Marcell Ozuna had had only one extra-base hit in the Cardinals’ first eight games. But when saw a 3-2 slider, at 82 mph, from former Cardinals farmhand Robert Stock in the fifth inning, Ozuna landed on it for 455 feet worth of two-run homer as the Cardinals took their first lead of the game over the San Diego Padres at 3-1.
Matt Carpenter singled to open the Cardinals’ fifth and tagged up and belly-flopped into second after Paul Goldschmidt had flied to deep right. Paul DeJong fanned before Ozuna cracked his first homer of the season deep into the left-field seats.