Cardinals slugger Willson Contreras is on a home-run tear, but even his power surge couldn't save St. Louis from a 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in their temporary minor-league home. The quirky, homer-friendly Steinbrenner Field saw the Rays launch four home runs, exposing the Cardinals' season-long struggle to match that power. While Contreras and rookie Nathan Church went yard, the Cardinals' reliance on hit collecting proved insufficient against the Rays' big swings, especially from young stars like Junior Caminero, whose prodigious home run total is turning heads. Cardinals' pitcher Miles Mikolas struggled to adjust to the park's dimensions, and the team knows they need to develop more power to compete in these high-scoring environments.
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