The Arizona Diamondbacks orchestrated a 10-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

The one-off game served as a makeup for a game on June 25 that was postponed. With the victory, the Diamondbacks improved to 5-2 in the second half of the season, and three of those wins have come against the Cardinals.

One day after notching 17 hits in a 15-5 win over the Athletics, Arizona’s offense proved it was not a fluke performance when it logged 16 more hits in 38 at-bats against the Cardinals on Thursday.

In Wednesday’s win over the Athletics, the Diamondbacks received significant contributions from Ildemaro Vargas and Nolan Arenado, and that was the case again in the win over St. Louis. 

Arenado, who subbed into the game in a pinch-hitting role in the eighth inning, provided two RBI singles in his two at-bats after hitting a solo home run and drawing three walks against the Athletics. In five at-bats, Vargas delivered three hits.

Catcher Gabriel Moreno was a dominant force as well. Moreno notched three hits in four tries: A single in the first inning, a double in the eighth inning, and an RBI single in the eighth.

Leading the team with three RBIs was first baseman Tyler Locklear, who had three hits in five at-bats that included a two-run home run in the top of the fourth to give the Diamondbacks the lead after they were trailing, 2-0. Additionally, it was his first home run of the season.

Despite only going 1-for-5, Corbin Carroll also had an RBI, and he hit a triple to lead off the fifth inning, his second in as many days.

In their last two games, the Diamondbacks are 33-for-76, which is good for a .434 batting average. It has been a needed display of dominance from a team that had been near the bottom of the sport in multiple offensive categories. 

By the bottom of the ninth inning, Arizona turned a 2-0 deficit into a 10-2 lead. It was good the Diamondbacks produced such a sizable advantage, because the Cardinals did not lay down.

In the bottom of the ninth, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo went back to his bullpen. This time, it was for Ryan Thompson to replace Taylor Clarke to close the game.

After giving up a leadoff single to Nathan Church, it looked as if Thompson would get the save with relative ease after securing back-to-back outs. However, the Cardinals began to capitalize.

Thompson gave up another single before committing a wild pitch that scored two runs. Then, he gave up a double before allowing a two-RBI single to Lars Nootbaar. Thompson forced a subsequent groundout that finalized Arizona’s win, but it was a tense frame nonetheless.

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