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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1778421" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-not-even-mikolas-can-keep-cardinals-from-reeling-as-braves-silence-lineup-3/article_e4be2823-a311-5b4a-95d0-5a8ef2ed26c8.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>ATLANTA — Whether Miles Mikolas was teasing a no-hitter or shouldering another quality start for a rotation in need of every single one, the Cardinals have trumpeted the right-hander as an All-Star candidate and equal to all the aces he’s faced, from Max Scherzer to Corbin Burnes.</p><p>“Aces go against aces,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “That’s how it works.”</p><p>Mikolas matched Atlanta lefty Max Fried draw for draw until the game Wednesday night took a turn on the river. In the fifth, the Braves decked the Cardinals with two solo home runs in the span of three pitches to send them toward a 3-0 victory at Truist Field. Mikolas gave an innings-starved team everything it needed with his six innings of quality baseball.</p><p></p><p>The offense backed him with nothing.</p><p>On their way to a fourth consecutive loss, the Cardinals left nine batters on base. They have scored a total of one run since midnight Monday against Atlanta. They had fleeting opportunities against Fried with a baserunner in each of the first four innings, but the best chance to break the flush of zeroes on the scoreboard came in the eighth inning. In a stunning move given the names involved but not the year, Albert Pujols was lifted for a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded in the eighth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1778421, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-not-even-mikolas-can-keep-cardinals-from-reeling-as-braves-silence-lineup-3/article_e4be2823-a311-5b4a-95d0-5a8ef2ed26c8.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] ATLANTA — Whether Miles Mikolas was teasing a no-hitter or shouldering another quality start for a rotation in need of every single one, the Cardinals have trumpeted the right-hander as an All-Star candidate and equal to all the aces he’s faced, from Max Scherzer to Corbin Burnes. “Aces go against aces,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “That’s how it works.” Mikolas matched Atlanta lefty Max Fried draw for draw until the game Wednesday night took a turn on the river. In the fifth, the Braves decked the Cardinals with two solo home runs in the span of three pitches to send them toward a 3-0 victory at Truist Field. Mikolas gave an innings-starved team everything it needed with his six innings of quality baseball. The offense backed him with nothing. On their way to a fourth consecutive loss, the Cardinals left nine batters on base. They have scored a total of one run since midnight Monday against Atlanta. They had fleeting opportunities against Fried with a baserunner in each of the first four innings, but the best chance to break the flush of zeroes on the scoreboard came in the eighth inning. In a stunning move given the names involved but not the year, Albert Pujols was lifted for a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded in the eighth. [/QUOTE]
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