“Like to hit in the first inning,” he said. “Having 'Goldie' behind me seems lately to be working. I still need to get on base a little bit more so I can score for 'Goldie' and 'Ozo' (Marcell Ozuna) behind me. Haven’t quite clicked together as a group with me in the two-hole.”
DeJong’s first RBI of the day Friday was his second of the game at Citi Field as he drove the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory in the leftover suspended game from Thursday. DeJong had a two-strike homer off Jacob deGrom, the reigning Cy Young Award winner, on Thursday, and in the top of the 10th inning of the game that was delayed by poor weather and poorer field conditions, he had the two-strike single that brought home the winning run.