Contreras drives in 4, Cardinals drop A's 5-1

Willson Contreras had three hits and four RBIs, Nolan Gorman homered and Matthew Liberatore pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday night.

Liberatore (7-11) struck out seven. JoJo Romero got the final four outs for his seventh save.

Nick Kurtz hit an opposite-field home run for the A’s in the eighth, his 28th of the year. It was his 14th home run of the year to the opposite field.

Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (6-2, 4.17) was scheduled to start Friday night at home against San Francisco.



(AP Photo Jeff Roberson)