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Grichuk returns, slugs record-setting homer

ST. LOUIS -- With renewed confidence and a fixed swing, Randal Grichuk returned to St. Louis on Sunday and immediately showed it all off.

One of three players called up from Triple-A Memphis before the game, Grichuk slotted into the cleanup spot, where he started a two-run second inning with a single and then crushed a 478-foot home run to pull the Cardinals to within one in the sixth. The blast, which came off Grichuk's bat with an exit velocity of 109.3 mph, according to Statcast™, was the longest by a Cardinals player in the 12-year history of Busch Stadium III.