The Cardinals beat the Astros 7-5 on Sunday afternoon in extra innings and picked up their 1st sweep this season. Starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore threw 6 innings allowing 3 hits, 1 run with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks. The start is Liberatore’s 2nd quality start (overall the Cardinals 6th).

Maysn Winn gave the Cardinals a 7-4 lead with a bases loaded triple in the top 10th. Winn had 3 hits with 1 run and RBI’s (8).

JJ Wetherholt had a hit and 2 RBI’s (11).

Ryne Stanek (4), JoJo Romero (6), and Justin Bruihl (4th) all picked up holds.

Riley O’Brien (3-0) had his 1st blown save of the season. Gordon Graceffo picked up his 1st save.

The Cardinals are now 5-0 in extra innings and are on a 5-game winning streak. On the season the Cardinals improve to 13-8.

The Cardinals now head to Miami to play the Marlins in a three-game series (Monday-Wednesday).

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

Michael McGreevy (1-1), 2.49 ERA, 21.2 innings, 12 strikeouts, 3 walks, and a whip of 08.3 vs Max Meyer (1-0), 4.12 ERA, 19.2 innings, 20 strikeouts, 9 walks, and a whip of 1.32.

Dustin May (2-2), 6.98 ERA, 19.1 innings, 15 strikeouts, 4 walks, and a whip of 1.60 vs Chris Paddack (0-3), 5.59 ERA, 19.1 innings, 18 strikeouts, 5 walks, and a whip of 1.45.

Kyle Leahy (2-2), 5.21 ERA, 19 innings, 13 strikeouts, 8 walks, and a whip of 1.53 vs Janson Junk (0-2), 4.50 ERA, 22 innings, 15 strikeouts, 6 walks, and a whip of 1.32.