Rookies Báez and Bernal lead Cardinals to 7-3 win over White Sox
[September 12, 2026]
By JEFF LATZKE
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookies Joshua Báez and Leo Bernal
each had three hits and drove in two runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals
overcame a pair home runs by Chase Meidroth to beat the Chicago White
Sox 7-3 on Friday night.
Chicago lost its fourth straight game and had its AL
Central lead trimmed to one half game over Cleveland, which beat
Minnesota 5-2. The White Sox have lost four in a row and nine of their
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St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker, right, scores past Chicago White Sox
catcher Jake Rogers during the third inning of a baseball game Friday,
Sept. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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The heart of the Cardinals' lineup combined to go 10 for 16 with
six RBIs and six runs scored. Alec Burleson added an RBI single
and an RBI double, and Jordan Walker singled, doubled and scored
twice.
Anthony Kay (9-9) fell to 0-4 in his last six starts for
Chicago. He lasted four innings, yielding three runs on five
hits. The Cardinals added three more runs off of Trevor Richards
in the fifth. Walker had a one-out double followed by
consecutive run-scoring hits by Burleson, Báez and Bernal.
Gordon Graceffo (8-1) got the win for getting the final two outs
of the fifth, including striking out pinch-hitter Tristan Peters
with the bases loaded to protect a 3-2 lead. The White Sox also
came up empty after loading the bases with one out in the sixth
as Randal Grichuk struck out and Miguel Vargas flied out.
After the start of the game was delayed 70 minutes due to
anticipated storms that didn't materialize, Meidroth hit the
first pitch from Matthew Liberatore into the greenery in front
of the left-center field bleachers for his 13th home run.
Meidroth added a 391-foot shot into the left-field bullpen in
the third to even the score at 2.
Up next
White Sox trade-deadline acquisition Luis Castillo (4-11, 5.57
ERA) starts opposite fellow right-hander Kyle Leahy (10-4, 3.41)
in the second game of the series on Saturday night.
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