Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

  

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               88   14   19     7       5    0    1     9      2    .216
M Carpenter    94     8   24     9       4    0    2   10      2    .255
DeJong          128   16   25   19       3   0     3     9      4    .195
Edman           116   12   40   15       9    4    2     7      2    .345
Fowler           110   10   22   10       3    1    2   10      4    .200
Goldschmidt  136   23  44   26       7    0   11   20      1    .324
J Martinez       37     5     3     4      0    0     1      9      0    .081
Molina          127   14   32   10       5    0     2   10      0    .252
Munoz            28     4      5     1        0    0    0     1     0    .178
O'Neill            13     0     1     0       0    0     0      0     0    .077
Ozuna           134   17   29   18       8     1    5    17     1    .216
Wieters           17     7     9     9       2     0    4      2     0    .529
Wong            135   15   35   12       7     1    1    14     7    .259

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia             14      0    20.6     10     5     5       9    20        0      2     1     2.18
Flaherty            11    11    65        51   24   21     19    55        0      5     2      2.91
Gallegos           17      0    16          4     0     0       4    12        0      4     0      0.00
Gant                  14      0   16.6     17   10   10     15     11        0      2     1      5.40

Hicks                13      0    14         8      3     3       5    11        4      1     0      1.92

Hudson               8      8    40.3    31    11  10     19     16       0       2     1      2.23
C Martinez       12      0    14          8     2     2       5    13        6      0     0      1.29

Mikolas              7      7    36        33   17   17     12    24        0      3     2      4.25

Miller               18      0    17.3     15   11   11     10    22       1      1      0      5.71

Ponce de Leon   6      0    14.3     12     6     6       6    16        0      0     0     3.77
Wacha                7      0    20       14      4     4       5    11        1      1     0     1.80
Wainwright        8      8    34       42    21   20    13     24        0     2     2      5.29

Webb                19      0    12.6    11      4     4      6       6       0      0     2      2.84

Finals: 1973 Giants win title in seven games over 2019 Cardinals

Game One: Cardinals 6, Giants 4
WP: Flaherty (5-1)
LP: Bryant (3-5)
Save: Hicks (4)
HR: Goldschmidt (10), McCovey (9)

Game Two: Giants 5, Cardinals 4
WP: Moffitt (1-1)
LP: Gant (2-1)
Save: McMahon (1)
HR: Molina (2)

Game Three: Cardinals 11, Giants 2
WP: Mikolas (3-2)
LP: Bradley (5-3)
Save: Wacha (1)
HR: Kingman (9), Matthews (4), Wong (1), Bader (1)

Game Four: Giants 11, Cardinals 3
WP: Bryant (4-5)
LP: Wainwright (2-2)
HR: Goldschmidt (11), McCovey (10)

Game Five: Giants 3, Cardinals 1
WP: Barr (6-2)
LP: Flaherty (5-2)
Save: Moffitt (6)
HR: Maddox (4)

Game Six: Cardinals 4, Giants 3
WP: Gallegos (4-0)
LP: Sosa (0-2)
HR: Edman (2)

Game Seven: Giants 3, Cardinals 2
WP: McMahon (2-0)
LP: Webb (0-2)
Save: Moffitt (7)

The 1973 San Francisco Giants emerged at the unlikely champions of Tournament Three. The final series was their third series that went the full seven games.

The homestanding Cardinals took control of Game One early, knocking Ron Bryant out after three innings and taking a 5-0 lead. Two of the runs off Bryant were unearned. Willie McCovey homered in the fourth off winner Jack Flaherty and tripled in a two-run ninth in which the Cardinals needed three pitchers to get three outs and secure with win.

The Cardinals held a 4-0 lead after six innings of Game Two, but the Giants scored three in the seventh off Andrew Miller and two more in the eighth off John Gant to take a 5-4 lead. With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Paul Goldschmidt walked and Marcel Ozuna doubled off Elias Sosa; Don McMahon relieved to strike out Harrison Bader, who had entered the game for defensive purposes when the Cardinals had that 4-0 lead.

The series moved to 1973 and Candlestick Park, and the Cards bombarded Tom Bradley and reliever Jim Willoughby for 11 runs in fourth through seventh innings.  Bader and Kolton Wong each hit three-run homers for St. Louis. Miles Mikolas went five innings for the win, and Michael Wacha threw four innings for the save.

