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"Anytime you can cap off a sweep of a great team like the Yankees, it's huge," Arenado said. "We beat a team that's playing great ball, too. Where we're trying to go, you've got to win series. It's just great to see us playing good baseball, playing hard." St. Louis Cardinals' Paul DeJong is congratulated by teammate Nolan Arenado after hitting a three-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in St. Louis.
New York manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Ed Hickox in the fifth for apparently arguing balls and strikes. It was the 23rd ejection for Boone and his sixth this season. St. Louis won its season-high seventh straight in a slugfest that took 4 hours, 25 minutes — the longest nine-inning game in the majors this season. The Dominican Republic native hit at least .300 with at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs in each of his first 10 seasons.
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There will be a ballpark downgrade for Contreras, but Busch Stadium is more favorable for right-handed batters than it is lefties. The Cardinals added 5 players to the organization and lost 1. I think it’s one of the more underrated events too and even though coverage of it has been on the rise, I still feel like it’s not covered enough. Arenado, who launched a three-run homer in the second inning, had three hits and leads the majors with 18 RBIs in interleague games this season.
Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals will have a chance to see two of their new stars up close in January. Willson Contreras, who recently signed a five-year, $87.5 million deal with the team, and top prospect Jordan Walker will be signing autographs for fans at Winter Warm-Up. The offseason is in full swing and teams are making key additions to their roster before the 2023 season. The St. Louis Cardinals will have a new television play-by-play voice in 2023 after making a significant change to the booth on Thursday. The team announced that it is parting ways with broadcaster Dan McLaughlin by mutual decision after 24 seasons. The St. Louis star hadn’t homered in a week since hitting No. 699 and 700 at Dodger Stadium last Friday.
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"I'm just thankful that I'm getting those chances," DeJong said. "It's been so much fun since I've been back — just really enjoying every day here." "What DeJong did was pretty special," St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. "So I think at the end of the day you have to be positive and just stay focused and trust your work. That's something that I've done all the time."
No. 700 came one inning later, when Pujols drove a three-run shot 389 feet into the left-field seats, the night reminiscent of the game in which he hit the 499th and 500th homers of his career for the Angels in Washington on April 22, 2014. Pujols launched a slider from former teammate Johan Oviedo over the Big Mac Land sign in left field at Busch Stadium. New York Yankees' Josh Donaldson drops his batting helmet after being called out on strikes to end the top of the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in St. Louis.
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"It was a great night overall – a night I shared with my teammates, my family that were in the stands and, obviously, we came out with a huge win." "It’s pretty awesome to get back here, because I knew it was going to be like this," Pujols said, according to MLB.com. "It’s pretty good to be embraced by the fans like this. This is what I’ve been getting all year, but tonight was extra-special after reaching the milestone of 700.
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run on Friday night, connecting for his second drive of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and becoming the fourth player to reach the milestone in major league history. In bringing aboard Contreras, St. Louis has found a replacement for longtime catcher Yadier Molina, who retired following the 2022 campaign after 19 seasons with the Cardinals. With Molina's production having waned in recent years, the 30-year-old Contreras will provide a major upgrade at the position, particularly on the offensive end. Over the past two seasons, Contreras' 121 wRC+ ranks third among all catchers who have logged at least 500 plate appearances over that stretch. A week after becoming just the fourth player in baseball history to hit 700 home runs in a career, Pujols hit home run No. 701 in front of his home crowd at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.
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St. Louis became the first team to sweep the Yankees in a series of at least three games this year. Atlanta and the New York Mets are the only clubs in the majors to avoid that fate so far. St. Louis (60-48) moved a season-best 12 games over .500 with its first regular-season series sweep of the Yankees. The surging Cardinals moved two games ahead of second-place Milwaukee in the NL Central. Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty threw six innings of four-hit ball, allowing just one earned run in the 2-1 win.
But the three-time NL MVP started to find his stroke in August, swatting seven homers in one 10-game stretch that helped St. Louis pull away in the division race. The Cardinals have two more games with the Pirates at home before heading to Pittsburgh for the final three-game series of the regular season. While the next two games with be the final two regular season games at home for the Cardinals, St. Louis will still have a chance to watch Pujols in the postseason. Pujols’ 701st home run came in the bottom of the fourth inning on a 1-2 pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oveido in the final regular season home stand of Pujols’ career. His sluggish start to 2022 gave little indication he would hit the 21 homers needed to reach 700 — Pujols was batting .189 with a .601 OPS, four homers and 17 RBIs on July 4.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Bally Sports have parted ways with longtime play-by-play announcer Dan McLaughlin. ST. LOUIS — Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 701st home run, connecting Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals hired Kugler before head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s first season in 2019, and the assistant was promoted to run game coordinator in June 2021. Kugler was sent home before the Nov. 21 Monday Night Football game. "I was not in sync with my mechanics. I was missing my spots a lot," Montas said. "When you give that team a chance to hit those pitches, that's what's going to happen."
St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols was moved to tears during a ceremony on Friday night for his 700th home run in MLB. Veteran catcher Willson Contreras has officially left the Chicago Cubs and is doing so for a record-setting contract . Yadier Molina was a rock behind the plate for the St. Louis Cardinals for almost two decades. The future Hall-of-Famer came up with the Cards in 2004 and took over the starting catcher job after Mike Matheny departed via free agency. The St. Louis Cardinals are an undeniably storied franchise. Each generation of fans has seen more than their fair share of team legends, as well as some pretty solid teams over the years.
While the St. Louis Cardinals are in need of a starting pitcher after the departure of Jose Quintana, it’s highly unlikely that they will be in on left-hander Carlos Rodon. “Respecting women is a core value for me, and something I have instilled in my children and the players that I coach,” Kugler said in the release. “The mysterious allegations by the Cardinals are untrue, and I want to clear my name. Be it a miscommunication or mistaken identity, my family and I will cooperate fully and honestly with the NFL, Cardinals or any other agency to get to the truth in this matter and restore my reputation.
Pujols snapped a tie with Alex Rodriguez for fourth on the list when he hit career homer No. 697 against Pittsburgh on Sept. 11. The fans chanted "Pujols! Pujols!" They finally sat down after being on their feet in anticipation of seeing history. Pujols' historic homer was a three-run shot against Dodgers reliever Phil Bickford. The ball landed in the first few rows of the left-field pavilion, the same location his two-run shot touched down the previous inning off left-hander Andrew Heaney. This was his 14th home run since the start of August for the NL Central-leading Cardinals, and his 21st of the season.
Kugler’s lawyers at Shields Petitti filed a request for arbitration on Wednesday, they said in the release. That was the same day the Cardinals announced general manager Steve Keim stepped away from the team for health-related reasons, the latest in a series of losses to the team’s football staff this year. St. Louis Cardinals' Paul DeJong watches his three-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in St. Louis. New York Yankees' Aaron Judge follows through on a two-run double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in St. Louis. "I knew they weren't going to go down quietly after we beat them the first two games," DeJong said. "Today was a great game, one of the most memorable games I've played here."
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