The Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 on Aug 16, 2023 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Paul Blackburn pitched 7.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 4.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Athletics box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Gelof | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Allen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Butler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blackburn | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Austin Pruitt | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Knizner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Edman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2023 season · Previous Aug 15, 2023: ATH 2, STL 6 · Next Aug 18, 2023: BAL 9, ATH 4
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 15, 2023: ATH 2, STL 6 · Next Aug 17, 2023: NYM 4, STL 2