The Cardinals beat the Guardians on Wednesday afternoon 5-3 and took 2 of 3. Dustin May (2-2) pitched 6 innings giving up 6 hits with 1 run, 4 strikeouts, and 1 walk. The start was May’s 2nd quality start of the season. The Cardinals now have 5 quality starts.

Alec Burleson had 2 hits with 2 RBI’s (14). JJ Wetherholt had 2 walks with an RBI (9). Nathan Church had 3 hits with 2 runs and an RBI (6). Pedro Pages had a hit and an RBI (5).

The Cardinals had 3 stolen bases Victor Scott (3), Pages (1), Church (1), and Wetherholt (4). The stolen base was Pages first of his MLB career.

Justin Bruihl (2) and JoJo Romero (5) both picked-up holds.

Closer Riley O’Brien pitched a scoreless 9th with 2 strikeouts to pick up his 5th save.

The Cardinals head on the road for six games against the Houston Astros (Friday-Sunday) and the Miami Marlins (Monday – Wednesday).

The starting pitching matchups against the Astros are scheduled to be:

Kyle Leahy (1-2), 5.14 ERA, 14 innings, 7 strikeouts, 8 walks, and a whip of 1.71 vs Peter Lamber (0-0).

Andre Pallante (1-1), 4.80 ERA, 15 innings, 7 strikeouts, 8 walks, and a whip of 1.53 vs Jason Alexander (0-0),

Matthew Liberatore (0-1), 4.29 ERA, 21 innings, 12 strikeouts, 8 walks, and a whip of 1.57 vs Michael Burrows (1-3), 6.55 ERA, 22 innings, 18 strikeouts, 7 walks, and a whip of 1.82.