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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1799304" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/besides-starting-pitching-phillies-defense-and-bullpen-were-also-better-than-cardinals/article_8f5c4211-1537-5d90-a673-0ea65ec012aa.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Any pre-series analysis of the Cardinals’ wild-card round set with the Philadelphia Phillies dealt, in large part, with starting pitching at the top of the rotation. The Phillies, in a short series, were presumed to have the edge because of right-handers Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola.</p><p>They didn’t disappoint.</p><p>Wheeler, who didn’t allow a run to the Cardinals in 14 regular-season innings, didn’t permit any in 6 1/3 innings in Game 1 either. Nola, 5-3 with a 2.69 career earned run average against the Cardinals, was scoreless for 6 2/3 innings on Saturday night in the clinching Game 2.</p><p>“They pitched pretty good,” said retiring catcher Yadier Molina. “We didn’t hit that good. But that’s part of the game. They pitched really good.”</p><p></p><p>The Cardinals starters weren’t bad. Jose Quintana pitched scoreless ball for 5 1/3 innings on Friday and Miles Mikolas gave up two runs in 4 1/3 innings.</p><p>But the Cardinals figured to make it up with a deeper bullpen and on defense. And while the Cardinals played more solidly in the field on Saturday than they did on Friday, especially when they rubbed out two Phillies runners in the sixth inning when the Phils were a little too aggressive, the Phillies played the better brand of defense.</p><p>Cardinals Gold Glovers Tommy Edman and Nolan Arenado both got caught in between on plays they normally make in the six-run ninth inning for the Phillies on Friday. Meanwhile, Phils third baseman Alec Bohm played the position like Arenado</p><p>Nor was the Cardinals’ reconfigured bullpen an issue and, in fact, the Philadelphia bullpen outpitched a compromised Ryan Helsley, an All-Star, in Game 1 and held on for the final 2 1/3 innings on Saturday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1799304, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/besides-starting-pitching-phillies-defense-and-bullpen-were-also-better-than-cardinals/article_8f5c4211-1537-5d90-a673-0ea65ec012aa.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Any pre-series analysis of the Cardinals’ wild-card round set with the Philadelphia Phillies dealt, in large part, with starting pitching at the top of the rotation. The Phillies, in a short series, were presumed to have the edge because of right-handers Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola. They didn’t disappoint. Wheeler, who didn’t allow a run to the Cardinals in 14 regular-season innings, didn’t permit any in 6 1/3 innings in Game 1 either. Nola, 5-3 with a 2.69 career earned run average against the Cardinals, was scoreless for 6 2/3 innings on Saturday night in the clinching Game 2. “They pitched pretty good,” said retiring catcher Yadier Molina. “We didn’t hit that good. But that’s part of the game. They pitched really good.” The Cardinals starters weren’t bad. Jose Quintana pitched scoreless ball for 5 1/3 innings on Friday and Miles Mikolas gave up two runs in 4 1/3 innings. But the Cardinals figured to make it up with a deeper bullpen and on defense. And while the Cardinals played more solidly in the field on Saturday than they did on Friday, especially when they rubbed out two Phillies runners in the sixth inning when the Phils were a little too aggressive, the Phillies played the better brand of defense. Cardinals Gold Glovers Tommy Edman and Nolan Arenado both got caught in between on plays they normally make in the six-run ninth inning for the Phillies on Friday. Meanwhile, Phils third baseman Alec Bohm played the position like Arenado Nor was the Cardinals’ reconfigured bullpen an issue and, in fact, the Philadelphia bullpen outpitched a compromised Ryan Helsley, an All-Star, in Game 1 and held on for the final 2 1/3 innings on Saturday. [/QUOTE]
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