As opening day approached, manager Oliver Marmol said the player who arguably had the most impressive camp for the Cardinals did so without much fanfare or attention and just excelled all spring, quietly.
Nolan Gorman waited for summer to raise a ruckus.
On the anniversary of his major-league debut, Gorman mashed a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning that sent the Cardinals hurtling toward an exhilarating 6-5 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Gorman’s 13th homer of the season upped his team-leading RBIs to 39 and gave him seven go-ahead home runs this season.