Playing in his eighth game since being activated from the injured list in early August, Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar described the home run swing he produced Wednesday vs. the Rockies as one that is like “kind of getting your feet wet again.”

In a 2-2 count vs. Colorado lefty Austin Gomber, Nootbaar lifted a slider thrown low and in over the wall in right field for a solo homer that marked his first homer in over a month after his season was paused at the end of July because of a left costochondral strain.

The home run swing provides him with some “momentum” after he missed 15 games because of injury.

“It just feels like I just need more reps. You're kind of still getting back into it, but I'm trying my best just trying to make some hard contact,” Nootbaar said on Wednesday. “I th

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