Castellanos hits 3-run homer in 1st inning in Phillies’ 5-4 victory over Cardinals
By WARREN MAYES
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a three-run homer, lifting the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 victory over St. Louis on Friday night to assure the Cardinals of their first losing season since 2007, dropping their record to 65-82. It’s only the second time in the last 24 seasons (2000-present) that the Cardinals, currently in last place in the NL Central, have endured a losing season. St. Louis has MLB’s second-longest active streak of winning seasons at 15 (2008-22). The Yankees currently have 30 winning seasons. St. Louis stranded 15 runners. The Cardinals loaded the bases in the eighth and ninth and scored just one run