Heyward cramps up in five-hit night - STLtoday.com
Heyward, who fouled a pitch off himself earlier in that at-bat, said he was cramping “all over. “Obviously it’s hot, and that has nothing to do with me, but it’s really tough to stay hydrated when you’re not feeling well,” Heyward said. Although Heyward was removed from the game after reaching base, he received a welcome ovation from the 45,852 fans at Busch Stadium. But it came after the fifth time Heyward reached base against the Mets. “He shouldn’t have got on base five times, and he wouldn’t cramp up,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny joked. Coming into Saturday’s game, Heyward was hitting. He then cranked out five hits — four singles and a double — and two RBIs to represent a huge chunk of the offensive firepower the Cardinals brought to the table in their 12-2 victory. For the 25-year-old Heyward, it was his first five-hit game as a Cardinal, and his sixth career game with four or more hits. It was his sixth multi-hit game of July, and he improved his 2015 batting average to. 288. The last time he matched that number in a game was on Sept. He tallied a. 326 average for the month, drove in 14 runs and slugged four home runs. In the bottom of the first Saturday, the Cardinals held a 1-0 lead thanks to Jhonny Peralta’s RBI single that. Source: www.stltoday.com
