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It was a wild night in St. Louis on Tuesday.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins squared off in the second game of a three-game set at Busch Stadium after the Cardinals had taken the series opener from the Fish.
Down 2-1 late, St. Louis tied the game on Nolan Gorman’s seventh-inning double.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, Nolan Arenado came to the plate with two runners on and two out.
On an 0-1 fastball from Marlins reliever A.J. Puk, Arenado sent a ball out to deep left field that cleared the wall for a walk-off home run, and Cardinals fans began to celebrate.
On Twitter, the team posted a video of the game-winning home run.
Nolan Arenado came through last night with his fourth career walk-off home run!#STLCards x @CapitalOne pic.twitter.com/4hlXEjm4Ay
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 19, 2023
It was Arenado’s fourth career walk-off home run and first with the Cardinals.
It also ensured a series win for the Cardinals against the powerful Marlins.
The Cardinals may be well out of contention, and their intentions of selling at the trade deadline may not change.
But Arenado delivered a key clutch hit when the Cards needed it most, and sent fans home happy.
The win put the Cardinals at 7-3 in their previous 10 games, and it matched a season-high in consecutive wins.
They had two four-game winning streaks, one in May and one in June.
The home run was Arenado’s 21st of the season.
The third baseman and veteran slugger was the lone Cardinals All-Star this season and drew the start at third base for the National League squad.
And he showed just why he was an All-Star with this walk-off blast.
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