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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1765096" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/racing-the-rain-matz-makes-quick-work-of-kc-spins-goldschmidts-homer-into-1-0/article_347e87dc-f5f9-5908-bf11-bd03955764b7.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>The first two batters of the game Monday saw 20 pitches from lefty Steven Matz, and it felt like a blitz that took “only two minutes” to catcher Andrew Knizner. So when the third batter laced Matz’s 24th pitch for a single, Knizner called for time.</p><p>He walked slowly out to the mound, his head down.</p><p>Matz asked what was wrong.</p><p>“Nothing’s wrong,” Knizner recalled saying. “Your stuff is good. I’m just giving you a break. That was like holy (crud) — it was like a whirlwind. I wanted to make sure we slowed it down for a few minutes.”</p><p>Matz retired the next batter, All-Star Salvador Perez, on two pitches and then sped through the Kansas City Royals’ lineup from there. Racing the rain expected to douse Busch Stadium — and did — by Monday afternoon, Matz set a brisk pace and kept it for six shutout innings as he piloted the Cardinals toward a 1-0 victory.</p><p></p><p>Paul Goldschmidt provided the game’s lone run, with a homer in the bottom of the first inning off Zack Greinke, and Matz held it with his finest home start yet of the season.</p><p>“We were in rhythm,” said Matz (3-1). “That’s huge for me.”</p><p>The makeup game originally set for Monday afternoon was rescheduled to a noon start to avoid any weather delays and allow both teams to vamoose west for their two-game series on the other side of the state, in Kansas City. Both pitchers understood the assignment. By not allowing a walk and limiting runs, Matz and Greinke accelerated the game. They got through the sixth inning and the only hitter to touch third base safely was Goldschmidt, and he didn’t stay long on his way home for his second homer of the season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1765096, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/racing-the-rain-matz-makes-quick-work-of-kc-spins-goldschmidts-homer-into-1-0/article_347e87dc-f5f9-5908-bf11-bd03955764b7.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] The first two batters of the game Monday saw 20 pitches from lefty Steven Matz, and it felt like a blitz that took “only two minutes” to catcher Andrew Knizner. So when the third batter laced Matz’s 24th pitch for a single, Knizner called for time. He walked slowly out to the mound, his head down. Matz asked what was wrong. “Nothing’s wrong,” Knizner recalled saying. “Your stuff is good. I’m just giving you a break. That was like holy (crud) — it was like a whirlwind. I wanted to make sure we slowed it down for a few minutes.” Matz retired the next batter, All-Star Salvador Perez, on two pitches and then sped through the Kansas City Royals’ lineup from there. Racing the rain expected to douse Busch Stadium — and did — by Monday afternoon, Matz set a brisk pace and kept it for six shutout innings as he piloted the Cardinals toward a 1-0 victory. Paul Goldschmidt provided the game’s lone run, with a homer in the bottom of the first inning off Zack Greinke, and Matz held it with his finest home start yet of the season. “We were in rhythm,” said Matz (3-1). “That’s huge for me.” The makeup game originally set for Monday afternoon was rescheduled to a noon start to avoid any weather delays and allow both teams to vamoose west for their two-game series on the other side of the state, in Kansas City. Both pitchers understood the assignment. By not allowing a walk and limiting runs, Matz and Greinke accelerated the game. They got through the sixth inning and the only hitter to touch third base safely was Goldschmidt, and he didn’t stay long on his way home for his second homer of the season. [/QUOTE]
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