The Giants returned the favor in Game Four, evening the series with an 11-3 win. Bryant went the distance despite a two-run homer by Goldschmidt. San Francisco got four extra-base hits off Adam Wainwright in one-plus innings --  doubles by Chris Speier and Ed Goodson, a triple from Garry Maddox and a homer by McCovey.

Jim Barr gave up one run in seven innings in Game Five, with McMahon and Randy Moffitt each tossing a hitless frame. Maddox threw out Goldschmidt at the plate to end the fourth inning, then led off the bottom of the inning with a hit and scored the first run of the game. Maddox hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Barr and the relievers took it from there.

Back in St. Louis, the Giants shifted plans and gave the start to Juan Marichal, giving the Hall of Famer a chance to wrap up the series. The Dominican Dandy allowed three runs in six innings, leaving with the game tied at three. Elias Sosa went the rest of the way for the Giants, surrendering the winning run on a two-out ninth-inning single by Dexter Fowler. Giovanny Gallegos was credited with his fourth win of the tournament after getting the final two outs of the ninth.

Game Seven pit Bryant and Mikolas, and there were no runs through four innings. Tito Fuentes led off the fifth with a single. The Giants put on the hit-and-run, and Dave Rader singled Fuentes to third. Bryant bunted Rader to second. St. Louis pulled the infield in, and Bobby Bonds singled past shortstop Paul DeJong to plate both runners. The Cardinals tied it in the sixth; Fowler singled to lead off and advanced on Goodson's error. DeJong singled Fowler home and stole second ahead of Goldschmidt's walk. After Wong fanned, Jose Martinez walked to load the bases, and Speier couldn't complete the double play on Tommy Edman's grounder. The tie held into the eighth. Tyler Webb entered at the start of the inning to strike out McCovey. He then walked Gary Matthews and got Goodson to ground out, with Matthews advancing to second. John Brebbia came into face Speier, but Spieir doubled to bring home Matthews with the final run of the tournament. McMahon, who entered to get the final out of the seventh, pitched a scoreless eighth, and Moffitt allowed a leadoff single in the ninth but then got a double play and a strikeout to end the game, the series and the tournament.

Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

 

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               69   10   13     4       4    0    0     9      2    .188
M Carpenter    67     5   18     9       4    0    2     8      2    .269
DeJong          102   13   20   13       2   0     3     4      3    .196
Edman             96     9   33   11       7    3    1     7      2    .344
Fowler             86     9   19     9       3    1    2     8      3    .221
Goldschmidt  110   20   38   23       7    0    9   16      1    .345
J Martinez       26     4     3     4      0    0     1      5      0    .115
Molina            99     9    24     7      4    0     1   10      0    .242
Munoz            21     4      4     1        0    0    0     1     0    .190
O'Neill            13     0     1     0       0    0     0      0     0    .077
Ozuna           113   12   22   16       8     1    5    12     1    .195
Wieters           14     7     9     9       2     0    4      2     0    .643
Wong            110   12   28     7       7     1    0    12     5    .255

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia             10      0    15.6       6     2     2       5    15        0      2     1      1.15
Flaherty              9      9    52.6     38   19   17     12    43        0      4     1      2.90
Gallegos           13      0    12.3       3     0     0       4      9        0      3     0      0.00
Gant                  12      0   14.6     14      8     8    10     10        0      2     0      4.91

Hicks                10      0    11.6       4      0     0      4      9        3      1     0      0.00

Hudson               6      6    30.3    23      9     8     16    12       0       2     1      2.37
C Martinez       11      0    13          8     2     2       3    12        6      0     0      1.38

Mikolas              5      5    26        27   14   14     10    21        0      2     2      4.85

Miller               15      0    14.3     13     8     8       6    21       1      1      0      5.02

Ponce de Leon   5      0    10.3     12     6     6       5    13        0      0     0      5.23
Wacha                6      0    16          9     3     3       5    10        0      1     0     1.69
Wainwright        7      7    33        36   13   13    10     24        0     2     1      3.55

Webb                15      0    10       10      2     2      4       4       0      0     1      1.80

Final four: 2019 Cardinals defeat 2019 Nationals in five games

Game One: Cardinals 6, Nationals 5 (15 innings)
WP: Gant (1-0)
LP: Fedde (1-1)
Save: Hicks (1)
HR: Robles 2 (3), Ozuna (4)

Game Two: Cardinals 3, Nationals 1
WP: Gant (2-0)
LP: Doolittle (0-3)
Save: Hicks (2)
HR: Wieters (3), Goldschmidt (8)

Game Three: Nationals 9, Cardinals 6
WP: Corbin (5-0)
LP: Mikolas (2-2)
Save: Hudson (3)
HR: Wieters (4), Suzuki (2), Edman (1)

Game Four: Cardinals 8, Nationals 6
WP: Wainwright (2-1)
LP: Sanchez (1-1)
Save: Hicks (3)
HR: Eaton (2), Ozuna (5), Goldschmidt (9)

Game Five: Cardinals 4, Nationals 0
WP: Flaherty (4-1)
LP: Scherzer (4-1)

The impressive run of the 2019 Washington Nationals -- 16-2 through the first four rounds -- ended rapidly against the 2019 St. Louis Cardinals.

