ST. LOUIS -- For as much as the Yankees crushed the ball all over Busch Stadium on Saturday night , the series finale against the Cardinals instead turned on a few fortuitous bounces and a return to the lineup from a revived MVP. Cody Bellinger tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning before putting a chopper in play to second base which scored two runs in the ninth, pushing New York to an 8-4 victory on Sunday.

The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a fourth-inning rally against Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas, putting them in prime position to secure their first sweep since taking three from the Mariners on July 8-10 and their first over the Cardinals since April 14-16, 2017, at Yankee Stadium.

Making his first start of the weekend in his first return to St. Lou

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