ATLANTA -- Aledmys Diaz notched one of an MLB-record three pinch-hit home runs the Cardinals produced en route to Friday's night's 7-4 win over the Braves, who remain winless despite holding a lead in the seventh inning or later in each of their first three games.
The Cardinals were staring at the possibility of opening the season with four straight losses when the Braves tallied four third-inning runs off Jaime Garcia. But Garcia found a groove over his final three frames and St. Louis began its comeback during a three-run fourth against Matt Wisler, whose 6 2/3-inning effort was tarnished by Jeremy Hazelbaker's game-tying pinch-hit dinger in the seventh.