{"id":676540,"date":"2026-04-15T23:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/676540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:14:27","slug":"jj-wetherholt-continues-to-impress-mlb-fans-with-multi-home-run-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/676540\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Wetherholt continues to impress MLB fans with multi-home run game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5b\">JJ Wetherholt has impressed every step of the way along his professional baseball journey, so it should be no surprise at he&#8217;s continuing to play a crucial role for the St. Louis Cardinals as his debut season in the MLB stretches on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5e\">The former WVU baseball star and <a href=\"https:\/\/hailwv.com\/posts\/breaking-down-jj-wetherholt-s-new-role-in-the-cardinals-organization-01j31dyp4vdm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seventh overall selection<\/a> in the 2024 MLB Draft earned a spot in the majors this year after a blazing hot season at the Double-A and Triple-A level in 2025. In his very first game with St. Louis this spring, he showed he belonged \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/hailwv.com\/jj-wetherholt-makes-major-impact-at-plate-in-mlb-debut-with-st-louis-cardinals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">smashing a solo home run<\/a> for his first-ever MLB hit. And on Tuesday night, he proved once again why he&#8217;s getting this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Former WVU star JJ Wetherholt lifts the St. Louis Cardinals to victory with massive night at the plate<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">The Cardinals faced the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday, and Wetherholt was the star of the show for his team \u2013 going 2-for-4 at the plate for <a href=\"https:\/\/wvsportschat.com\/2026\/04\/15\/jj-wetherholt-powers-cardinals-with-two-home-run-night\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two home runs in a single game<\/a>. He also accrued three RBIs on his two homers. His performance was crucial in boosting the Cardinals to a 6-5 victory.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">It&#8217;s becoming clear that Wetherholt has what it takes to make it in the MLB \u2013 between his debut, a walk-off hit during his second career game, and Tuesday night&#8217;s effort, he&#8217;s already made headlines several times in his first month in the majors. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">Wetherholt has played in all 17 games for the Cardinals this year, and is batting .238 so far this season \u2013 going 15-of-65 at the plates with three home runs and eight RBIs. He&#8217;s scored 15 total runs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow hailwv.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hailwv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JJ Wetherholt has impressed every step of the way along his professional baseball journey, so it should be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[5,2291,4,1586],"class_list":{"0":"post-676540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-draft","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-major-league-baseball-draft","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116411267599133097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}