A conversation between two of the youngest Cardinals about swings they misplaced and how they could regain them again resumed on the field as a jolting ninth inning percolated.

Thomas Saggese was due up and Jordan Walker stood on deck as Giants closer Ryan Walker hosted his coach and catcher on the mound late Saturday evening. The Cardinals trailed 2-0 but loaded the bases before San Francisco’s closer could get an out. Waiting for their turn to hit, Saggese and Walker pivoted from talking about swings they had to the hitters they are.

“It’s in there,” Saggese recalled them saying. “It’s in there, Walk.”

“I told him how good of a hitter he is,” Jordan Walker said. “He told me how good of a hitter I am.”

“We can do this,” Saggese responded.

And they did.

Saggese laced a single to cent

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