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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1792039" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-magic-number-drops-to-nine-and-there-were-some-magic-moments-against-reds/article_41861f36-417d-5142-8b6e-fb7ebb25972e.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>Magic numbers become more magic when they reach single digits. The Cardinals’ magic number dropped to nine Saturday with a day-night twin bill sweep of the Cincinnati Reds here, meaning any combination of Cardinals wins and Milwaukee Brewers defeats totaling nine will give the locals the National League Central Division crown.</p><p>And there was a little magic at work, too, in the nightcap when the Cardinals somehow won the game 1-0 in 11 innings despite striking out 17 times in the regulation nine innings with rookie Hunter Greene accounting for 11 of them as he threw a record (breaking his own) 46 pitches at 100 miles an hour or better.</p><p>“We obviously didn’t muster anything against him,” said Nolan Arenado, one of two Cardinals not to strike out against Greene (Corey Dickerson was the other).</p><p></p><p>“As good as we’ve seen this year,” said Paul Goldschmidt, who whiffed four times, three against Greene.</p><p>Cardinals lefthander Jose Quintana provided part of the magic as he pitched his best game of the season, holding the Reds to two hits in eight innings. He extended his Cardinals record to nine games at the start of his career with them in which he allowed two earned runs or fewer. He carried two games with him like that from Pittsburgh before he was traded here.</p><p>“I felt my style was really good today,” said Quintana. “I was ‘painting,’ down and away and up and in.</p><p>“Breaking ball was great and ‘Kiz’ (Andrew Knizner) called a great game. We were on the same page right away. I was really happy to make my best effort to help get the (win).”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1792039, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-magic-number-drops-to-nine-and-there-were-some-magic-moments-against-reds/article_41861f36-417d-5142-8b6e-fb7ebb25972e.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Magic numbers become more magic when they reach single digits. The Cardinals’ magic number dropped to nine Saturday with a day-night twin bill sweep of the Cincinnati Reds here, meaning any combination of Cardinals wins and Milwaukee Brewers defeats totaling nine will give the locals the National League Central Division crown. And there was a little magic at work, too, in the nightcap when the Cardinals somehow won the game 1-0 in 11 innings despite striking out 17 times in the regulation nine innings with rookie Hunter Greene accounting for 11 of them as he threw a record (breaking his own) 46 pitches at 100 miles an hour or better. “We obviously didn’t muster anything against him,” said Nolan Arenado, one of two Cardinals not to strike out against Greene (Corey Dickerson was the other). “As good as we’ve seen this year,” said Paul Goldschmidt, who whiffed four times, three against Greene. Cardinals lefthander Jose Quintana provided part of the magic as he pitched his best game of the season, holding the Reds to two hits in eight innings. He extended his Cardinals record to nine games at the start of his career with them in which he allowed two earned runs or fewer. He carried two games with him like that from Pittsburgh before he was traded here. “I felt my style was really good today,” said Quintana. “I was ‘painting,’ down and away and up and in. “Breaking ball was great and ‘Kiz’ (Andrew Knizner) called a great game. We were on the same page right away. I was really happy to make my best effort to help get the (win).” [/QUOTE]
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