The St. Louis Cardinals came into Sunday’s matchup against the Detroit Tigers on a brutal eight-game losing streak. Luckily for them, star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt put on a special performance to put an end to their struggles.
While the team as a whole had been struggling mightily, Goldschmidt has been as steady as ever this season, hitting .302 on the year with a .396 on-base percentage.
Those numbers skyrocketed thanks to his unreal play in Sunday’s game. He started things off with a solo home run to dead center field to give his team an early lead.
A rocket from Paul Goldschmidt gets us on the board in the first! #STLCards pic.twitter.com/WfY7eTFKwd
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 7, 2023
His second at-bat netted the same result to the same part of the field in the bottom of the third inning to extend their lead to 3-0.
Two at-bats, two home runs for the reigning NL MVP! #STLCards pic.twitter.com/21AVXsAOKM
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 7, 2023
St. Louis was able to hang onto the lead to come away with the victory. Goldschmidt again put an exclamation point on the win with his third home run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Paul Goldschmidt, you are UNREAL!
Make that 3 homers for Goldy! pic.twitter.com/nUASGmlOrH
— MLB (@MLB) May 7, 2023
It is the third time in Goldschmidt’s excellent career that he has hit three home runs in a game. Many around the MLB world took to social media to praise him for his terrific day at the plate.
Not one, not two, but THREE homers today for Paul Goldschmidt! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/whWFS4G3Q2
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) May 7, 2023
Paul Goldschmidt is showing everybody why he won MVP last year. #STLCards
— Cards Convo ™ (@CardinalsConvo) May 7, 2023
Paul Goldschmidt’s three homer game was the first for a Cardinal at home since Albert Pujols on September 3, 2006.
— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) May 7, 2023
Paul Goldschmidt said I have had enough!
— Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) May 7, 2023
Paul Goldschmidt wants absolutely nothing to do with losing 9 straight. That’s his second bomb of the day in two at-bats. pic.twitter.com/SpJYgzvbVS
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) May 7, 2023
3 HR day for Paul Goldschmidt
Man did the Cardinals need this pic.twitter.com/nIdxVikl7x
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) May 7, 2023
This is obviously a great moment for both the Cardinals and Paul Goldschmidt. However, there are still clearly some issues that the team needs to work out to turn their season around. St. Louis sits at just 11-24 on the season even after their victory on Sunday.
About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.