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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1764199" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/snakebit-mikolas-stays-sharp-but-arizona-rattles-off-two-late-homers-blanks-cardinals-2-0/article_8994f8d6-f40b-5e08-8641-18a3e8a4b189.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>With Miles Mikolas and Merrill Kelly mirroring zeroes through seven fuel-efficient innings, the arc of Saturday’s game drove inevitably toward which offense could make the most from the fewest swings.</p><p>The Cardinals now are not that lineup.</p><p>Two swings in the span of six pitches during the eighth inning sent two solo home runs into the bullpens at Busch Stadium and catapulted Kelly’s Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory and the potential for a series win Sunday. Ketel Marte hit Mikolas’ 93rd pitch of the game for his first home run of the season, and Nick Ahmed followed two batters later with a homer on Mikolas’ 98th and final pitch. The runs scarred an otherwise superb start from Mikolas that, before Marte’s homer, extended his scoreless streak to 19 consecutive innings, the longest by any pitcher in the majors this season.</p><p></p><p>And there it would have stayed, to be continued in his next outing, had manager Oliver Marmol not stuck with Mikolas. He had lefty Genesis Cabrera or right-</p><p>“Miles did his job. I didn’t do mine,” Marmol said. “He was really good for seven. He was at 91 pitches. We’ve got a pretty damn good bullpen. Should have gone to it.”</p><p>Any lead likely would have made the decision for him.</p><p>Ryan Helsley warmed and ready for the eighth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1764199, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/snakebit-mikolas-stays-sharp-but-arizona-rattles-off-two-late-homers-blanks-cardinals-2-0/article_8994f8d6-f40b-5e08-8641-18a3e8a4b189.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] With Miles Mikolas and Merrill Kelly mirroring zeroes through seven fuel-efficient innings, the arc of Saturday’s game drove inevitably toward which offense could make the most from the fewest swings. The Cardinals now are not that lineup. Two swings in the span of six pitches during the eighth inning sent two solo home runs into the bullpens at Busch Stadium and catapulted Kelly’s Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory and the potential for a series win Sunday. Ketel Marte hit Mikolas’ 93rd pitch of the game for his first home run of the season, and Nick Ahmed followed two batters later with a homer on Mikolas’ 98th and final pitch. The runs scarred an otherwise superb start from Mikolas that, before Marte’s homer, extended his scoreless streak to 19 consecutive innings, the longest by any pitcher in the majors this season. And there it would have stayed, to be continued in his next outing, had manager Oliver Marmol not stuck with Mikolas. He had lefty Genesis Cabrera or right- “Miles did his job. I didn’t do mine,” Marmol said. “He was really good for seven. He was at 91 pitches. We’ve got a pretty damn good bullpen. Should have gone to it.” Any lead likely would have made the decision for him. Ryan Helsley warmed and ready for the eighth. [/QUOTE]
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