ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — — Paul Goldschmidt surpassed 1,100 RBI with a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Goldschmidt put the Cardinals ahead 5-2 on his two-run hit off Kevin Kelly (4-2) during the fourth.
Dakota Hudson (3-0) gave up three runs and seven hits over five innings in his third start and ninth appearance since being called up from Triple-A Memphis last month.
Giovanny Gallegos, the fourth Cardinals reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 14 chances.
Nolan Arenado and Jordan Walker had RBI singles in the third that gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead. Lars Nootbaar made it 6-3 with a seventh-inning leadoff homer.
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (1-4) goes Thursday night, 4:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 5:40 on KIRX.