Nolan Arenado led the team with three of the Cardinals' seven hits while Gray worked around eight Dodgers hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings. A few hours before Saturday's 2:15 p.m. ET first pitch, the Cardinals announced their starting lineup vs. Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who carries a dazzling 2.39 ERA into the matchup.

Liberatore came into the game with a 3-4 record, a 3.08 ERA, and a 1.06 WHIP across 11 starts. The 6-foot-4-inch, 215-pounder then allowed seven earned runs on eight hits in just

Cardinals lefty Matthew Liberatore felt "out of sync" during his start in Game 2 of a doubleheader vs. the Royals. The issues led him to give up seven runs.