PHOENIX — — Nolan Gorman hit two of St. Louis’ five home runs in the Cardinals’ 11-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
Gorman connected leading off the second against All-Star starter Zac Gallen, then hit a two-run blast to dead center in the eighth
Lars Nootbaar, Paul Goldschmidt and Andrew Knizner also homered to give the Cardinals the series victory.
Andre Pallante (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief of Jack Flaherty, who made his final start for the Cardinals before the trade deadline Tuesday.
Flaherty, who will be a free agent after the season, pitched five-plus innings, allowing eight hits and three runs. He walked two and struck out four.
The Cardinals return home to begin a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs. RHP Miles Mikolas (6-5, 4.33) was set to start for St. Louis on Thursday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.