ST. LOUIS — The fireworks were just an inning early and a touch dramatic, but not ultimately wrong.
The real ruckus came in the 10th.
One inning after Nolan Arenado lasered a hit to left field that caromed off the wall, not over it for a walk-off homer as the burst above the scoreboard suggested, Paul Goldschmidt put the scoreboard and all the fireworks it had to offer to work. The Cardinals’ first baseman, his game leaden with three strikeouts and a double play, turned on a pitch and sent it over that same wall for a game-ending grand slam.