Game One was a bullpen-draining 15-inning marathon in Nationals Park. Victor Robles homered twice for the Nats -- a two-run shot in the second to give Washington the lead, and another in the 11th to even the score after St. Louis had taken the lead. Marcel Ozuna homered in the top of the 15th for another lead, and Jordan Hicks made it stand up. 

Paul Goldschmidt homered in the second inning of Game Two, and the Nats tied it in the sixth off Andrew Miller. The score remained 1-1 until the ninth, when Matt Wieters homered leading off against Sean Doolittle. For the second game in a row, John Gant was credited with the victory, with Hicks retiring the side in the ninth for the save.

Game Three in St. Louis was a high-scoring affair. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a three-run double in the fourth for a 4-0 lead. Wieters pinch-hit a two-run homer in the fifth, but the Nats took advantage of three walks by Gant in the sixth to score two runs and expand the lead to 6-2. Cabrera blasted a two-run homer in the eighth off Michael Wacha. The Cardinals scored twice in the ninth to force Daniel Hudson into the game but could not get a hit off him.

The Cards won their own slugfest in Game Four. Ozuna drove in four runs with a double and homer, and Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter each drove in a pair. Adam Wainwright picked his way through five innings, and even though Miller wild pitched two runs home, the St. Louis bullpen was just good enough.

Jack Flaherty and three relievers combined for a six-hit shutout in Game Five. Ozuna scored two runs for the Cardinals. Flaherty left with one on and one out in the seventh; Tyler Webb struck out Geraldo Parra, then Giovanny Gallagos fanned Brian Dozier. John Brebbia worked the eighth and ninth innings, allowing one single and striking out five.

Player availability: No issues for the Cardinals going into the finals

Projected rotation: Flaherty-Hudson-Mikolas-Wainwright-(Flaherty)-(Hudson)-(Mikolas)

Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               55     7   10     2       3    0    0     9      2    .182
M Carpenter    48     4   12     6       3    0    2     8      1    .250
DeJong            78   11   17   11       1   0     3     4      2    .218
Edman             76     6   23     8       6    2    0     7      2    .303
Fowler             75     8   17     7       2    0    2     8      3    .227
Goldschmidt   88   16   33   20       7    0    7   14      1    .375
J Martinez       21     3     3     4      0    0     1     2      0    .143
Molina            83     8    20     6      3    0     1     9      0    .241
Munoz            17     4      4     1        0    0    0     0      0    .235
O'Neill            13     0     1     0       0    0     0      0      0    .077
Ozuna             90     8   16   11       5     1    3    11     1    .178
Wieters             9     4     5     6       1     0    2      2     0    .555
Wong              94   10   24     5       6     1    0    10     3    .255

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia               8      0    11.6       4     2     2       5      8        0      2     1      1.54
Flaherty              7      7    40.3     29    16  14       8    31        0      3     1      3.12
Gallegos             9      0      8.3       1     0     0       3      6        0      3     0      0.00
Gant                    9      0   11       11      6     6        6      7        0      0     0      4.91

Hicks                  7      0     8.6      4      0     0        3       7        0      1     0      0.00

Hudson               5      5    25.6    18     9     8     13     11       0       2     1      2.80
C Martinez       10      0    11          6     0     0       3    11        6      0     0      0.00

Mikolas              4      4    21        19   10   10       9    14        0      2     1      4.29

Miller               13      0    12.6       8     5     5       6    18       1      1      0      3.55

Ponce de Leon   4      0      9.3     12     6     6       5    11        0      0     0      5.79
Wacha                5      0    14          6     1     1       3       7        0      1     0     0.64
Wainwright        6      6    28        31   10   10       7    21        0      1     1      3.21

Webb                12      0      7.3       8     1     1      4       3       0      0     1      1.23

