The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Sunday night, to take an early 1-0 lead over the boys in orange and black. The Cards received two-run homers from David Freese and Carlos Beltran:
For Beltran it was his 14th postseason homer. In doing so, Beltran joined Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only players with at least 14 homers and a .325 batting average in the postseason.
Beltran has been a beast for three different teams in the postseason.
While playing for the Houston Astros in 2004, Beltran hit four homers against the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series, then four more against the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series.
In 2006, as a member of the New York Mets, Beltran hit 3 home runs against St. Louis once again. The Cardinals, tired of seeing him homer against them, added him to their team in 2012 and the investment has paid off big time.
Beltran hit two homers against the Washington Nationals in the NLDS and on Sunday night, homered again, this time against the Giants for a total of 14 postseason dingers.
If he keeps playing like this, Carlos Beltran may become the MVP of the postseason.
