The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night as Nolan Arenado connected on a historic home run.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Saturday night at Busch Stadium. The game was nationally televised and the Cardinals made sure not to disappoint the home faithful.
With the win, St. Louis is 61-62. The loss was magnified for the Dodgers, who are just 2.0 games up in the National League West. In the win, veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado went 1-for-4 with a home run. It was his 13th of the season and it also moved him up a prestigious list in National League history.It's been a bit of a down year for the 33-year-old Arenado. He's hitting .268 with just the 13 homers and 55 RBI. His OPS is .718, when around .800 is considered very good.
However, as the stat indicates, Arenado has been one of the most productive players in baseball for a long time. In addition his 338 career homers, he's got 1,116 RBI. He's also a .285 hitter.As for Santo, he spent 15 years in the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. He socked 342 career home runs and was a nine-time All-Star. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
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