St. Louis Cardinals at New York Yankees

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St. Louis Cardinals

56-57, 28-25 Away

Final
13 - 7

New York Yankees

63-50, 26-24 Home

Alec Burleson hits 3 homers as Cardinals outslug Yankees 13-7 after losing 6-run lead

St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees: Game Highlights

Burleson homered to the short porch in right off Cam Schlittler three batters into the game. The first baseman also hit a drive to the short porch off lefty reliever Tim Hill in the fourth for a 6-0 lead.

Burleson became the first Cardinals player with a three-homer game since catcher Iv n Herrera on April 2, 2025, against the Angels when he lifted a 2-2 slider from Angel Chivilli (1-1) to right field for a 13-7 advantage. Burleson launched the 418-foot drive after fouling off three straight pitches.

The left-handed-hitting Burleson also became the eighth visiting player with a three-homer game at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009. The previous one was Jordan Diaz for the Athletics on May 9, 2023.

Nathan Church hit a go-ahead, three-run homer for St. Louis in the eighth after George Soriano allowed a two-run drive to Yankees newcomer Luis Garc a Jr. that gave New York a 7-6 lead in the seventh.

Jimmie Crooks added a two-run shot in the eighth for the Cardinals, who hit six homers for the first time since connecting seven times against the Dodgers on May 18, 2023.

Ryan McMahon and Jos Caballero opened the seventh with back-to-back homers for the Yankees off Ryne Stanek. Austin Wells hit a two-run shot and Trent Grisham had a solo homer in the fifth after New York trailed 6-0.

Jos Ferm n had an RBI double for the Cardinals, and Church hit an RBI single.

Garc a started at first base and went 2 for 4 after being obtained from Washington on Sunday.

Schlittler allowed four runs and four hits in three innings, his second-shortest start this season. The right-hander tied a career high with five walks and struck out six.

St. Louis starter Michael McGreevy permitted two runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings. Gordon Graceffo (7-1) retired New York's final six batters to earn the win.

Up next Yankees LHP Ryan Weathers (4-7, 3.99 ERA) pitches Tuesday night. The Cardinals had not announce a scheduled starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Grisham lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Wells grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Caballero struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fermín struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Church flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Winn struck out swinging.

Statistics

STL		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	9
13	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
13	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	36
5	Home Runs	5
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	9
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	17
1	Caught Stealing	1
201	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
31	Total Bases	26
44	Plate Appearances	37
810.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
7	Extra Base Hits	6
11.5	Runs Created	7.3
.351	Batting Average	.278
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.838	Slugging Percentage	.722
.676	Secondary Average	.444
.455	On Base Percentage	.297
1.292	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.020
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
11.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.3
85.5	Batter Rating	55.0
7.4	At Bats Per Home Run	7.2
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.57	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.54
.486	Isolated Power	.444
0.64	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.159	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.324	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
26.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
122.0	MLB Rating	100.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0