Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong both homered and drove in four runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals outlast the New York Yankees 12-9 on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep.
St. Louis won its season-high seventh straight in a slugfest that took 4 hours, 25 minutes, the longest nine-inning game in the majors this season.
The Cardinals scored three times in the fifth to break a 6-all tie. Tommy Edman followed DeJong’s double with a run-scoring hit. DeJong was originally called out at the plate on the play, but the call was reversed after a replay review.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright gave up four runs and eight hits over four-plus innings. He struck out five and walked four.
Chris Stratton (6-4) picked up the win in relief.
RHP Miles Mikolas (8-8, 2.92 ERA) takes on Colorado RHP Ryan Feltner (1-3, 5.75) in the first of a three-game series Tuesday in Denver.
The Reds beat the Brewers 4-2 in ten innings to give the Cardinals a two game lead in the NL Central.