Cardinals Rally Late, Walk Off Guardians in 10 Innings
ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The St. Louis Cardinals scored in the ninth and 10th innings to erase a late deficit and beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium.
Cleveland led 5-4 after a three-run eighth, highlighted by a two-run double from Angel Martínez. St. Louis’ JJ Wetherholt tied it with a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning. Yohel Pozo doubled home Masyn Winn to force extras in the ninth.
In the 10th, Nathan Church delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly to score Thomas Saggese. Riley O’Brien earned the win in relief. Tim Herrin took the loss.
The Guardians had nine hits to the Cardinals’ eight in the 2-hour, 52-minute game before a crowd of 20,772. St. Louis improved to 9-8. Cleveland fell to 10-8.