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Recap: Ravens Soar to Victory vs Cardinals

The Baltimore Ravens escaped in the second half and cruised to a fairly easy victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
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Recap: Ravens Soar to Victory vs Cardinals
Recap: Ravens Soar to Victory vs Cardinals

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ARIZONA -- The Arizona Cardinals fell to 1-7 today with their fifth consecutive loss in a 31-24 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens at State Farm Stadium. 

It was again an effort from the Cardinals that saw a strong first half before eventually falling apart in the final two quarters, though a late push made the scoreline a bit more flattering. 

Here's how the action panned out:

First Quarter

Josh Dobbs and co. wasted no time, marching down in methodical fashion to cap a 12 play, 75 yard drive with a QB sneak to open the scoring on the game's first drive. 

AZ 7, BAL 0

Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense would answer on their own 10 play, 75 yard drive which was capped by a Mark Andrews touchdown. 

AZ 7, BAL 7

Second Quarter

After a turnover on downs from Arizona, the Ravens appeared to be ready to take over the lead before a Justin Tucker missed field goal prevented them from doing so. 

Both squads would exchange possessions before the two minute warning, where the game found its first turnover after Dobbs completely missed Michael Wilson and saw the ball land in the hands of Ravens cornerback Brandon Stephens. 

Six plays later, Gus Edwards found the end zone for Baltimore's first lead of the day. 

BAL 14, AZ 7

Third Quarter

Most of the third quarter saw very little action from either side until Dobbs threw his second (and arguably worse) interception of the day. 

Three plays later, Gus Edwards found his second touchdown of the day. 

BAL 21, AZ 7

Fourth Quarter

After bleeding some clock, the Ravens saw Tucker convert from 48 yards to push their lead to three possessions with 9:27 remaining. 

BAL 24, AZ 7

The Cardinals were indeed able to find the end zone in the second half thanks to an incredible effort from Trey McBride. 

BAL 24, AZ 15

With just under three minutes remaining, Edwards secured his third touchdown of the day to see Baltimore eclipse the 30 point mark. 

BAL 31, AZ 15

With 1:14 left, the Cardinals found Marquise Brown in the end zone for their second score of the fourth quarter. They failed to secure the two-point conversion, keeping the deficit at ten points. 

BAL 31, AZ 21

Arizona's onside kick attempt was recovered, and the Cardinals - looking to squeeze in another potential onside kick - notched a 47-yard field goal from Prater to make the lead just seven points with 26 seconds left. 

BAL 31, AZ 24

Baltimore recovered the kick and kneeled to run the clock out. 

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Donnie Druin is the Publisher for Arizona Cardinals and Phoenix Suns On SI. Donnie moved to Arizona in 2012 and has been with the company since 2018. In college he won "Best Sports Column" in the state of Arizona for his section and has previously provided coverage for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona State Sun Devils. Follow Donnie on Twitter @DonnieDruin for more news, updates, analysis and more!

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