Angel Chivilli threw 37 pitches in the eighth inning and six St. Louis runners came around. The lead New York had taken in the seventh — the game's third lead change — was gone inside one frame. Alec Burleson had homered twice off fastballs, a 109.1 mph line in the first and a 108.3 mph fly in the fourth, and the Cardinals still needed that eighth inning to settle it. José Caballero and Ryan McMahon hit solo shots in the seventh to swing things New York's way. Gordon Graceffo threw two clean innings for the win, and the final margin was six in a game that had changed hands three times.