By MATT PIKE
The St. Louis Cardinals stormed back and took the lead in the eighth inning, but the Toronto Blue Jays tied it in the ninth and scored the go ahead run in the 10th to win in extra innings 5-4 at Busch Stadium on Monday afternoon.
The Blue Jays scored runs in the first two innings, opening up with an RBI double by George Springer, scoring Addison Barger, in the first inning. Bo Bichette singled in the secon inning to drive in Ernie Clement for the second run, pushing the Blue Jays lead to 2-0 early on into the game.
Toronto added another run in the eighth inning on a solo home run by Alejandro Kirk, but in the bottom half of the inning the Cardinals scored four runs to take the lead in the game. St. Louis first got an RBI single by Willson Contreras, driving in Victor Scott II, before Iván Herrera blasted the Cardinals ahead with a three run home run to left field, scoring Masyn Winn and Contreras along with himself, for the 4-3 lead.
HERRERA WITH A LIGHTNING BOLT!! ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/RYAJK9pUAh
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 10, 2025
In the ninth though, with closer Ryan Helsley on the mound, Jonatan Clase hit his first home run of the season to tie up the game, giving Helsley his fifth blown save of the season and forcing extra innings after St. Louis could not answer in the bottom half. In the tenth, off reliever Phil Maton, Kirk doubled driving in Barger for what would end up being the winning run, dropping Maton to 0-2 on the season.
At the plate, Herrera led the way a the only Cardinal with multiple hits on the day, going 2-for-4 with the home run and three RBI’s. Contreras was 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks.
St. Louis and Toronto continue their series tomorrow. Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.96 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Chris Bassitt (6-3, 3.56 ERA) for the Blue Jays. First pitch is at 6:45pm, pregame will be joined at 6:35 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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