ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — — Matthew Liberatore didn’t allow a run in a career-best eight innings, Andrew Knizner and Tommy Edman homered and the resurgent St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Thursday night.
In his second start since being called up from Triple-A Memphis, Liberatore gave up two hits and had a career-high seven strikeouts as he bids for a fulltime rotation spot.
Liberatore retired his final 14 batters.
Adam Wainwright (3-6) will be looking for his 199th career win Friday night at Kansas City, 6:15 with the pregame and the first pitch at 5:10 on KIRX.