Drake's late homer leads Cardinals to 9-7 win over Naturals
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- His walk-up song has changed from Drake's 'God's Plan', but Blake Drake may have a lot of bad things they wishin' on him down in Springdale.Drake lifted the Cardinals on his bat Monday afternoon, turning on a two-strike, two-out pitch from Yunior Marte and depositing a game-winning
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- His walk-up song has changed from Drake's 'God's Plan', but
Drake lifted the Cardinals on his bat Monday afternoon, turning on a two-strike, two-out pitch from
The two-run shot completed a late Cardinals comeback in a 9-7 win over the Naturals with 4,059 fans watching at Hammons Field.
The win not only salvaged the weekend for Springfield, which hadn't lost a home series all season before dropping three of the first four games against Northwest Arkansas, but moved the Cardinals back into first in the Texas League North after Tulsa fell to Arkansas on Monday.
A GAME OF COMEBACKS
Drake's game-winner brought in
But Springfield's comeback started an inning earlier when
Earlier, the Cardinals had leads of 2-0, 4-0 and 5-3 before the Naturals drew even with two runs in the sixth and pulled ahead 7-5 with two more in the top half of the seventh.
It was
Trosclair got ahold of one in the second for his first career Double-A home run after a call-up this week from High-A Palm Beach. Trosclair's bomb put the Cardinals up 4-0.
Ellis no-hit the Naturals through 3.1 innings before back-to-back-to-back hits got Northwest Arkansas on the board in the fourth. The rally started with a
The Naturals crept within 4-3 in the fifth when Toups scored from third on a two-out
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Sosa is now 8-for-11 with two homers and six RBIs over the past three games … Roache's 14th home run tied him for the lead in that category across all levels of the minors with Padres outfielder
UP NEXT
The Cardinals head south tonight for a three-game series in Corpus Christi that begins Tuesday night. The Hooks (25-18) are currently second in the Texas League South. This will be the first series this season between the two teams. Cardinals fans can listen on JOCK 98.7 at 7:05 pm.