The honors of the day go to handyman Matt Carpenter, who capped an unbelievable comeback for St. Louis with an extra-innings homer to walk off with a victory. Oh, and it was his first career grand slam, just a minor detail in the formulation of a delectable 2-5, R, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 2 K stat line in the first part of a doubleheader with Toronto. And while Carpenter would go 0-3 with two walks and a single RBI in the second leg, I ultimately believe his current underwhelming .238 average is near the bottom of what we'll see from Carp the rest of the year (i.e. it will steadily improve as the season draws on). He's a stud and just getting his legs under him is all. Also deserving a shoutout is Randal Grichuk for hitting the game-tying HR—and sealing a 2-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB showing in so doing—to give Carpenter the chance to deliver a POLLYWOGS out of Busch Stadium later on. ("Pretty Overly Luscious Launching of, Yessir, a Walk-Off Grand Slam". Crushed it.)
Let's take a look at some of the other hitting performances from Wednesday's games:
I picked up Gamel in a deep AL only league because you wrote about him here, and he hit a HR for me! Thanks