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Pham breaks out of slump, but five-run rally not enough as Cardinals fall to Braves

July 2, 2018 By Bill Pollock

The Cardinals scored five times in the seventh inning to get close but came up short in a 6-5 loss to the Braves at Busch Stadium.  Tommy Pham’s three-run homer closed the gap to one for St. Louis, which gave up five in the sixth to fall behind 6-0.  John Gant took the loss.  Pham snapped an 0-for-30 slump with a single in the sixth inning, before his home run in the seventh.  Pham’s average plummetted 30 points during that stretch.

Cardinals first baseman Jose Martinez says having a productive Tommy Pham in their order is critical.

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In the three-game sweep by Atlanta, the Cardinals never led and scored all their runs after the seventh inning.  Atlanta’s starting pitchers held the Cardinals to seven hits over a combined 17 2/3 scoreless innings.  All ten of weekend runs scored by St. Louis came after they were already trailing by at least five runs.

After winning four straight games, a season-high, St. Louis has now dropped four straight.

On June 12, the Cardinals were just 2 1/2 games out of first place, but have gone 6-12 since and are now 5 1/2 games out of the Central Division lead and five out in the Wild Card.

>>Cardinals At D’backs Tonight

The Cardinals now head to the desert to open a three-game series with Diamondbacks tonight.  Carlos Martinez is scheduled to pitch for St. Louis and Robbie Ray for Arizona.  The Cards are third in the NL Central at 42-and-40, five-and-a-half games behind the first-place Brewers.

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