The Cardinals’ five-run, ninth-inning ambush to rally past the Nationals on Sept. 700 … or Adam Wainwright is throwing curve balls to Yadier Molina to set a MLB record for the most career starts by a pitcher-catcher coalition. The fellers haven’t tapped into energy unless Albert Pujols is hitting a game-tying, or game-winning home run that brings him closer to No. Louis is 5-5 in the last 10 games that includes a blah 4-4 mark against the Nationals, Pirates and Reds. The four losses were inflicted by the Nationals, Pirates, Brewers and Reds. When the Cards made their berserk push, the Brewers gave way and succumbed in short time.īut since opening their largest lead of the season over the Brewers – 9 and ½ games on Sept. To the Cardinals, the Pirates, Reds and Cubs were speed bags. They did what they had to do … and then some. To their credit the inspired Cardinals succeeded in a hostile NL Central takeover by hitting and pitching and fielding and running the bases like hombres loco. That sort of comfort makes it easy to switch to cruise control.

1, the Cardinals would lead the Cubs by 10 games, the Brewers by 10 and ½, the Reds by 13, and the Pirates by 15. I mean, just look at the division standings since the beginning of August: It’s probably a challenge to compete with urgency when there’s no pressure. Perhaps the pursuit of first place in the NL Central was too easy for them. The Cardinals are playing like a group that’s gotten bored by whupping up on bad teams.

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