Pfaadt pitches 7 scoreless innings in the Diamondbacks’ 7-3 win over the Cardinals

PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Pfaadt pitched seven scoreless innings, Geraldo Perdomo had two RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Friday night.

Pfaadt (10-6) allowed four hits with six strikeouts and no walks in his second straight sterling start. Adrian Del Castillo had three hits, an RBI and scored twice against Andre Pallante (5-6) after being called up from Triple-A Reno.

St. Louis scored three runs off John Curtiss in the ninth, on Victor Scott II’s two-run homer and Pedro Pagés’ run-scoring single. The Cardinals have lost four of six.

Pfaadt tossed a career-high eight innings against San Diego in his last start before the All-Star break, allowing two runs on four hits.

The right-hander allowed two hits through the first six innings before the Cardinals got two on in the seventh. Pfaadt struck out Jordan Walker and got Pagés on a weak fly to center to end the inning.

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Geraldo Perdomo, left, runs past St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras (40) on his way to third base with a triple during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 18, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Pallante allowed seven runs on eight hits in six innings against Washington in his last start before the All-Star break.

The right-hander kicked off the second half of the season with another shaky outing.

Herrera hit a run-scoring single off Pallante in the second inning and Perdomo followed with a two-run single. Del Castillo had a run-scoring single in the third, followed by Alek Thomas’ RBI groundout.

Blaze Alexander chased Pallante with a run-scoring double that put Arizona up 6-0 in the fifth.

Pallante allowed six runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.