MLB Rankings: Greatest Hits in Week-14
6. Tommy Edman, St. Louis Cardinals, 45 percent
Through eight innings, Mariners starter Mike Leake – with an ounce of help from Austin Adams – held the Cardinals scoreless. Leake allowed just five hits, the last, a two-out single by Harrison Bader, prompting Leake’s removal in favor of Adams, who ended the inning by getting Yairo Munoz to line out.
That left Adams just three outs shy of preserving Seattle’s 2-0 lead, but Adams could not get them. Jose Martinez opened the ninth with a base hit, and after Adams fanned Paul deJong, Paul Goldschmidt also singled. When Adams walked Tyler O’Neill to load the bases, Seattle manager Scott Servais replaced him with Roenis Elias.
By this point, however, the Cardinals had zoomed all the way from ineptitude to invincibility. Dexter Fowler got a run home with a base hit, then Yadier Molina tied the game on a sacrifice fly.
With runners at second and third, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt called on Tommy Edman to pinch hit for Wong. It was an inspired decision. Edman planted Elias’ 2-2 pitch in the seats in left-center for a three-run home run that capped St. Louis’ five-run comeback. It was the visitors’ fourth hit of the inning, just one fewer than they had the entire game to that point.