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Cardinals' top plays of 2022

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June 14: Mikolas comes within one out of no-hitter

Miles Mikolas came within one strike of throwing the Cards' first no-hitter in 21 years -- and the first in St. Louis since 1983 -- but was foiled by Pittsburgh’s Cal Mitchell

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July 2: Cards swat four homers in a row

Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson homered consecutively, just the 11th time that's occurred in NL/AL history

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Aug. 18: Pujols' pinch-hit grand slam

Albert Pujols' 690th homer was his first-ever pinch-hit grand slam -- the 16th overall grand slam and seventh pinch-hit home run of his career

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Aug. 22: Monty throws a 'Maddux'

Jordan Montgomery needed only 98 pitches to shut out the Cubs, while allowing just one hit. St. Louis’ lone run came via Albert Pujols' 693rd career home run

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Aug. 25: Goldy nears Triple Crown lead with big day

Paul Goldschmidt’s three-hit, two-homer, five-RBI day pulled him within one home run of leading the NL in average, homers and RBIs

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Sept. 7: Cards score five in ninth, win on walk-off

Trailing 5-1 heading into the 9th inning, St. Louis rallied for five runs -- as Tommy Edman's opposite-field double plated the final two runs

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Sept. 14: Waino, Yadi make NL/AL record 325th start

Already baseball’s winningest starting battery, Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina became its most durable one, as they passed Detroit's Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan

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Sept. 16: Arenado's slick defensive play

Nolan Arenado made a diving stop, then deftly threw around the runner for the out at home -- a sequence manager Oliver Marmol called, “the best play I’ve ever seen in person”

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Sept. 23: Pujols goes deep twice to reach 700 HR mark

Playing before his six kids and the club he played for in 2021, Albert Pujols hit his 699th and 700th home runs. Homer No. 699 was his 200th off a lefty and No. 700 was his 500th off a righty

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Oct. 2: Albert, Yadi and Waino exit together

Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina played their final regular-season game at Busch Stadium –- and along with Adam Wainwright, the three Cardinals stalwarts left the field to a standing ovation