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In the decisive ninth, José Fermín led off with a single that
deflected off the glove of closer Paul Sewald. Jimmy Crooks
followed with a walk, Wetherholt lined a single to center to
load the bases with no outs and Herrera lofted a fly ball to
left that was deep enough to break the tie.
All-Star Riley O'Brien got his 25th save despite a eventful
bottom of the ninth. The hard-throwing right-hander gave up a
leadoff walk to Nolan Arenado before picking off pinch runner
Jorge Barrosa. Tim Tawa followed with a two-out double but
O'Brien caught Ketel Marte looking at strike three for the final
out of the game.
Cardinals right-hander Michael McGreevy gave up two runs,
including one earned, on six hits and a walk over 6 1/3 innings.
The 26-year-old struck out five, walked one and has a 1.46 ERA
over his last four starts.
The Cardinals led 4-2 in the eighth inning, but the D-backs tied
it on Corbin Carroll's two-run homer that barely cleared the
fence and hit the foul pole in right. It was the All-Star's
first homer since June 17.
Wetherholt — who recently signed a $112.5 million, eight-year
deal with the Cardinals through 2034 — reached base three times
and crushed a 402-foot homer to right field in the fifth inning
to give St. Louis a 3-2 advantage. It was the second baseman's
14th long ball of the season.
D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly gave up three runs, but only
one earned, over five innings.
Up next
The D-backs will start RHP Brandon Pfaadt (3-1, 4.70 ERA) on
Saturday while the Cardinals counter with RHP Dustin May (5-6,
4.55).
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