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John Daly has always taken a “grip and tear” approach when it comes to his golf swing, bombing the ball down the fairway. two major championships in his career.
On Wednesday night in St. Louis, Daley took a similar approach with the baseball diamond, casually throwing the first pitch at Busch Stadium before the start of the Washington Nationals-St. Lewis Cardinals match.
In his usual outfit of shorts, shirt, sunglasses and sandals, Daly wasted no time on the mound and fired up the heaters to start the night.
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A lifelong Cardinals fan, Daly must have been the lucky charm St. Louis needed.
Washington entered the ninth inning with a 5–1 lead after scoring four runs in the top of the eighth.
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Cardinals infielder Tommy Edman lined a double to left field with two outs in the ninth inning to cap out a five-run inning for a walk-off victory.
“I definitely thought he caught it first,” Edman said. It went from being in good condition to being good in no time.”
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6 wins in 7 races as St. Louis cardinals 9.5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in NL Central.
The Cardinals are now the second-best-performing team in the National League, just five games behind the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, securing a place in the first round of the postseason.
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“That’s a big deal,” Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado said, according to MLB.com. “Lately that’s all we’ve been thinking about. We want to win the division. We’ve won a few games. We’re really focused on getting those two seeds. That’s our focus. Our focus is to win. Let’s watch as many ball games as possible and see where we end up.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report