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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1797655" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-how-game-1-is-a-what-could-have-been-matchup-for-cardinals-and-phillies/article_d3efa75c-2374-5688-9a30-f1635fe5e69c.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold </a>, <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Whatever gaze Jose Quintana gave manager Oliver Marmol during that start for the Cardinals in August radiated with such a “sense of purpose” that the manager returned again and again to that look as his way to describe the lefty’s mentality with his new team.</p><p>“He is,” Marmol said, “on a mission.”</p><p><strong><em>“Since starting to pitch for the Cardinals, I feel like — an energy,” Quintana said.</em></strong></p><p>The Cardinals’ most successful starter of September got the nod to lead them into October with the Game 1 assignment Friday as the National League Wild Card round opens against Philadelphia at Busch Stadium. Quintana did not allow more than two earned runs in any of his dozen starts for the Cardinals and had a 0.81 ERA in 33 1/3 innings spread over six starts in September. Giving Quintana the opener for the best-of-three series allows the Cardinals to start right-hander Miles Mikolas in Game 2 and separate lefties Quintana and Jordan Montgomery if a Game 3 is necessary and Montgomery is the starter.</p><p></p><p>That also gives Mikolas, the Cardinals’ All-Star and steadiest starter, the pivotal appearance in Game 2, which will either be a clinching game or an elimination game.</p><p>“Knowing the importance of Game 2, one way or the other, (Miles) loved the thought,” Marmol said, “and the accountability of shouldering that.”</p><p>For both the Phillies and the Cardinals, the Game 1 starter is crystal ball into what almost was, or what could have been. The Phillies will face Quintana, who they aggressively attempted to trade for at the deadline before the Cardinals finalized a deal with Pittsburgh. The Phillies acquired power right-hander Noah Syndergaard soon after. The Cardinals can empathize. Philadelphia’s Game 1 starter Zack Wheeler was a trade target for the Cardinals at the deadline in 2019. But Wheeler’s team at the time, the New York Mets, wanted either outfielder Tyler O’Neill or Harrison Bader as the centerpiece of any deal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Cardinals passed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1797655, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-how-game-1-is-a-what-could-have-been-matchup-for-cardinals-and-phillies/article_d3efa75c-2374-5688-9a30-f1635fe5e69c.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold [/URL], [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Whatever gaze Jose Quintana gave manager Oliver Marmol during that start for the Cardinals in August radiated with such a “sense of purpose” that the manager returned again and again to that look as his way to describe the lefty’s mentality with his new team. “He is,” Marmol said, “on a mission.” [B][I]“Since starting to pitch for the Cardinals, I feel like — an energy,” Quintana said.[/I][/B] The Cardinals’ most successful starter of September got the nod to lead them into October with the Game 1 assignment Friday as the National League Wild Card round opens against Philadelphia at Busch Stadium. Quintana did not allow more than two earned runs in any of his dozen starts for the Cardinals and had a 0.81 ERA in 33 1/3 innings spread over six starts in September. Giving Quintana the opener for the best-of-three series allows the Cardinals to start right-hander Miles Mikolas in Game 2 and separate lefties Quintana and Jordan Montgomery if a Game 3 is necessary and Montgomery is the starter. That also gives Mikolas, the Cardinals’ All-Star and steadiest starter, the pivotal appearance in Game 2, which will either be a clinching game or an elimination game. “Knowing the importance of Game 2, one way or the other, (Miles) loved the thought,” Marmol said, “and the accountability of shouldering that.” For both the Phillies and the Cardinals, the Game 1 starter is crystal ball into what almost was, or what could have been. The Phillies will face Quintana, who they aggressively attempted to trade for at the deadline before the Cardinals finalized a deal with Pittsburgh. The Phillies acquired power right-hander Noah Syndergaard soon after. The Cardinals can empathize. Philadelphia’s Game 1 starter Zack Wheeler was a trade target for the Cardinals at the deadline in 2019. But Wheeler’s team at the time, the New York Mets, wanted either outfielder Tyler O’Neill or Harrison Bader as the centerpiece of any deal. The Cardinals passed. [/QUOTE]
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