OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mike Fiers isn’t the least bit surprised by his eight-game winning streak. He’s also not that impressed. Fiers took a shutout into the sixth inning to keep his unbeaten streak intact, and the Oakland Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Saturday night. Pinch-hitter Chad Pinder delivered a three-run homer to keep the A’s unbeaten in three games against the Cardinals this season. Stephen Piscotty added two hits against his former team and made a leaping catch at the outfield wall to take away a hit from Matt Wieters in the fifth. Piscotty was activated off the injured list before the game. Fiers has gone at least five innings and allowed three runs or fewer in 18 consecutive starts, the longest such streak by an A’s pitcher since at least 1908.

Fiers (10-3) allowed one run and six hits over 5 2/3 innings in his first start against St. Louis since 2015. The right-hander walked one and struck out four. Fiers last lost on May 1. He pitched his second career no-hitter six days after that and has the second-longest active winning streak in the AL since then. He is 8-0 with a 2.26 ERA during his dominant run. Paul Goldschmidt singled and doubled to extend his hitting streak to 11 games for St. Louis. Earlier in the day, he was named NL player of the month for July.

The loss dropped the Cardinals a half-game behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.
ROSTER MOVES
St. Louis placed outfielder Tyler O’Neill on the 10-day injured list with a left wrist sprain. The move is retroactive to Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tanner Roark makes his A’s debut after being acquired at Wednesday’s trade deadline. Roark went 6-7 with a 4.24 ERA in 21 starts for Cincinnati. Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright (7-7, 4.47) makes his second start against Oakland this season. Wainwright took the loss on June 26 despite allowing just two runs in 6 2/3 innings.