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04/14 23:00 CDT Wetherholt homers twice, Brito error lets Cardinals rally for
6-5, 10-inning win over Guardians
Wetherholt homers twice, Brito error lets Cardinals rally for 6-5, 10-inning
win over Guardians
ST. LOUIS (AP) --- Cardinals rookie JJ Wetherholt homered twice, second baseman
Juan Brito allowed Masyn Winn's potential game-ending grounder to bounce into
right field and St. Louis stopped a three-game losing streak when it rallied to
beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings on Tuesday night.
Wetherholt had his first multi-homer game, going deep for the first time since
homering in his debut on opening day. His solo homer off Joey Cantillo tied the
score 2-2 in the third and his two-run drive against Erik Sabrowski cut the
Cardinals' deficit to 5-4 in the eighth.
With two outs in the ninth, Winn reached when his two-hopper hit off Brito's
left wrist for just the sixth error by Cleveland this season. Winn advanced on
Cade Smith's wild pitch and scored on Yohel Pozo's opposite-field double that
bounced to the right-center field wall.
Riley O'Brien (2-0) pitched a perfect 10th, stranding automatic runner Chase
DeLauter at third when Brito grounded out.
Automatic runner Thomas Saggese advanced to third in the bottom half on a wild
pitch by Tim Herrin (0-1) and scored with a headfirst slide, just beating the
throw from right fielder Angel Martnez on Nathan Church's sacrifice fly.
Ivn Herrera hit his first home run this season for St. Louis, which improved
to 4-0 in extra innings with its seventh comeback win.
Jos Ramrez hit a first-inning homer off Michael McGreevy and with 288 moved
past Bernie Williams and Bobby Bonilla into sole possession of 11th place among
switch-hitters.
Cleveland opened a 5-2 lead in the eighth on George Valera's tiebreaking double
and Martnez's two-run double.
Up next
Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi (0-2, 5.74 ERA) goes against St. Louis RHP Dustin
May (1-2, 9.45) on Wednesday.
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