By MATT PIKE
It was a dramatic scene as Hunter Goodman hit a pinch hit home run in the ninth inning to complete the comeback for the Colorado Rockies, giving them a series win over the St. Louis Cardinals, defeating the Redbirds 6-5 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
The Cardinals took the lead in the second inning with two outs after back to back singles by Lars Nootbaar and Thomas Saggese put runners on and both scored on a double by Pedro Pagés. The Rockies cut the lead to one in the fourth inning, an RBI single by Ezequiel Tovar driving in Tyler Freeman, but St. Louis got that run back in the bottom half of the inning with Nootbaar hitting a solo home run to right center field, putting the Redbirds up 3-1 after four innings.
Pedro drives in 2⃣ from the 9 hole! pic.twitter.com/8IUa5Ja7pd
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 13, 2025
NOOOOOOOT goes deep into the bullpen! 💣 pic.twitter.com/x7f0qRW34e
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 13, 2025
Braxton Fulford grounded out in the fifth inning, scoring Kyle Karros for the Rockies to again cut the St. Louis lead to one. But again in the bottom half of the inning, the Cardinals got that run back, plus one more putting up two runs on a two run home run by Alec Burleson, bringing home Masyn Winn who singled to open the inning.
Life of a Show-Bird pic.twitter.com/uhhUiCOzcn
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 13, 2025
Colorado began their comeback in the sixth and seventh innings. Mickey Moniak first hit a solo home run to right center field in the sixth inning, his 18th of the season, before in the seventh inning Fulford again drove in Karros, this time with a sacrifice fly, after Karros doubled earlier in the inning to cut the Cardinals lead to 5-4.
In the ninth inning Karros again got on base, walking to open the inning, and after Brenton Doyle struck out against Cardinals closer JoJo Romero, Goodman was brought on to pinch hit for Fulford, five pitches later, Goodman blasted a sinker over the center-field wall to complete the comeback.
Romero took the loss, falling to 4-4 on the season and blowing his first save, pitching the one inning and giving up the two runs on two hits while striking out three and walking one. At the plate, Burleson was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Nootbaar was also 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI.
St. Louis is off on Thursday and will host New York on Friday. Andre Pallante (6-9, 4.95 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Luis Gil (0-1, 7.27 ERA) for the Yankees. First pitch is at 7:15pm with coverage beginning around 7:05 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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