With the St. Louis Cardinals trailing the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Wednesday night, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth with two outs and the bases loaded.
In the middle of the high-leverage at-bat, this happened.
Here’s our little hero, the Rally Cat (although the grounds crew guy might say differently). #STLCards pic.twitter.com/OrR2IFAv8d
— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) August 10, 2017
The next pitch, Molina hit a grand slam to give St. Louis the lead, and the legend of Rally Cat was born.
Bases llenas, @Yadimolina04 viene a batear… ¡GRAND SLAM! 💪 💪 💪 #MLBPuertoRico #LosNuestros 🇵🇷 https://t.co/rBwVMPzgcn pic.twitter.com/YEASr9zN5Z
— MLB Puerto Rico (@MLBPuertoRico) August 10, 2017
Cardinals fans quickly took inspiration from the feline field invader, one in particular designing a new jersey for Molina.
Ordered. pic.twitter.com/GfLKyuezMA
— Matt Sebek (@MattSebek) August 10, 2017
Rally Cat might be exactly what the Cardinals needed heading into the season’s final stretch. With Wednesday night’s 8-5 win and the Cubs 3-1 loss to San Francisco, St. Louis now trails Chicago by just 1.5 games in the NL Central.
In fact, one fan took that a step further.
It’s official. The cardinals are winning the World Series #rallycat
— John Kiely (@johnkiely_) August 10, 2017
• Josh Luckenbaugh can be reached at jluckenbaugh@washingtontimes.com.
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