ST. LOUIS — Long before the torrential rains arrived, the Yankees succumbed to a deluge.
The Cardinals, carried aloft by a gust of their own power and puffs of mistakes from their courteous visitors, swamped the club from the Bronx with innings of five runs and four runs and ran away with an 11-4 victory Saturday evening at Busch Stadium in Game 1 of what’s become a single-ticket doubleheader. As reliever James Naile tried to complete his two innings a delay of 2 hours, 19 minutes for thunderstorms and another delay of 18 minutes interrupted the ending of Game 1.
Another delay threatened as the ninth inning lingered and lingered due to walks issued by Cardinals reliever Drew VerHagen and a rain-soaked mound he pointed to for help getting traction.
