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.
hit a tying two-run shot for Atlanta in the seventh. He has hits in five of eight games since his return to the Braves on April 8 after starting the season with the Nationals. He said he heard fans chanting: “Eddie! Eddie!”
“I feel blessed,” Rosario said. “I want to say thank you to Braves Country. I love it all the time when I hear my name.” Despite Rosario's homer, the Braves had to create offense in other ways. Their two sacrifice bunts in the game set a season high.The Cardinals had a chance to take the lead in the top of the 10th but fell short. With Pedro Pagés standing on third base for St. Louis,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.
The doubleheader was the Cardinals' fifth of the season, third of the month and second against Atlanta. The teams split a doubleheader in St. Louis on June 26.
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