Monday, Aug. 20, at Los Angeles - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 3: Jedd Gyorko welcomed Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen back from the DL, punishing a cut fastball that didn't cut for a tie-breaking solo homer to lead off the ninth inning. Two pitches later, Matt Carpenter took Jansen deep for his first homer in a week. (Associated Press)
#MondayMosaic - August 20-26
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Monday, Aug. 20, at Los Angeles - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 3: Striking out the side to earn his 25th save, Bud Norris ended the Cardinals' longest nine-inning game (4 hours, 10 minutes) in 18 years - since a 4-hour, 19-minute marathon at Colorado in April 2000 (a 14-13 loss). (Getty Images)
Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Los Angeles - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 2: Making his first career start at Chavez Ravine, right fielder Tyler O'Neill (41) roamed far and wide to encounter trouble in the second (left and center) and fifth innings (right). (Getty Images)
Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Los Angeles - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 2: Carlos Martinez's first appearance in three weeks ended with a hard line drive off the righthander's chest but no damage done on the scoreboard - he worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief to hold a 5-2 lead. (Getty Images)
Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Los Angeles - Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Paul DeJong's two-run homer off Kenley Jansen untied a 1-1 game in the ninth as the Cardinals completed their first series sweep at Dodger Stadium since 2006. (Getty Images)
Friday, Aug. 24, at Colorado - Cardinals 7, Rockies 5: In his first week back with the club that was his first big-league home (2004-08), Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday (with son Ethan) met up with Matt Carpenter and more reminders from his 2009-16 past. (Associated Press)
Friday, Aug. 24, at Colorado - Cardinals 7, Rockies 5: Who says pitchers can't have fun at Coors Field? Miles Mikolas' two-run bomb to center field capped the Cardinals' four-run second that helped the club to its fourth straight win and ninth in a row on the road. (Getty Images)
Saturday, Aug. 25, at Colorado - Rockies 9, Cardinals 1: John Gant brought his A-game for 6 2/3 innings, scattering two hits and striking out six before the Rockies reached him for a run in the seventh. (Getty Images)
Saturday, Aug. 25, at Colorado - Rockies 9, Cardinals 1: Matt Holliday hit his first home run in a Cardinals game since Sept. 30, 2016. The blast - a pinch-homer that broke a scoreless tie in the seventh - didn't elicit the same feeling in St. Louis as the 156 he delivered wearing the Birds on the Bat. (Associated Press)
Sunday, Aug. 26, at Colorado - Cardinals 12, Rockies 3: The Harrison Bader highlight reel kept rolling with a see-it-to-believe-it segment: a run scored from second base on a chopper to the second baseman. (Getty Images)
Sunday, Aug. 26, at Colorado - Cardinals 12, Rockies 3: Stop if you've read this before: red-hot Matt Carpenter ignited another Cardinals victory … albeit with a new twist. The salsa king tied a major league record with four doubles - two in the first inning - to help the club win its ninth consecutive series. (Getty Images)