Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and Lars Nootbaar‘s ended the game with an RBI single in the 10th inning as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.
Goldschmidt was intentionally walked to open the 10th and executed a one-out double steal with automatic runner Tommy Edman. Nolan Arenado was intentionally walked. After a fielder’s choice for the second out, Nootbaar lined a single to right field off Michael Fulmer (5-6) and St. Louis picked up the win.
T.J. McFarland (3-0) pitched a scoreless 10th and has not allowed a run in 18 2/3 innings over 12 August appearances.
Starter Jon Lester worked five innings, allowing just one run on seven hits, striking out four and walking three.
RHP Miles Mikolas (1-0, 1.00) will make his third start of the season Thursday night at Pittsburgh to open a seven-game trip, 5:10 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:05 on KIRX.