ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman had a three-run homer with a career-best five RBIs, Nolan Gorman hit his first big league grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-5 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
“So nice to end the homestand on that note, and hopefully we can keep that momentum going,” Edman said.
Madison Bumgarner (0-3) was hit hard again, allowing seven runs, seven hits and four walks in three innings. The 33-year-old left-hander’s ERA rose from 7.90 to 10.26 in four starts.
“The empathetic side of me hurts for him,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “I want every pitcher to do well and I know how hard he’s working. He’s just grinding. And the other side of me is extremely frustrated. I want to see everybody do well and help us win baseball games and unfortunately that didn’t happen.”
St. Louis set a season high for runs, scoring three or more runs in four innings.
“We haven’t been able to cash in the amount of runs that we would like, but today that was not the case,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “That is what our offense is capable of doing on any given day.”
Edman was a single short of the cycle and reached base four times. His leadoff double started a three-run first that included RBI doubles by Dylan Carlson and Willson Contreras. The switch hitter got RBIs from both sides of the plate.
“Felt like I was able to kind of slow everything down today,” Edman said. “My at-bats felt like I was seeing the ball well throughout.”
Alek Thomas hit a two-run homer in the second, and Christian Walker’s sacrifice fly tied the score in the third.
Rookie Jordan Walker, who broke out of a 1-for-17 slide with a pair of hits, had go-ahead single in the third, and Edman…