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Pallante gave up five hits, walked five and struck out three. He was done in by two home runs. He allowed a three-run shot to Willy Adames in the first inning and a two-run shot to Rhys Hoskins in the fourth inning. Pallante had allowed more than three earned runs in only two of his previous 10 starts. He has a 4.07 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 71 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings on the year. The 25-year-old right-hander is set to face the Mariners at home this weekend.

Schwarber broke a 1-1 deadlock as he clobbered a 1-0 sinker from Anthony Bender for a majestic 428-foot (114.8 mph EV) solo shot in the eighth inning. That would prove to be the difference in the ballgame. The 32-year-old slugger finished the evening 1-for-3 plus a walk and is now hitting .241/.373/.533 with 23 homers and 54 RBI on the season.

Stott singled with two outs in the second inning, but was then cut down attempting to steal second base. He then drew a walk in the fifth inning before plating the game-tying run with a fielder’s choice in the seventh. Stott also reached on an infield single in the ninth inning. With his two-hit attack, the 27-year-old second baseman is now hitting .242/.309/.344 with five homers, 31 RBI and 12 swipes on the season.

It wasn’t the smoothest of innings, as Otto Lopez reached with one out on an error by Alec Bohm and Eric Wagaman poked a two-out single into right field, but the 24-year-old right-hander fought back and got Dane Myers to pop out to end the ballgame. He picked up the first save of his big league career in Monday’s series opener against the Marlins, then came through again in a big way on Thursday. It’s hard to trust anyone in manager Rob Thomson’s bullpen, but for the time being at least, Kerkering looks like the best option for saves and should be started in all mixed leagues.

The 28-year-old southpaw struck out four batters on the evening and did not allow a base on balls. The only damage done against him came in the fifth inning as Dane Myers smacked a leadoff double, took third on a ground out and scored on a two-out infield single off the bat of Nick Fortes. Sanchez dominated the remainder of the night. He got 11 whiffs on 91 pitches in the ballgame — 10 of them on his changeup — while posting a strong CSW of 34 percent. He’ll look to replicate this impressive performance when he carries a 2.87 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and a 92/28 K/BB ratio (87 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s battle against the Astros in Houston.

Arenado singled in the automatic runner in the 10th, but he was retired while trying to take second base on the throw. The Cardinals still wound up getting an insurance run anyway, as Lars Nootbaar homered. Arenado’s homer, his ninth of the year, was a 385-footer to left-center that would have left 12 ballparks. No. 350 puts him into a tie with Chili Davis for 102nd on the all-time list. Next up are Dick Allen at 351 and Ryan Braun, Ellis Burks and Freddie Freeman at 352.

Serving as the Cardinals’ 27th man, McGreevy struck out five and left with a 6-1 lead. It should have led to his fifth victory in seven career appearances, but the Cardinals blew the entire five-run lead in the seventh before winning in extras. McGreevy will return to Triple-A now, but he’s in line for more spot starts.

The Cardinals weren’t willing to use Phil Maton or Ryan Helsley twice today, but they did so with Granillo, allowing him to pick up his first major league victory and save on the very same day. The 25-year-old Granillo was just called up for the first time a week ago. He threw four pitches for the win, getting one out to conclude the seventh inning. He finished the save by setting down Austin Slater with his first career strikeout. He’s yet to allow a run in five innings since being called up.

Vasil avoided a loss thanks to a nice comeback from the offense. The White Sox, though, did fall in extras, and they’re now 0-3 in Vasil’s starts, though Vasil hasn’t figured into the decision in any of the games. Vasil’s six strikeouts were a new career high. He also walked just one, making his K/BB ratio a little less ugly at 37/27 in 49 innings.

Altavilla might have gotten a save opportunity in the first game today, but the White Sox gave up three runs in the eighth to fall behind. Pitching the top of the 10th in the second game, he gave up a game-tying single to score the automatic runner and later a homer to Lars Nootbaar for the first runs he’s surrendered in nine appearances since joining the White Sox. He still seems like the favorites for saves in a pen that doesn’t produce many of them.

Burleson also had two hits in the first game today, and he finished the three-game series 7-for-13 with two homers, raising his OPS from .764 to .814. He’s making it really difficult for the Cardinals to ever rotate him out of the lineup, which seems like bad news for Jordan Walker.