St. Louis manager Mike Shildt tried to find the right words to describe Jack Flaherty’s one-hit effort over eight innings.
“He was stellar. He was impressive,” Shildt said. “You can throw a lot of superlatives out there about his performance.”
Flaherty dazzled in another dominant performance, Marcell Ozuna homered and the Cardinals — with a fluky foul ball-turned-base hit — beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Tuesday night.
Flaherty (9-7) carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and cruised with eight strikeouts and a walk. The 23-year-old right-hander threw a career-high 113 pitches, 84 for strikes, and lowered his ERA to 0.90 over his past 11 starts dating to July 7.
Today, Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (6-6, 5.07) will be making his first appearance against the Giants since the 2017 season.