Ivan Herrera struck a two-point circuit to raise the Cardinals of Saint-Louis in front of athletics in visit 2-1 Tuesday evening.
The cardinals (69-71) won for the fourth time in six games while athletics (64-76) lost for the fourth time in its last five games.
Leaving St. Louis Miles Mikolas (7-10) gave one point on five strokes and a six-round walking.
Matt Svanson worked two goals aimless for the cardinals, then Jojo Romero launched the ninth round for his sixth stop.
Starting the start of athletics, Luis Severino, bleached the cardinals for five rounds on three strokes. He withdrew four and walked one.
The lift Michael Kelly (4-3) suffered the loss.
Mikolas failed a runner in a score position in the second round. Shea Langeliers struck a double with a withdrawal, but Lawrence Butler fled and Zack Gelof came out.
Athletics took an advance of 1-0 in the third round. JJ Bleday struck a double, went third on an error and scored on the double of Nick Kurtz.
Mikolas avoided other damage by retiring Jacob Wilson on land and Brent rooking on a flight.
Severino resolved trouble at the bottom of the round. With a withdrawal, Victor Scott II struck a simple and went to the third
But Severino resumed the church from the first base, then he removed Lars Nootbaar on a field at the end of the round.
Athletics again threatened in the fifth round when Gelof struck a double and went to third place on an update of a single outing. Mikolas intentionally walked Kurtz, then pulled a pop-up at the end of the Wilson round.
St. Louis took an advance of 2-1 in sixth round. Scott pulled a walk off the Hogan Harris lifter, went up to a blow and took third place on a field.
Kelly relieved Harris and authorized Herrera’s Homer, a 414 feet route which cleared the fence of the central field.
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