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On this date in 1991, Cardinals rookie Ray Lankford homered in his final at-bat to complete the cycle in a 7-2 win over the Mets ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/06/10/ ... the-cycle/

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On September 14, 1961, Cardinals third baseman Ken Boyer became the first player in major league history to complete the cycle with a walk-off home run.

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Take a look back one year ago today, when Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina broke the MLB record with 325 starts as battery mates ...

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Take a look back at arguably Steve Carlton's best game as a Cardinal, when he struck out 19 Mets to break MLB's single-game record ...

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On this date in 2011, Adron Chambers' first MLB hit helped pull the Cardinals within 3 1/2 games of the wild card. Get the full story below ...

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Take a look back at Stan Musial's first game on this date in 1941 ...

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Can you believe this? One day after Gaylord Perry no-hit the Cardinals in 1968, Ray Washburn returned the favor at Candlestick Park ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/09/27/ ... o-hitter/

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Take a look back at the first of Stan Musial's 475 career homers ...

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Game 6 wasn't the only time David Freese hit a clutch, game-winning homer for the Cardinals. Take a look at the 9/21/2011 homer that pulled St. Louis within 1 1/2 games of the wild card:

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See how 21-year-old rookie Paul Dean threw a no-hitter just hours after his older brother Dizzy threw a three-hitter (it's a Dean story, so the whole thing is kind of crazy) ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/10/11/ ... s-history/

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