[Collectorsince62]

That's a lot of pressure to put on a young man. The Cardinals opened the 1954 season at home for one game. Alston played first base for all nine innings that day. I have the scorecard but I couldn't get the scan to upload. He made an error on the very first batter of the season. He also went 0-3 at the plate. (Wally Moon had a better debut, homering in his first career at bat.) After another one-game series in Milwaukee in which Alston did not play, the Cardinals headed to Wrigley for a pair of weekend games against the Cubs.
Alston must have liked the Friendly Confines since he homered in both of those games. His Sunday homer was a three-run pinch hit.