ST. LOUIS — — Rookie Jordan Walker hit a bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a matchup of last-place teams on Monday night.
Walker’s first career triple capped a four-run seventh.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer in the fifth.
Jo Jo Romero (3-1) worked 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Cardinals to pick up the win.
Miles Mikolas worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on five hits, striking out four, walking three.
Cardinals RHP Dakota Hudson (3-0, 4.31 ERA) will go for St. Louis Tuesday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.