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Chaim Bloom has a chance to be the next President of Baseball Operations for the St. Louis Cardinals. A glimpse into his history with the Boston Red Sox could show fans what’s in store.

John Mozeliak is reaching his denouement as the president of baseball operations for the St. Louis Cardinals. The head of the organization will step aside from his duties when his contract expires after 2025, but he has yet to name a successor. However, with Chaim Bloom entering the folds as an adviser to Mozeliak, there is speculation that the former head of the Boston Red Sox will move into Mozeliak’s current role.

Bloom entered the major leagues in 2005 as an intern with the Tampa Bay Rays and rose through the ranks to reach the position of senior vice president of baseball operations and saw the Rays become one of the most innovative teams in the sport and succeed despite a tight budget. After the 2019 season, he joined the Red Sox as their chief baseball officer and saw the Red Sox go 267-262 during his four-year tenure with the organization before his firing in September 2023.

Bloom had a reputation with the Red Sox as a fairly risk-averse chairman who didn’t make big moves at the trade deadline, which is likely to elicit groans from Cardinals fans, who have witnessed their team’s front office play it safe for years regarding trades and signings.

There are a few options within the organization for Mozeliak to mull over when deciding his successor. Bloom is one popular option, but current general manager Michael Girsch and director of scouting Randy Flores are two other possibilities to fill the position. But with Bloom being the only leading candidate who has experience running other teams, it’s worth diving into his tendencies in his trades, signings and drafts while he was at the helm of the Red Sox.

“That was fun,” Donovan said. “This was a great series sweep for us.”

The game had a rain delay of 1 hour, 25 minutes in the middle of the fourth inning.

Earlier Wednesday, Nolan Gorman homered in the completion of a suspended game that St. Louis won 3-1. Gorman drove in all three St. Louis runs and Lance Lynn pitched six solid innings on Tuesday night before the game was suspended because of rain in the middle of the sixth.

It was the first series sweep this season for the Cardinals, who have won eight of their past 10 games.

“It’s been incredible,” Cardinals Manager Oliver Marmol, who was ejected in the bottom of the third inning of the second game. “We’ve had a lot of guys who are stepping up. It’s fun to watch.”

The Orioles had gone 106 consecutive regular-season series without being swept, a span of more than two years. Baltimore had just eclipsed the 1903-05 New York Giants for the third-longest such streak in MLB history.

“I felt like we didn’t catch many breaks,” Orioles Manager Brandon Hyde said. “We didn’t play our best baseball in these three games. We’re going to have to play better in Chicago.”

Neither starter returned after the delay in the second game. John Means allowed 1 hit in 3 innings with 2 walks and a strikeout for Baltimore.

“He was going to come out anyways,” Hyde said of Means. “He had some elbow discomfort. He’s going to get some further tests.”

Kyle Gibson, who won a career-high 15 games for the Orioles last season when they won 101 games and the American League East title, gave up 5 hits and 3 runs, all unearned, in 4 innings.

John King (1-1) picked up the win with two innings of no-hit work. Rookie Ryan Fernandez pitched the ninth for his first save despite giving up two hits and a run on a sacrifice fly.

St. Louis was helped by two errors in a three-run sixth against Cole Irvin (4-2). Nolan Arenado led off with a single. With one out, shortstop Gunnar Henderson booted a possible double-play grounder by Dylan Carlson. Donovan followed with a two-run double. Donovan took third on the throw home. Catcher James McCann (Arkansas Razorbacks) tried to throw him out but his throw was wild to Ramon Urias. Donovan dashed home and scored on a head-first slide to give St. Louis a 4-3 lead.

“I’m just trying to hit a ball hard,” Donovan. “I want to have good at-bats with runners in scoring position. … I took the ball off the neck there at third.”

An error in the third inning by Arenado at third base led to three unearned runs. It was the ninth consecutive game in which the Cardinals have committed an error. Urias led off with a single. Arenado muffed a grounder hit by McCann. Henderson singled home Urias and McCann scored on a fielder’s choice. Anthony Santander’s single scored Henderson.

Masyn Winn extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-out double in the the fifth inning.

Winn hit his second homer of the season in the seventh off Irvin. St. Louis has homered in a season-high 10 straight games, its longest streak since a 12-game run in 2022.

“They haven’t been swept in a couple of years,” Winn said. “This was something this team needed. To put it all together against a really good team felt great.”

Lynn (2-2) allowed 1 unearned run on 2 hits and struck out 5 while pitching 6 innings Tuesday night.

“It’s different,” Lynn said about earning the win on a day after he pitched. “Last night, I threw the ball well. I was in a good spot to keep going, but rain said otherwise.”

Andrew Kittredge and JoJo Romero combined to pitch two innings of scoreless relief. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth to earn his 15th save, tying Cleveland’s Emmanuel Clase for the major league lead.

Jacob Webb (0-3) walked Alec Burleson in the bottom of the sixth, and Gorman blasted his eighth home run of the season off left-handed reliever Keegan Akin to put St. Louis ahead 3-1.

“Big left on left homer there,” Marmol said. “He took a really nice swing to get us up and then our pen did a phenomenal job of finishing that game. JoJo did his job, Kittredge and Helsley closing the door there. It was a really good start yesterday to give us a shot to be in position to win today.”

Kyle Bradish allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 5 innings with 6 strikeouts Tuesday night.

“We had three hits,” Hyde said. “It’s hard to win when you only have three hits.”