ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals had been held to one run or none 12 times this season while ace right-hander Miles Mikolas had been on the mound.
Mikolas was masterful Sunday at Busch Stadium, throwing his curveball as low as 65 mph and his fastball in the low 90s. He allowed just two hits and one walk in his eight innings. But he had no runs of support until ...
Albert Pujols came to the plate as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. Continuing his renaissance at age 42, Pujols smacked the second pitch he saw from Chicago Cubs left-hander Brandon Hughes for a two-run homer 429 feet into the left-field bleachers.
