Cardinals' Ivan Herrera acknowledges shirtless mob after clubbing walk-off home run over Pirates

A mob of shirtless fans has taken implicit successful St. Louis.

Ivan Herrera clubbed a three-run location tally successful the 10th inning to springiness the St. Louis Cardinals a 9-6 walk-off triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Pirates connected Tuesday nighttime astatine Busch Stadium. As helium rounded the bases, Herrera saluted the shirtless fans by pretending to question his garment around.

The shirtless fans went viral connected Friday and person rapidly go a portion of the Cardinals’ breathtaking commencement to the season.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Ivan Herrera celebrates aft hitting a three-run walk-off location tally to decision the Pittsburgh Pirates successful the 10th inning successful St. Louis connected May 19, 2026. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

During the Cardinals’ 5-4 triumph implicit the Kansas City Royals connected Friday, a radical of fans made their mode to an bare section. About 100 fans archetypal started the movement, and arsenic the crippled went to other innings, the full conception was packed with shirtless fans.

When the Cardinals walked disconnected the Royals successful the 11th inning, the conception went ballistic. Caleb Cummings, a 20-year-old connected the Stephen F. Austin nine shot team, came up with the idea, and it has since taken a beingness of its own.

Cardinals manager Olli Marmol heaped praise connected the kids, saying they created an awesome environment.

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Shirtless fans observe aft the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals astatine Busch Stadium successful St. Louis, Mo., connected May 16, 2026. (Jeff Curry/Imagn Images)

"Whoever started that successful close field, I'll bash immoderate I request to bash to marque definite they travel to each game," Marmol said. "Because that was awesome. Not lone them, but everybody that showed up today. That was a amusive environment."

Marmol stayed existent to his word, and helium bought tickets for them to enactment for the team’s crippled implicit the weekend. He adjacent brought them down to the clubhouse aft the team’s triumph connected Saturday.

"What you guys did for them was really beauteous damn special. Cause they fed disconnected of it, they loved each 2nd of past night. And past erstwhile you each showed up determination successful astir the third, the spot went wild," Marmol told the kids successful his bureau connected Saturday.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Ivan Herrera hits a three-run walk-off location tally to decision the Pittsburgh Pirates successful the 10th inning successful St. Louis connected May 19, 2026. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

The shirtless unit returned for the crippled connected Tuesday and brought the aforesaid energy. After Herrera stepped connected location plate, his teammates instantly started taking disconnected his uniform.

For the Cardinals, it was their 5th walk-off triumph of the season. The Cardinals (28-19) volition look to support the bully vibes up (and their shirts off) erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Pirates (24-24) successful the 2nd crippled of a three-game bid connected Wednesday astatine 7:45 p.m. ET.

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