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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1792158" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-manager-marmol-frustrated-not-concerned-by-recent-offensive-slide/article_f88287d4-8fc8-51a9-b389-42d4204315e3.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>Concern? No.</p><p>Frustration? Yes.</p><p>Those were Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol’s takeaways from the five-game series with Cincinnati in which the Cardinals were fortunate to have won three. Sunday’s two-hit loss to the Reds was not among them as the Cardinals were blanked for the 14th time, 3-0, to go with the 16 shutouts they have thrown this season.</p><p>In four of the five games, the Cardinals had one run in the first eight innings, one in the first five, none in the first 10 innings and no runs in nine innings Sunday.</p><p>The Cardinals, who struck out 17 times in a 1-0 win in 11 innings on Saturday night, struck out just twice on Sunday. That matched their hit total, one of which was Paul DeJong’s single off the glove of Cincinnati shortstop Jose Barrero. The other was a bloop to right by Yadier Molina.</p><p></p><p>Marmol, surveying the recent past as he sat in his office early Sunday evening, said, “(Lars) Nootbaar was super hot. (Corey) Dickerson was super hot. ‘Goldy’ (Paul Goldschmidt and (Nolan) Arenado were super hot all at the same time. And they were producing a lot of runs. And now you have a hole with those four guys.</p><p>“So do I think all four of those guys will be fine? Yeah. So that’s why it’s less of a concern.”</p><p>Dickerson, who not long ago had 10 consecutive hits, is 3 for his past 19. Nootbaar is 3 for 38. Goldschmidt is 8 for 34 without a homer in 11 games.</p><p>“We’re not machines,” said Dickerson, politely. “We’re human. It’s just one of those things. A trend? What do you mean?</p><p>“Do you think it’s a trend that Goldschmidt hasn’t had a great week? That’s just baseball.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1792158, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-manager-marmol-frustrated-not-concerned-by-recent-offensive-slide/article_f88287d4-8fc8-51a9-b389-42d4204315e3.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Concern? No. Frustration? Yes. Those were Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol’s takeaways from the five-game series with Cincinnati in which the Cardinals were fortunate to have won three. Sunday’s two-hit loss to the Reds was not among them as the Cardinals were blanked for the 14th time, 3-0, to go with the 16 shutouts they have thrown this season. In four of the five games, the Cardinals had one run in the first eight innings, one in the first five, none in the first 10 innings and no runs in nine innings Sunday. The Cardinals, who struck out 17 times in a 1-0 win in 11 innings on Saturday night, struck out just twice on Sunday. That matched their hit total, one of which was Paul DeJong’s single off the glove of Cincinnati shortstop Jose Barrero. The other was a bloop to right by Yadier Molina. Marmol, surveying the recent past as he sat in his office early Sunday evening, said, “(Lars) Nootbaar was super hot. (Corey) Dickerson was super hot. ‘Goldy’ (Paul Goldschmidt and (Nolan) Arenado were super hot all at the same time. And they were producing a lot of runs. And now you have a hole with those four guys. “So do I think all four of those guys will be fine? Yeah. So that’s why it’s less of a concern.” Dickerson, who not long ago had 10 consecutive hits, is 3 for his past 19. Nootbaar is 3 for 38. Goldschmidt is 8 for 34 without a homer in 11 games. “We’re not machines,” said Dickerson, politely. “We’re human. It’s just one of those things. A trend? What do you mean? “Do you think it’s a trend that Goldschmidt hasn’t had a great week? That’s just baseball.” [/QUOTE]
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