DENVER — He didn’t start the game. He just effectively finished it.
Off the bench, Nolan Gorman launched a ninth-inning pitch into the seats to complete the Cardinals’ rally from another rickety road game to resurgent, late-inning showing against Colorado at Coors Field. Gorman’s solo homer on the first pitch of the ninth inning shattered a tie game and sent the Cardinals toward a 9-6 victory Tuesday night.
They scored the final seven runs of the game.
Nolan Arenado, whose name appears in the hallways of Coors Field as one of Colorado’s brightest stars, hoisted the Cardinals back into the game with a bases-clearing double.