Burleson’s blast backs Flaherty as Cards snap skid

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ARLINGTON — Jack Flaherty was just about untouchable Wednesday evening at Globe Life Field, as he blanked the red-hot Rangers for six innings in a 1-0 victory. The win snapped a five-game dropping streak by the Cardinals.

In what turned a pitchers’ duel between Flaherty and Rangers starter Jon Gray (who went the gap), the Cardinals have been in a position to safe the victory within the sequence finale after Alec Burleson’s homer within the eighth stood up as the sport’s lone run. The Cardinals’ bullpen backed Flaherty with three shutout innings.

“Jack was phenomenal tonight,” stated Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol. “He did a really nice job and put up a ton of zeros.”

Though Flaherty did not quit any runs, it took some time for the right-hander to get settled in. In the underside of the primary inning, Flaherty struggled together with his command and walked three consecutive batters with one out. He was in a position to escape the jam and maintain the Rangers off the scoreboard, although, by hanging out Jonah Heim and forcing Travis Jankowski to floor out to finish the inning. Following the early hassle, Flaherty appeared to search out his groove.

His slider was efficient all through and he generated a ton of weak contact, forcing eight groundouts towards a potent Rangers lineup.

“He knew he could lean on that slider and he got a ton of swing-and-misses on the curveball as well,” Marmol said. “You could just tell he got stronger and more convicted as the outing went on.”

Marmol was additionally impressed that Flaherty was in a position to deal with the Rangers offense — which leads the league in runs — so successfully.

“To be able to do that against this team, which is a really good team, is impressive,” Marmol stated. “Offensively, [the Rangers] do a very nice job. So, credit score Jack and the remainder of the workforce tonight.”

Flaherty’s outing couldn’t have come at a greater time for the Cardinals, because the workforce entered the matchup 12 video games under .500 for the primary time since 1999 — the identical yr they drafted future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. Intent to not drop additional behind within the standings, Flaherty stepped up and delivered a terrific efficiency for the Cards.

“My job is to give us a chance to win,” Flaherty stated. “All we can do is continue to come in and execute. Props to the [bullpen] as well. It isn’t always easy, but they came in and shut it down. They really did their job and made it look clean and easy.”

On the opposite aspect of the diamond, it wasn’t simple for the Cardinals offense. The workforce struggled to determine Gray, because the Rangers starter compiled 12 strikeouts and yielded only one run on Burelson’s clutch dinger.

For Burleson, it was his fifth residence run of the season and the second homer during which he’s damaged up a scoreless tie this yr. Last time, on April 27, Burleson took Logan Webb deep to present the Cards the lead over the Giants within the seventh inning. This time round, he swung on the first pitch he noticed, launching a slider on the knees 375 toes into the right-field seats for the go-ahead shot.

“The slider just kind of went with my bat path and I was able to stay through it,” Burleson stated. “I wouldn’t say I was looking for it, but it was in the back of my mind for sure. I mean, I kind of had to pick a location with the way [Gray] was pitching today. So, I was fortunate enough to get a good swing off.”

One run wound up being sufficient, as Cardinals relievers Jordan Hicks, Giovanny Gallegos and Ryan Helsley all tossed a scoreless inning to finish the shutout and a sorely-needed victory.