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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1777788" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/arenado-caps-two-big-days-with-game-winning-hr-as-cardinals-hit-record-four-in/article_2358f704-3d47-58c9-a416-d46b7fd54900.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>PHILADELPHIA — In the aftermath of his hitting for the cycle on Friday night, Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado had mused he almost would have been happier if his first-inning triple had had a couple of more feet of elevation and turned into one of two homers he could have hit for the night.</p><p>“I’d rather have two homers than a cycle,” he had said.</p><p>He, smilingly amended that on Saturday after he, indeed, had hit two home runs in the Cardinals’ grinding 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. “Four hits with two homers (on Friday) would have been a little better (than the cycle),” he said.</p><p>“But ... whatever wins the ball game.”</p><p></p><p>In a city where some considerable political history was made some 246 years ago this month, the Cardinals affixed a resounding John Hancock to their own history in the first inning.</p><p>For the first time in club annals, the Cardinals hit four consecutive home runs. With two out in the first, former Mizzou star Kyle Gibson was nailed for back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs by Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson. Arenado’s homer was a two-run shot, scoring Paul Goldschmidt.</p><p>“It was really cool,” said Arenado. “And when they tied the game, it wasn’t that cool. But, looking back, since we won, it was pretty cool.”</p><p>But after they made history, the Cardinals also were trying not to repeat recent history. It was this past Sunday they had a 5-0 lead over Chicago after three innings. But the Cubs rallied and won the game in 10 innings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1777788, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/arenado-caps-two-big-days-with-game-winning-hr-as-cardinals-hit-record-four-in/article_2358f704-3d47-58c9-a416-d46b7fd54900.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] PHILADELPHIA — In the aftermath of his hitting for the cycle on Friday night, Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado had mused he almost would have been happier if his first-inning triple had had a couple of more feet of elevation and turned into one of two homers he could have hit for the night. “I’d rather have two homers than a cycle,” he had said. He, smilingly amended that on Saturday after he, indeed, had hit two home runs in the Cardinals’ grinding 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. “Four hits with two homers (on Friday) would have been a little better (than the cycle),” he said. “But ... whatever wins the ball game.” In a city where some considerable political history was made some 246 years ago this month, the Cardinals affixed a resounding John Hancock to their own history in the first inning. For the first time in club annals, the Cardinals hit four consecutive home runs. With two out in the first, former Mizzou star Kyle Gibson was nailed for back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs by Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson. Arenado’s homer was a two-run shot, scoring Paul Goldschmidt. “It was really cool,” said Arenado. “And when they tied the game, it wasn’t that cool. But, looking back, since we won, it was pretty cool.” But after they made history, the Cardinals also were trying not to repeat recent history. It was this past Sunday they had a 5-0 lead over Chicago after three innings. But the Cubs rallied and won the game in 10 innings. [/QUOTE]
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