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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1797164" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-vs-phillies-11-thoughts-on-a-playoff-rematch-11-years-in-the-making/article_cf25a4c0-e362-56b2-a295-6fb3c2971f3e.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>PITTSBURGH — When last the Philadelphia Phillies appeared in the postseason, the Cardinals were celebrating in the background and there, in the foreground and in obvious pain, was Ryan Howard, the slugger and final out of the 2011 National League Division Series felled by an Achilles’ tendon injury in the final act of that season.</p><p>The Cardinals went on to win the World Series that season.</p><p>The Phillies haven’t been the same since.</p><p>With a third-place finish the NL East, the Phillies earned a playoff berth and late Tuesday night were assured the sixth seed in the league’s playoffs. That brings them to St. Louis for a best-of-three wild card series that will be played entirely at Busch Stadium. Game times are to be announced, likely Wednesday.</p><p>In the meantime, from the other side of Pennsylvania, here are 11 quick thoughts on a rematch of the ’11 NLDS 11 years after the Phillies were last in the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>1. The Phillies won the season series, 4-3. They took two of the three games in the Cardinals’ visit to Philadelphia, and then split a four-game visit to Busch Stadium earlier this season. In those seven games, the Phillies outscored the Cardinals, 22-20. The Cardinals hit nine home runs against the Phillies, and the Phillies hit eight against the Cardinals.</p><p></p><p>2. In two starts this season against the Cardinals, Philadelphia right-hander Zack Wheeler pitched 14 scoreless innings. He allowed nine hits (all singles) and struck out 10 while leading the Phillies to two wins. Wheeler is the presumptive Game 1 start Friday at Busch. And he could have been a Cardinal. In 2019, the Cardinals and New York Mets had trade talks at the deadline about Wheeler. The Cardinals hesitated at the deal because it would have cost them either Tyler O’Neill or Harrison Bader as the centerpiece. This summer, they traded Bader to the other New York team for a pitcher, lefty Jordan Montgomery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1797164, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-vs-phillies-11-thoughts-on-a-playoff-rematch-11-years-in-the-making/article_cf25a4c0-e362-56b2-a295-6fb3c2971f3e.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] PITTSBURGH — When last the Philadelphia Phillies appeared in the postseason, the Cardinals were celebrating in the background and there, in the foreground and in obvious pain, was Ryan Howard, the slugger and final out of the 2011 National League Division Series felled by an Achilles’ tendon injury in the final act of that season. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series that season. The Phillies haven’t been the same since. With a third-place finish the NL East, the Phillies earned a playoff berth and late Tuesday night were assured the sixth seed in the league’s playoffs. That brings them to St. Louis for a best-of-three wild card series that will be played entirely at Busch Stadium. Game times are to be announced, likely Wednesday. In the meantime, from the other side of Pennsylvania, here are 11 quick thoughts on a rematch of the ’11 NLDS 11 years after the Phillies were last in the playoffs. 1. The Phillies won the season series, 4-3. They took two of the three games in the Cardinals’ visit to Philadelphia, and then split a four-game visit to Busch Stadium earlier this season. In those seven games, the Phillies outscored the Cardinals, 22-20. The Cardinals hit nine home runs against the Phillies, and the Phillies hit eight against the Cardinals. 2. In two starts this season against the Cardinals, Philadelphia right-hander Zack Wheeler pitched 14 scoreless innings. He allowed nine hits (all singles) and struck out 10 while leading the Phillies to two wins. Wheeler is the presumptive Game 1 start Friday at Busch. And he could have been a Cardinal. In 2019, the Cardinals and New York Mets had trade talks at the deadline about Wheeler. The Cardinals hesitated at the deal because it would have cost them either Tyler O’Neill or Harrison Bader as the centerpiece. This summer, they traded Bader to the other New York team for a pitcher, lefty Jordan Montgomery. [/QUOTE]
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