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Jordan Walker Wins Home Run Derby

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Jordan Walker silenced Philadelphia's boo birds by homering on his last six swings, chasing down Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber in the final round and becoming the first St. Louis Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby on Monday night. Schwarber hit 11 homers during his 15-swing turn in the final round.

Walker, a 24-year-old who beat Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero in Round 2, seemed nonplussed by the jeers. "He earned it," Schwarber said. Walker hit his seventh homer with two swings remaining and his eighth on the next swing to earn bonus swings. Needing to hit four straight homers to win, he knocked one off the top of the center field fence 401 feet away.

Walker is a first-time All-Star for the Cardinals having a breakout season with a career-high 22 homers. The revamped Derby format returned to a swing format, delivering great drama. This was the first Home Run Derby at Citizens Bank Park since it opened in 2004 and aired on Netflix for the first time.