ST. LOUIS — A game that could be remembered for how it upended the rotation, saw a pitcher re-injured almost as soon as he returned, and will reshape the Cardinals’ pitching outlook for months to come found Yadier Molina in the seventh inning and gave him a moment free of those worries.
He shared it with 26,027 others.
As Molina approached the batter’s box to lead off the seventh inning, a ballpark proposal on the scoreboard ran long – absorbed as it became in a kiss of affirmation. Molina smiled as he stepped back, shook his head. He then gave Cardinals fans reason to join in the celebration. Molina drilled a tiebreaking home run that sent the home team to a 2-1 victory against the archrival Cubs in front of the largest crowd this season at Busch Stadium.
