Cardinals' Kolten Wong Hits a Walk-off Home Run

ST. LOUIS — As he did in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Dodgers, Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong delivered a line-drive home run over the wall in right field to give St. Louis another October victory. This particular home run, estimated at 362 feet, helped the Cardinals avoid a potentially disastrous situation. If they had lost Game 2 of the NLCS, they would have traveled to San Francisco trailing 2-0 in the best-of-seven series. That, obviously, wasn't an ideal situation for the reigning NL champs.The best-of-seven series resumes Tuesday night with Game 3 in San Francisco with John Lackey going for St. Louis and Tim Hudson starting for the Giants. In a back-and-forth game, St. Louis got homers from rookie pinch-hitter Oscar Taveras in the seventh and Matt Adams in the eighth to take a 4-3 lead. After the Giants tied it on a wild pitch, Wong hit an 0-1 delivery from Sergio Romo for his second big home run this postseason. The rookie's seventh-inning drive was the decisive blow in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Bottom of the ninth, Kolten Wong walk off home run. HIGH again.Wong is so thrilled he whips his helmet, almost hitting an umpire in the head. Then Wong’s teammates proceed to tear off his uniform.The San Francisco Giants tied the game at 4-4 off of a wild pitch in the top of the ninth inning, but the Cardinals' Kolten Wong came back and went yard off of Sergio Romo to lead his team to a 5-4 win.