Paul Goldschmidt Hits A walk off Home Run vs the Marlins, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the 11th inning, the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins is tied 1-1. Miami Marlins pitcher Patrick Corbin takes the mound, looking to hold the Cardinals scoreless. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt steps up to the plate, with a chance to be the hero. Goldschmidt has had success against Corbin in their previous matchups, recording 4 hits, including 2 doubles, in 8 at-bats. However, in their last meeting, Corbin was able to get Goldschmidt to ground out on a slider. Knowing Corbin's tendency to rely on his slider with two strikes, Goldschmidt is prepared for the challenge. Corbin starts the at-bat with a fastball, which Goldschmidt fouls off. He then throws a slider, which Goldschmidt swings and misses, making it a 1-2 count. Corbin tries to change Goldschmidt's eye level with a fastball, but the Cardinals' first baseman is ready for the slider, which he crushes for a walk-off home run. As Goldschmidt rounds the bases, the Cardinals' dugout erupts in celebration. The fans at Busch Stadium go wild, setting off fireworks to commemorate the dramatic victory. Goldschmidt removes his helmet and is greeted by his teammate, Marcell Ozuna, who pours water on his head in a celebratory gesture. "That's what I was trying to do, actually," Goldschmidt says with a grin, acknowledging his game-winning heroics. This is the fifth walk-off home run of Goldschmidt's career and it couldn't have come at a more opportune time, as the Cardinals look to solidify their position in the National League playoff race. The game-winning blast caps off a thrilling extra-inning battle between the Cardinals and Marlins, with both teams showcasing their resilience and determination to emerge victorious. Goldschmidt's clutch performance in the clutch moment will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the highlights of the Cardinals' season.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe were in the 11th inning and all tied
up at 1:00 and Miami brought in Patrick
Conway who has terrible numbers versus
st. Louis six games in his career 12
point 2 innings pitch 21 hits 59 runs 10
point 660 are a grouse Conley don't even
go to st. Louis next time he did get
Molina to groundout then he's gonna come
at Fowler with his fastball their
sliders his put away pitch with two
strikes goes to the slider get some can
we talk about the camera angle that's
going on and this is what it used to be
in st. Louis nice behind home plate
pretty good this is what it is now what
do you guys do and fix that that's
terrible
so Goldy comes up and here's some
background about this matchup a couple
games ago they faced each other in his
career Goldy kinda has really good
numbers in a tiny sample size versus
Connolly eight at-bats four hits 2
doubles but their last time they met you
got him swinging at the fastball high
which allowed him to pepper him with
sliders and eventually gets him to
ground out on the slider there but a lot
of sliders not a lot of fast balls in
the zone this was in the ninth inning
Goldy pinch-hit in the ninth inning and
almost hit the walk-off homer then
missed it by a little bit went on the
strikeout so now we have the at-bat here
what we know is that Goldy has good
numbers off Donnelly Conley has terrible
numbers versus st. Louis Goldy almost
hit a home run his last at-bat Connolly
likes to throw sliders once he gets to
two strikes here we go Oh ball so he
comes fastball to get an easy strike
fouls it off
there's the slider strike now it's one
two slider doesn't get the call
slider swing and Miss tries to change
his eye level with a fastball there and
now he's gonna try and go slider and
Goldie's like yep that's what I was
counting on man I was hoping you would
throw that very pitch boom fireworks
going off takes his helmet you can
kindly have this as Oona I got to go
take care of some stuff real quick water
to the head decent water throw but hey
you got to keep an eye on that lick you
just bang the lid all over his head
whoever was on Gatorade duty absolutely
sucks they should get the job taking
away from him barely even got him
Goldie's low-key as ever he's a pretty
low-key guy's a who
it was cool huh that's what I was trying
to do actually you guys go to that oh
thanks for the helmet ozuna appreciate
that gonna need that yeah
fifth career walk-off good for him ball
boom bat down head down fans celebrating
and if the game