Bernal’s clutch blast wraps Cards’ home slate with comeback win

ST. LOUIS -- With the Cardinals having been eliminated from contention earlier in the weekend series against the Nationals, there were no real stakes in Sunday’s home finale at Busch Stadium. Nobody told the club’s catching duo, though. Iván Herrera and Leo Bernal teamed up to power the Cardinals to victory in dramatic fashion. Their pair of eighth-inning home runs turned a one-run deficit into a two-run advantage to set up Riley O’Brien’s NL-leading 38th save of the season in a comeback 5-3 win. Like O’Brien’s more turbulent stretch late in the season, Herrera was a key cog in the...