Iván Herrera

Sonny Gray surrendered three runs in six innings Saturday in a no-decision against the Brewers.

A bare-minimum quality start for the second straight outing. Gray had his best velocity of the year today, averaging 92.8 mph with his sinker, but he gave up 10 hard-hit balls and seven hits anyway. Gray remained 3-0 with a 3.60 ERA for the season. No one who drafted Gray in early March, before he turned in his bad spring and produced some mildly disturbing injury news at the end of the month, can complain about his performance thus far. For those who drafted just prior to Opening Day, he’s looking like a bargain. He’ll face the Mets next.

Ryan Helsley took a blown save after giving up a two-run homer in the ninth Saturday against the Brewers.

Helsley still got the win when the Cardinals scored in the bottom of the ninth. Before that, he threw 16 pitches and got missed swings on none of them, which is odd for him. Still, his velocity was fine, and unlike in his previous blown save this year, walks were not a problem today. He has a 3.60 ERA through 10 innings.

Brendan Donovan went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI on Friday evening as the Cardinals eked out a 3-2 victory over the Brewers in the opener of their three-game set.

Donovan drew a walk off of Chad Patrick to open the fourth inning, advanced to third on a single and scored the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Nolan Gorman. He then delivered a two-out RBI single in the fifth inning that would prove to be the difference in the ballgame. With his two-hit evening, the versatile 28-year-old is now slashing a robust .366/.406/.538 with three homers, 13 RBI and three stolen bases through his first 102 plate appearances on the season.

Rockies recalled C/INF Braxton Fulford from Triple-A Albuquerque.

Fulford returns to the majors just a few hours after being jettisoned to the minors with infielder Aaron Schunk hitting the injured list with a groin strain. The 26-year-old infielder went 1-for-8 with a solo homer in four games with the Rockies after being called up last week.

Augustin Ramirez hit a two-run homer in Friday’s 8-4 win over the Mariners on Friday.

Agustín Ramírez hit a two-run homer in Friday’s 8-4 win over the Mariners on Friday.

Ramírez also doubled, and the 23-year-old hit his first MLB homer with a two-run blast off Casey Lawrence. The former New York prospect has been ridiculous with the bat, and while it’s a small sample, hitting .700 with a 1.400 OPS in any amount of playing time deserves admiration. Ramírez has significant upside, and it’s not a crazy notion whatsoever to consider him for a roster spot.