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Cardinals’ Alec Burleson gets real on first walk-off HR
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The St. Louis Cardinals engaged in an epic battle with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. St. Louis won a thrilling 7-6 game on a walk-off home run from Alec Burleson . Burleson posted his first career walk-off homer, with that moonshot.
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The Cardinals slugger talked after the game about what the moment meant to him.
"It took me a while to realize that I got [the homer] because I didn't think I got it … and then I saw [the ball] hit the berm," Burleson said, per MLB.com. "I was thinking about what I was going to do when I rounded third and hit home — was I going to throw my helmet? But I hit third and looked at home and the guys weren't really there yet. I was like, 'OK, this is kind of weird. Is this what it's supposed to look like?' But they got there, and I got super wet, and they were trying to rip my jersey off. So, yeah, it was a cool moment."
The blast came in the bottom of the ninth, after the Pirates had tied the game at 6. It was a 409-foot home run, per the outlet. Following the victory, the Cardinals are now 65-67 on the year.
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Burleson now has 16 home runs on the season, for a Cardinals club that has struggled . He has gone through some challenges this year at the plate.
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