@ Diamondbacks5-4

Jul 12Lvs Braves3-4

Jul 11Wvs Braves4-1

Jul 11Wvs Braves2-1

Arizona Diamondbacks

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Jul 18Wvs Cardinals5-3

Jul 18Lvs Cardinals4-5

Jul 12W@ Dodgers5-3

Jul 12W@ Dodgers9-2

Jul 11W@ Dodgers9-3

St. Louis is in the middle of one of the sport's more unexpected stories, sitting a game out of the final NL Wild Card spot on the strength of Jordan Walker's breakout and rookie JJ Wetherholt holding his own. But blowing a 5-run cushion in a series finale is exactly the kind of game that fuels skeptics who point to St. Louis' run in one-run and extra-inning games as more luck than sustainable strength. Arizona, meanwhile, needed the response after Friday's ugly loss, and getting it from a lineup missing Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Jordan Lawlar and Tommy Troy says something about the depth still standing.

St. Louis Cardinals

(3)

• 15-Day-ILJoJo Romero (RP) — The Cardinals do not expect Romero (appendicitis) to be ready for activation from the 15-day injured list when first eligible, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.07/19
• 60-Day-ILMax Rajcic (RP) — The Cardinals transferred Rajcic (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.07/07
• 60-Day-ILRamon Urias (3B) — Urias (elbow) returned to St. Louis to undergo an examination on his left elbow, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.06/12

Arizona Diamondbacks

(12)

• 10-Day-ILLourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) — Gurriel isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against St. Louis.07/18
• 10-Day-ILJordan Lawlar (LF) — Manager Torey Lovullo said Saturday that Lawlar (hamstring) has been cleared for all baseball activities other than full-speed running, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.07/18
• 10-Day-ILTommy Troy (LF) — Manager Torey Lovullo said Friday that Troy (shoulder) is expected to remain out for roughly 3-to-4 weeks, Jack Sommers of SI.com reports.07/17
• 15-Day-ILMichael Soroka (SP) — Manager Torey Lovullo said Friday that Soroka (glute) is in line to return from the injured list sometime around early August, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.07/17
• 15-Day-ILZac Gallen (SP) — Manager Torey Lovullo said Thursday that Gallen is awaiting a second opinion on his injured right elbow, Alex D'Agostino of SI.com reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILA.J. Puk (RP) — Manager Torey Lovullo said Saturday that MRI results on Puk's left shoulder revealed that his shoulder capsule hasn't fully healed, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILRyne Nelson (SP) — Nelson (elbow) will begin a throwing program Saturday or Sunday, Alex D'Agostino of SI.com reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILAndrew Saalfrank (RP) — Saalfrank (shoulder) has begun a throwing program, Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILJustin Martinez (RP) — Martinez (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session soon, Alex D'Agostino of SI.com reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILCorbin Burnes (SP) — Burnes (elbow) began a throwing program July 10 and felt good following the session, MLB.com reports.07/13
• 60-Day-ILCristian Mena (RP) — Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Monday that Mena underwent surgery on his right shoulder and will be sidelined for the rest of the season, Jack Sommers of SI.com reports.06/01
• 60-Day-ILBlake Walston (SP) — Walston (elbow) paused his rehab program earlier in the season, but he was expected to start building back up around the middle of May, MLB.com reports.06/01

For as sloppy as it started for Arizona, walking off — or at least finishing off — the Cardinals after being outscored 5-0 early is the kind of resilience that plays well in a clubhouse that just watched its rotation get picked apart by injuries all month. St. Louis leaves the desert with a series loss but the underlying pieces of its surprise season still intact.