Cardinals slam Blue Jays in 11th
Randal Grichuk hit a two-out two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie it and Matt Carpenter delivered a grand slam in the 11th, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Thursday in the first game of a daynight doubleheader in St. Louis. Toronto is the only team in the major leagues that has yet to win two straight games. Kolten Wong opened the Cardinals 11th with a triple off Jays reliever Ryan Tepera (1-1). The Blue Jays intentionally walked the next two batters before getting a fly out. Toronto called on lefthander J.P. Howell to face the lefty-hitting Carpenter. With the count full, Carpenter sent a drive into the right-field stands for his first career grand slam. The Cardinals scored four times off Toronto’s bullpen in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to tie the score, capped by Grichuk’s homer off Roberto Osuna.