Jordan Walker Shows Off his Power and Speed, but Cardinals Undone by Walks
Jordan Walker homered for a third straight game and for the seventh time in nine games, but the Cardinals fell to the Guardians when Mattew Liberatore struggled with his command in an ugly fourth inning.
Cardinals’ manager Oliver Marmol discusses the growth made this season by Jordan Walker, who leads MLB with eight homers. ST. LOUIS – While Jordan Walker continued to swing the hottest, most prodigious bat in all of baseball, Cardinals pitchers also continued a disturbing trend by struggling to go deep into games.
Walker increased his Major League lead in homers by smashing a long ball in his third straight game and a seventh homer in the past nine games on Monday night at Busch Stadium. However, it mattered little when lefty starter Matthew Liberatore wore down after a strong start and got beat up in a disastrous three-run fourth inning of the Guardians' 9-3 defeat of the Cardinals before a sparse crowd of 17,901. SIX HOMERS IN HIS LAST SEVEN GAMES 🔥 pic.
twitter. com/2SUynXc6Kv — St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) April 14, 2026 In the rich history of the Cardinals, only sure-first, first-ballot Hall of Famer Albert Pujols has more home runs in the first 16 games of a season when he opened with 11 in 2006.
Walker’s eight home runs in 16 games tie him with other Cardinals legends such as Stan Musial (1954), Mark McGwire (1998) and Scott Rolen (2004). “I mean, that means a lot because those are the greats,” said Walker, whose 46 total bases are far and away the most in baseball through the first three weeks of the season. “You learn about those guys early on as soon as you come into the Cardinals’ organization, so to be put in with them, it’s pretty special.
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