Guardians vs Cardinals Recap: Late Rally Falls Short

The Cleveland Guardians visited the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, April 14. The Cardinals hosted at their home stadium in St. Louis, where both teams wanted a win. Cleveland scored five runs and St. Louis scored six, so the Cardinals won 6–5. Early homers set a back-and-forth tone, and the game needed extra innings to decide the winner. Cleveland's pitching depth was noted before the game and Joey Cantillo started for the Guardians. Michael McGreevy started for the Cardinals. The final box score showed a tight battle with nine hits for Cleveland and eight for St. Louis. It was an exciting, close game.

In the first inning, José Ramírez hit a home run to right and gave Cleveland a 1–0 lead. St. Louis answered in their half when Nolan Gorman's teammate hit a homer, tying it 1–1 immediately. In the second inning, Schneemann launched a homer to center to push Cleveland ahead 2–1. The third inning saw Wetherholt tie the game again with a homer to right center, making it 2–2. Both teams traded big hits and strong pitches, so the game stayed close. Pitching changes and careful defense kept the score level until late innings when one team would pull ahead.

The eighth inning changed the game when Cleveland scored three runs to lead 5–2. Valera doubled and scored Ramírez, and Manzardo moved to third. Then Martínez doubled home two runs to make it 5–2, a big multi-run inning that looked decisive. St. Louis battled back; Wetherholt hit a two-run homer in the eighth to cut the lead to 5–4. In the ninth, Pozo doubled home Winn to tie the game 5–5. In the 10th, Church hit a sacrifice fly that scored Saggese and won it 6–5 for St. Louis. The Cardinals improved their record to 8–8.