STL Post-Dispatch: Cardinals give up lead again [but win]

Pujols drilled a two-run home run to left-center field in the 14th inning to give the Cardinals’ a 10-8 victory against the New York Mets, halting a five-game losing streak and finally seizing a chaotic night in Queens that included two blown leads and several historic performances.
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Pujols’ bolt rewarded the relief of Kelvin Jimenez and others while scoring Skip Schumaker, who keyed the winning rally with his sixth hit of the game. Schumaker is the first Cardinal in 73 years to have six hits in a game, tying a record last set by Terry Moore in 1935 against the Boston Braves.
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The Mets struck for the tying run [in the ninth] against acting closer Ryan Franklin. Tatis’ solo home run to lead off the ninth knotted the game, 8-8. It was the third consecutive appearance that Franklin had allowed a home run, the fifth home run he has allowed in his previous 10 2/3 innings pitched.

It was the third consecutive game that he left with either a blown save or a loss.