Nolan Gorman delivers key hit as Cardinals pull away from Braves 10-4

ATLANTA (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.

Lars Nootbar was 2 for 5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored for the Cardinals, who improved to 2-10 on the road this season. Atlanta native Victor Scott II was 3 for 4 with three runs scored.

Steven Matz (2-0) picked up the win after 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

The Cardinals scored three runs in the eighth and tacked on three more in the ninth to put it out of reach.

Sean Murphy and Matt Olson hit home runs for the Braves, who had won four straight.

Enyel De Los Santos (1-1) gave up three runs on two hits and two walks in the eighth inning to take the loss.

The Braves were forced to go to a bullpen game when Spencer Strider went on the 15-day IL after he injured his hamstring playing catch before Monday's game. Opener Scott Blewett gave up two runs in three innings.

With light rain falling, Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras drew a nine-pitch, two-out walk off De Los Santos prior to Gorman's three-run double in the eighth inning, tossing his bat in the air after ball four in celebration.

Blewett has already pitched for three teams this season, making two appearances with the Twins and two with the Orioles. This was the first start of his major league career.

Braves RHP Bryce Elder (0-1, 7.20) will wrap up the three-game series against Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (0-2, 7.64) on Wednesday.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante (53) delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves pitcher Scott Blewett delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

St. Louis Cardinals Lars Nootbaar (21) reacts after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)