Maybe some ribs and a little bit of weird pizza baked on a cracker crust is all Tyler O’Neill needed? The outfielder was struggling big time coming into his return to St. Louis, the only big league city he’d ever played in before this year. And while O’Neill didn’t exactly mash against the Cardinals, he did record a hit in all three games and homered yesterday. Given how much the Red Sox offense has struggled, we’ll take it. (Julian McWilliams and Peter Abraham, Boston Globe)
Tanner Houck never played for the Cardinals, but he did grow up just outside the Gateway to the West, so it was an emotional weekend for him, too.