Kyle Gibson
Staff report
ATLANTA (AP) — Ozzie Albies hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday in the first game of a split doubleheader.
Adam Duvall, Atlanta’s automatic runner at second base, advanced to third on Zack Short’s sacrifice bunt off Chris Roycroft (1-2). Roycroft walked Jarred Kelenic, who was in a 0-for-25 slump, before Albies’ game-winning fly ball to center field.
Greenfield veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson, the starting pitcher for the Cardinals, allowed only three hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings before the Cardinals’ bullpen blew a 2-0 lead.
Gibson was removed from the game after giving up a single to Travis d’Arnaud with two outs in the seventh. Eddie Rosario then homered off Ryan Fernandez.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Gibson was still in the game in the seventh on a “hitter-to-hitter” basis. “If he let a guy get on I was going to go and get him,” Marmol said.
Gibson had six strikeouts and threw 100 pitches.
Gibson, who is 7-3 on the season with a 3.99 earned run average, is scheduled to start Friday, at home, against the Washington Nationals.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
