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Contreras Brothers Homer in the Same Inning as Opponents

Their ninth-inning blasts fueled an 8–5 Cardinals win

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Overview

  • Willson Contreras launched a solo homer in the top of the ninth to give St. Louis an 8–4 lead.
  • William Contreras led off the bottom of the ninth with his sixth homer, matching his brother’s feat in the same inning.
  • The pair became the second opposing siblings to homer in one inning in the modern era and the first since Rick and Wes Ferrell in 1933.
  • Willson was hit by a Jose Quintana pitch in the fifth inning, prompting warnings to both benches before his eventual ninth-inning shot.
  • The victory snapped the Cardinals’ six-game skid in a high-intensity National League Central contest against the Brewers.