Giancarlo Stanton remains on the bench due to general soreness for the Yankees as they welcome back Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt.

Paul Goldschmidt was back in the Yankees’ lineup Sunday, returning just in time for the series finale in St. Louis, the city where he built an MVP résumé and became the face of the Cardinals. The veteran first baseman had missed three straight games after tweaking his right knee Tuesday night,

With the score tied, 4-4, Caballero led off the ninth with a high one-chopper to second baseman Thomas Saggese. Well aware of Caballero’s speed, Saggese rushed his throw and hurled it wide of first base, allowing Caballero to go to second base.

But the Yankees tied it back up in the seventh, as Grisham walked (with some help from home plate umpire Nic Lentz, whose strike zone angered both teams all day), Judge singled and Bellinger lifted a sacrifice fly that made it 4-4.

A 12-8 loss to the New York Yankees makes it four straight for the St. Louis Cardinals. With the Milwaukee Brewers running away with the NL Central, the Cardinals’ current losing streak has come with additional unfortunate news. A Top 15 prospect is being called up prior to the team’s series finale. However, that news comes with an injury update.

A pair of key cogs returned to the Yankees’ starting lineup, as Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger were both in there for Sunday afternoon’s series finale in St. Louis. But Giancarlo Stanton

But given how things have gone for the Yankees for the last two months, they got what counted most — a win. Behind 5 1⁄3 strong innings from Luis Gil, a two-run homer from Jazz Chisholm Jr. that highlighted a three-run first inning and a standout all-around night defensively by Cody Bellinger at two positions,