Church and Velázquez homer, helping Cardinals beat free-falling Braves 5-3

— Nathan Church hit a three-run homer, Nelson Velázquez added a solo shot and Matthew Liberatore threw five strong innings as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Jun 30, 2026, 10:24 pm - AP
STL
ATL
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001000110360
M. Liberatore
win

M. Liberatore4-5

5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 4 BB
M. Perez
loss

M. Perez6-5

5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 K, 3 BB
R. O'Brien
save

R. O'Brien21

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

STLATL
3rdAlbies hit sacrifice fly to left, Mateo scored.01
4thVelázquez homered to center (444 feet).11
4thChurch homered to right (391 feet), Winn scored and Nootbaar scored.41
6thJordan hit sacrifice fly to right, Winn scored.51
7thAlbies singled to center, Mateo scored, Baldwin to second.52
8thDubón scored on Fernandez wild pitch, Yastrzemski to third on wild pitch by Fernandez.53

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL
St. Louis CardinalsCardinalsSTL
(44-38)
(44-38, 21-17 Away)
(44-38)
Matthew Liberatore
(5-8, 4.97)
o9
-115
+123
o9
-120
+1.5
-163
Atlanta BravesBravesATL
(49-34)
(49-34, 24-15 Home)
(49-34)
Martin Perez
(7-6, 3.24)
-163
ML
-149
u9
-101
-1.5
+135
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