Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with three home runs and six RBI in the St. Louis Cardinals' win over the New York Yankees. The performance registered the highest score in The Game Network Performance Index across eight games played that day.
The Cardinals defeated the Yankees 13-7 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Burleson's three home runs and six RBI accounted for nearly half of the team's runs in the victory.
Burleson's stat line of 3-for-5 with three home runs and six RBI stood out as the only three-home run performance in the majors that day. Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt posted the runner-up mark with 6.2 innings pitched, three strikeouts and zero earned runs, but no other hitter matched Burleson's home run total on the day.
The three-homer game marked Burleson's first Game Network Performance Index top daily score of the season. Over 112 games in the 2026 season, he is batting .290 with 125 hits, 18 home runs, 77 RBI, 60 runs scored and an .835 OPS across 431 at-bats.