The Brewers had a chance to make the division race interesting.
A four game set at home, trailing by three games heading into Thursday’s opening tilt, the Brewers did not make the division race interesting. They lost 3 of 4 as the Cardinals left Wisconsin with a 5 game lead.
The Cardinals have 19 games remaining. 16 of those 19 are against clubs with losing records. The other three are against the Brewers in St. Louis from September 16th thru the 18th.
As impressive of a rise that the Cardinals have had the past two weeks, the fall would be equally impressive if they were to not win the NL Central. In fact, the Brewers must sweep the last series against the Cardinals to have chance at making up so many games in so little time.
According to MLB Sweeps, the Brewers have only had 1 sweep on the road this season and 2 sweeps of a 3 game series in total.
It’s not helping matters that their precipitous fall has brought on early-stage dementia.
Prepare yourselves (and your budgets) accordingly for October baseball once again. The Cardinals have decided to play ball and the rest of the National League is on notice.
Weekend Highlights:
+ Adam Wainwright. Big game and he finally finds 5th gear. Let’s hope it’s a harbinger of things to come for the Cardinals ace.
+ Oscar Taveras. 5-8 over the weekend with 4 RBIs and 2 runs. Is OT staring to figure out MLB pitching? That’s a scary weapon at the bottom 1/3 of any lineup.
+ Run differential. The Cardinals are finally in the plus column for 2014 (+4). No stat embodies the Cardinals 2014 season more. To be 15 games over .500 by scoring 4 more runs total than your opponents over the course of 5+ months? Cray.
+ Leaving towns (and papers) with headlines like these – LINK HERE
Photo: KSDK
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