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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1794567" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-with-division-title-clinched-seeding-wont-change-but-roles-can/article_4acaf05d-34c6-5811-a665-604af5c408fb.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>MILWAUKEE — Center fielder Dylan Carlson doubled and scored twice from the left side of the plate in Tuesday’s clincher, further illustrating how limited his swing may have been by a hand injury and hinting at one way the Cardinals intend to use their six remaining games.</p><p>“He’s hitting second for a reason,” manager Olive Marmol said.</p><p>That reason is to get Carlson as many at-bats against right-handed pitching in the near future to determine if he’s regain his swing from that side and can be the Cardinals’ everyday center fielder when the postseason starts next week. Because they can. For the first time in at least a decade, the Cardinals have seven regular-season games to experiment and, win or lose or rainout, their position in the standings will not change.</p><p></p><p>The Cardinals clinched the National League Central division title with a 6-2 win Tuesday night and will enter the NL playoffs as the third seed. They’ll host the sixth seed in a best-of-three series, with all games at Busch Stadium Oct. 7-9. The Phillies had the lead ahead of the Brewers for the sixth seed as play began Wednesday.</p><p>Marmol wants to use the time to get regulars rest, give some players looks in new spots, and not lose any of the crispness that helped them clinch with a week to go.</p><p>“It’s a combination,” Marmol said. “It’s a really good balance of keeping guys sharp and getting them rested, and you don’t want to lose the edge of winning. ... Will certain lineups look different? Are we going to rest guys? Will outings look shorter? Will we use our ‘pen a little differently? Yes, to all of those. But you still don’t miss on the small details of the game. That’s the stuff that when I say sharp, you keep those things sharp.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1794567, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-with-division-title-clinched-seeding-wont-change-but-roles-can/article_4acaf05d-34c6-5811-a665-604af5c408fb.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] MILWAUKEE — Center fielder Dylan Carlson doubled and scored twice from the left side of the plate in Tuesday’s clincher, further illustrating how limited his swing may have been by a hand injury and hinting at one way the Cardinals intend to use their six remaining games. “He’s hitting second for a reason,” manager Olive Marmol said. That reason is to get Carlson as many at-bats against right-handed pitching in the near future to determine if he’s regain his swing from that side and can be the Cardinals’ everyday center fielder when the postseason starts next week. Because they can. For the first time in at least a decade, the Cardinals have seven regular-season games to experiment and, win or lose or rainout, their position in the standings will not change. The Cardinals clinched the National League Central division title with a 6-2 win Tuesday night and will enter the NL playoffs as the third seed. They’ll host the sixth seed in a best-of-three series, with all games at Busch Stadium Oct. 7-9. The Phillies had the lead ahead of the Brewers for the sixth seed as play began Wednesday. Marmol wants to use the time to get regulars rest, give some players looks in new spots, and not lose any of the crispness that helped them clinch with a week to go. “It’s a combination,” Marmol said. “It’s a really good balance of keeping guys sharp and getting them rested, and you don’t want to lose the edge of winning. ... Will certain lineups look different? Are we going to rest guys? Will outings look shorter? Will we use our ‘pen a little differently? Yes, to all of those. But you still don’t miss on the small details of the game. That’s the stuff that when I say sharp, you keep those things sharp.” [/QUOTE]
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