{"id":716040,"date":"2026-06-03T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/716040\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:00:27","slug":"joc-pederson-leads-rangers-past-cardinals-7-4-for-5th-straight-win-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/716040\/","title":{"rendered":"Joc Pederson leads Rangers past Cardinals 7-4 for 5th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Associated<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed, June 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC<\/p>\n

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Rangers Cardinals Baseball<\/p>\n

Texas Rangers’ Joc Pederson follows through on an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson)<\/p>\n

(AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson)<\/p>\n

ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Joc Pederson hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday night for their season-best fifth straight victory.<\/p>\n

Pederson went 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Josh Jung also drove in two runs and Kyle Higashioka had three hits for Texas.<\/p>\n

Evan Carter drew a leadoff walk in the ninth, moved to second on a wild pitch by Riley O\u2019Brien (3-3) and third when Higashioka singled. Pederson and Jung followed with RBI singles before Pederson scored on Brandon Nimmo\u2019s sacrifice fly to make it 7-4.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are 2-9 in the regular season against Texas in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Cal Quantrill (3-0) entered with a runner on second and two outs in the eighth and needed just one pitch to retire Iv\u00e1n Herrera. Jakob Junis pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.<\/p>\n

JJ Wetherholt singled for the Cardinals in the seventh and scored on a double by Alec Burleson. Two pitches later, Jordan Walker\u2019s single drove in Herrera to make it 4-all before Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi was relieved by Jalen Beeks.<\/p>\n

Eovaldi got his first no-decision in 12 starts this year. It was the longest such streak by a Texas starter to begin a season since 2015.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Crooks hit an RBI single in the second that snapped a string of 28 1\/3 consecutive scoreless innings by Rangers starters, the third-longest streak in franchise history. Nolan Gorman added a solo homer in the fourth for St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Carter scored when Nicky Lopez grounded into a forceout, and Pederson’s double two pitches later drove in Lopez to make it 2-all in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Higashioka scored on Pederson’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Rangers LHP Mackenzie Gore (4-4, 3.96 ERA) starts Wednesday opposite RHP Andre Gallante (5-4, 4.19) in the series finale.<\/p>\n

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