ST. LOUIS — — Matthew Liberatore pitched six shutout innings, Willson Contreras and Jordan Walker homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Sunday.
Liberatore (1-1) allowed three hits, walked one and matched his season high with seven strikeouts.
Phil Maton, JoJo Romero and Kyle Leahy each pitched a scoreless inning for the Cardinals, who got their second shutout of the season after blanking the Phillies on Friday night.
Contreras hit his first homer of the season to left field off Wheeler in the fourth inning to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. Contreras had not homered in his previous 25 games dating to Aug. 10, 2024.
Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman each doubled down the left field line in the sixth to expand the Cardinals’ lead to 4-0.
Walker hit his second home run of the season to left field in the top of the seventh to put St. Louis ahead 7-0.
Cardinals: Host Houston on Monday night when RHP Sonny Gray (2-0, 4.50 ERA) will oppose Astros LHP Framber Valdez (1-1, 2.50 ERA) to open a three-game series, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.