{"id":6041,"date":"2026-07-14T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:00:23","slug":"cardinals-jordan-walker-rallies-to-win-home-run-derby-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6041","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals\u2019 Jordan Walker rallies to win Home Run Derby \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ic-cdn.flipboard.com\/wsoctv.com\/3e77c7378a5c028d78b872e4570208b0fd95b7aa\/_xlarge.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Jordan Walker proved to be a villain in Philadelphia, winning the MLB All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday by edging hometown Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber 12-11 in the final round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Jordan, who rallied with home runs in his final four swings at Citizens Bank Park, became the first Cardinals player to win the Home Run Derby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\">MLB.com<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Walker, 24, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkejo02.shtml\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkejo02.shtml\">22 home runs<\/a> during the 2026 regular season, had eight home runs with one swing left and he sent another one over the fence. Under Derby rules, batters who end on a homer are allowed unlimited swings after that until a ball does not clear the fence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\">MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Walker responded with blasts that measured 413, 450 and 407 feet to win the title in front of 43,863 unhappy Philadelphia fans who booed after every swing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49337954\/mlb-2026-home-run-derby-predictions-live-updates-takeaways-analysis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49337954\/mlb-2026-home-run-derby-predictions-live-updates-takeaways-analysis\">ESPN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Before Walker, the highest finishing Cardinals player in a Home Run Derby was Albert Pujols, who fell to Garret Anderson in the finals of the 2003 event, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/jordan-walker-wins-2026-home-run-derby-in-debut\">MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">It was the second time that Schwarber, 33, had finished as the runner-up in the contest. He also took second in the 2018 competition at Nationals Park behind Bryce Harper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, who lost 6-5 to Walker in the semifinal, had the longest home run of the night. The 23-year-old third baseman, with 28 regular-season homers, smashed a drive 491 feet on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49337954\/mlb-2026-home-run-derby-predictions-live-updates-takeaways-analysis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49337954\/mlb-2026-home-run-derby-predictions-live-updates-takeaways-analysis\">ESPN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Schwarber defeated Boston\u2019s Wilson Contreras 9-8 in the other semifinal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Both Jordan and Contreras had the most homers during the first round, clouting 13 apiece. Schwarber hit 10, while Caminero had 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a9 2026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script id=\"facebookSdk\" defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Jordan Walker proved to be a villain in Philadelphia, winning the MLB All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday by edging hometown Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber 12-11 in the final round. Jordan, who rallied with home runs in his final four swings at Citizens Bank Park, became the first Cardinals player to win the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cmg-cmg-tv-10030-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fcmg%2F3Z2XBLM2SZDNJELENDN3G4UZAI.jpg?auth=5a35c41b1ca3d57cc94c594a2fa5353c0ef3fae9555804b3879ae25f05a39427&width=1200&height=630&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}