1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.

ST. LOUIS — Lars Nootbaar hit a three-run homer to help lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the visiting Houston Astros 4-1 ...

St. Louis Cardinals Lars Nootbaar's fifth inning three-run homerun lifted the team over the Houston Astros to finish the ...