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Second baseman Roberto Alomar, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, enjoyed some of the hottest hitting of his career over a two-game stretch against the Cardinals.

Playing for the Padres, Alomar went 7-for-8 with two walks, two runs scored and two RBI in two games, May 9-10, 1990, at St. Louis. Five of those seven hits were doubles.

Overall against the Cardinals in his career, Alomar batted .294 (53-for-180) with a .352 on-base percentage.

St. Louis had lost five in a row and had slumped to 10-16 when the Padres came to Busch Stadium for a two-game midweek series.

In the opener on Wednesday night, May 9, the Cardinals won, 11-5, behind 3.2 innings of scoreless relief from Rick Horton and the hitting of leadoff batter Vince Coleman, who had three singles, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored.

Alomar was a one-man wrecking crew for the Padres, going 3-for-4 with a walk, a RBI and a run scored. He laced three doubles _ one apiece against John Tudor, Horton and Tom Niedenfuer _ and reached Scott Terry for a walk.  Boxscore

The next day, Thursday afternoon, May 10, San Diego routed the Cardinals, 9-1, behind Alomar, who went 4-for-4 with a walk, a run and a RBI.

Alomar had two doubles and a single off Cardinals starter Joe Magrane. He also singled against Niedenfuer and drew a walk from Frank DiPino.  Boxscore

Overall in 1990, Alomar batted .364 (16-for-44) against the Cardinals.

After the 2004 season, the National League champion Cardinals strongly pursued Alomar as a free agent to replace second baseman Tony Womack, who had departed St. Louis for the Yankees.

In December 2004, Newsday reported Alomar had signed with the Cardinals, but the report was inaccurate. Alomar instead signed with Tampa Bay in January 2005, but retired during spring training.

The Cardinals replaced Womack with free-agent Mark Grudzielanek.