
Kolten Wong went up there hacking. ''I didn't want to bloop something in or anything like that,'' Wong said after he homered in the 14th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh in extra innings for the third straight time, 3-2 on Sunday. Starter Michael Wacha, who'd been three outs away from becoming the majors' second 5-0 pitcher, returned to the dugout just in time to watch the winner. ''Sure enough, Wong comes through.'' The Cardinals swept a three-game series all in extra innings for the first time in franchise history.
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