Final Score: Cardinals 7, Phillies 6
Teams can go decades without having a player hit for the cycle or having a game where they hit four consecutive home runs.
The St. Louis Cardinals accomplished both in the first two games of their series against the Philadelphia Phillies, setting up a rubber match Sunday evening with a win in the second of a three-game set.
A night after he hit for the cycle, Nolan Arenado hit a two-run home run off of Kyle Gibson in the top of the first inning. It started the first string of back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs in the history of one of baseball’s most decorated franchises, with Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson all getting in on the action:
To their credit, the Phillies came back to tie the game on two occasions, with Yairo Muñoz, Matt Vierling, Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott all driving in runs.