Wetherholt homers twice, Brito error lets Cardinals rally for 6-5,
10-inning win over Guardians
[April 15, 2026]
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. |
St. Louis Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt rounds the bases after hitting a solo
home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the
Cleveland Guardians Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP
Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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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
Martínez on Nathan Church’s sacrifice fly.
Iván Herrera hit his first home run this season for St. Louis,
which improved to 4-0 in extra innings with its seventh comeback
win.
José Ramírez 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 Martínez'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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