Weaver gets 1st big-league win as Cardinals beat A's 3-1

ST. LOUIS -- Jedd Gyorko homered and Luke Weaver pitched six strong innings to earn his first major league win as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Friday night.

Gyorko's 423-foot shot in the first extended the Cardinals' home run streak to 15 games, the longest active streak in the majors, and made it 2-0 after just two batters.

Weaver (1-1) gave up one run and four hits in a career-high six innings in his home debut for the Cardinals. Five of his seven strikeouts were looking.

Cardinals center fielder Randal Grichuk made a diving catch on a sinking drive by Stephen Vogt to end the fifth, and Jhonny Peralta made a sprawling stop at third base and threw out Khris Davis to start the sixth.

Yonder Alonso's solo homer in the second inning was the A's only run.

Seung Hwan Oh got the last three outs for his 13th save helping the Cardinals get their first interleague win at home in eight tries this season.

Ross Detwiler (1-3) gave up three runs and six hits while striking out six in 5 1/3 innings.

The Cardinals capped the scoring in the sixth thanks to alert base running. Brandon Moss read a soft fly perfectly off the bat of Yadier Molina and advanced from first to third as the ball fell beyond the reach of A's second baseman Max Muncy in short center field. Molina then intentionally got into a run-down on a shallow fly ball by Peralta, allowing Moss to score.

Oakland's Ryon Healy singled in the fourth to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest active stretch in the majors.

HOMECOMING

Detwiler went to Holt Senior High in Wentzville, Missouri, 40 miles west of Busch Stadium. He fell to 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA against his hometown team.

ROSTER MOVE

The Cardinals recalled RHP Miguel Socolovich and optioned RHP Sam Tuivailala to Triple-A Memphis.

TRAINERS ROOM

Athletics: INF Billy Butler (concussion) made the road trip and might be cleared to play early next week.

Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn (right elbow) will make a fourth rehab start for Triple-A Memphis on Monday or Tuesday, but said he doesn't expect to be back in the majors this season.

UP NEXT

Athletics: RHP Zach Neal (2-3, 5.49 ERA) will make his first career appearance against St. Louis. He has walked two in 39 1/3 innings and his .046 walks per nine inning average is the lowest in the majors among pitchers with at least 25 innings.

Cardinals: RHP Mike Leake (9-9, 4.56 ERA) will look to hit double-digit wins for the fourth consecutive season. He is 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA in two career starts against Oakland.