The Cardinals beat the Braves 4-1 on Saturday night at Busch Stadium. Matthew Liberatore (5-6) pitched 6 innings allowing 4 hits, 0 runs with 6 strikeouts, and 1 walk. The start was Liberatore’s (4th) quality start. Overall, the Cardinals now have 34 quality starts.

Lars Nootbaar hit a 3-run home run (3) in the bottom 1st to give the Cardinals are 3-0 lead. Nootbaar also had a stolen base (1).

Blaze Jordan picked up his (14th) RBI.

Bryan Torres picked up his (2nd) triple.

George Soirano picked up his (13th) hold.

Riley O’Brien picked up his (24th) save.

The Cardinals are now 50-44.

Game 3 is Sunday afternoon at 1:15 pm.

The scheduled starting pitchers are

JR Ritchie (1-2), 4.60 ERA, 45 innings, 42 strikeouts, 28 walks, and a whip of 1.47 vs Dustin May (5-6), 4.55 ERA, 89 innings, 85 strikeouts, 24 walks, and a whip of 1.25.