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In his first start back in St. Louis, former Cardinals star Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.

The Yankees completed a three-game sweep while winning for the fifth time in six games. Meanwhile, the Cardinals' losing streak reached five games.

New York starter Will Warren allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked one. Reliever Luke Weaver (3-3) earned the victory.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas gave up three runs on four hits and five walks across five innings while striking out one. JoJo Romero (4-5) took the loss after allowing four unearned runs over ? of an inning.

Third base umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Yankees catching coach Tanner Swanson in the fourth inning for protesting balls and strikes. Home plate umpire Nic Lentz gave Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol the gate in the seventh inning for the same reason.

Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar left after seven innings due to cramping.

New York took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning. Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked, went to third on Goldschmidt's double and scored on Jasson Dominguez's infield single.

Ryan McMahon and Jose Caballero followed with RBI singles.

The Cardinals cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the inning. After Ivan Herrera reached on an error and Jordan Walker walked, Thomas Saggese delivered a two-run double.

Nootbaar picked up an infield single in the fifth inning and advanced to second on an error. He then scored on Alec Burleson's game-tying single.

Yohel Pozo's sixth-inning homer put the Cardinals up 4-3, but the Yankees tied the game in the seventh when Trent Grisham, who walked and moved to third on an Aaron Judge single, scored on Cody Bellinger's sacrifice fly.

Caballero reached on a two-base error to open the ninth inning and moved up on a passed ball. Pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton then walked before Judge got an intentional pass.

Bellinger's ground ball through the right side of the infield -- ruled an error -- scored two runs. Chisholm then plated another score with a fielder's choice groundout before Goldschmidt's RBI double made it 8-4.

--Field Level Media