Dixie bracket: 2019 Cardinals defeat 2019 Braves in five games

Game One: Cardinals 4, Braves 1
WP: Flaherty (3-1)
LP: Foltynewicz (1-1)
Save: C Martinez (4)
HR: Goldschmidt (4)

Game Two: Cardinals 5, Braves 2
WP: Mikolas (2-1)
LP: Keuchel (0-1)
Save: C Martinez (5)
HR: Goldschmidt (5), Wieters (2), Ozuna (2), DeJong (2)

Game Three: Cardinals 4, Braves 2
WP: Hudson (2-1)
LP: Teheran (3-1)
Save: C Martinez (6)
HR: Goldschmidt (6), Swanson (6)

Game Four: Braves 6, Cardinals 2
WP: Soroka (3-0)
LP: Wainwright (1-1)
HR: DeJong (3), Albies (5), Freeman (2)

Game Five: Cardinals 4, Braves 3 (10 innings)
WP: Gallegos (3-0)
LP: Blevins (0-1)
HR: Goldschmidt (7), Ozuna (3), Donaldson (3)

Paul Goldschmidt homered in each of the Cardinals' wins as St. Louis out-homered Atlanta 10-2 in the series.

The Cardinals took control of Game One, in Atlanta, early. Goldschmidt clubbed a three-run homer in the first inning. In the third, he singled, stole scond and scored on Tommy Edman's double. Edman gave that run back in the seventh when he played Ozzie Albie's fly to right into a double and two-base error. That was the only run, and third hit, Jack Flaherty surrendered in seven innings.

Goldschmidt's homer in Game Two came in the fourth inning and briefly even the score at 1. The Braves took the lead back in the bottom of the inning, but the Cardinals took the lead for good in the seventh, when Marcel Ozuna led off with a homer and, with two outs, pinch-hitter Matt Wieters hit a two-run shot off Dallas Keuchel. Paul DeJong capped the scoring with a homer leading off the eighth. Miles Mikolas allowed five hits in six innings for the win.

The series moved to Busch Stadium III for Game Three. Goldschmidt homered in the first again, this one good for two runs, and the Braves never caught up. Dakota Hudson went 5.2 innings for the win. John Gant, Giovanny Gallegos, Andrew Miller and Carlos Martinez combined to retire the final 10 Atlanta hitters.

The Braves battered Adam Wainwright for four runs in the first and drove him from the mound with two more in the fourth to stave off elimination. Albies and Freddie Freeman each hit two-run homers in the first inning. Mike Soroka allowed two runs in five innings for the win.

Marcel Ozuna homered with two out in the 10th inning of Game Five to win the game and end the series. Atlanta scored twice in the top of the first, with one run scoring on a rare error by shortstp DeJong. Goldschmidt's two-run homer in the sixth evened the score at three. St. Louis relievers Daniel Ponce de Leon, Miller, Jordan Hicks and Gallegos combined to retire the final 12 Atlanta hitters, with Gallegos getting credit for his third win of the tournament.

Player availability: The St. Louis bullpen will be fully rested for the fifth round.

Projected rotation: Flaherty-Hudson-Mikolas-Wainwright-(Flaherty)-(Hudson)-(Mikolas)

Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

  

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               41     5     8     2       1    0    0     7      2    .195
M Carpenter    38     4   11     6       3    0    2     6      1    .289
DeJong            60     7   13     8       1   0     1     2      2    .216
Edman             64     6   21     7       4    2    0     6      2    .328
Fowler             60     7   14     6       1    0    2     5      2    .233
Goldschmidt    66   11   22   12       6    0    3   13      0    .333
J Martinez        13     3     2     4      0    0     1     2      0    .153
Molina            63     7    15     6      2    0     1     9      0    .238
Munoz            14     3      4     1        0    0    0     0      0    .286
O'Neill            13     0     1     0       0    0     0      0      0    .077
Ozuna             68     6   10     9       4     1    1    11     1    .147
Wieters             8     3     4     4       1     0    1      2     0    .500
Wong              71     9   19     4       6     1    0      9     3    .268

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia               7      0      8.6       4     2     2       3      5        0      2     1      2.08
Flaherty              5      5    28.3     22    13  13       6    18        0      2     1      4.13
Gallegos             7      0      6.3       1     0     0       3      5        0      2     0      0.00
Gant                    7      0      9       11      6     6       6      2        0      0     0      6.00

Hicks                  6      0      7.6      4     0     0        3      5        0      1     0      0.00

Hudson               4      4    20       12     7     6     12       7       0       1     1      2.70
C Martinez         7      0      8          4     0     0       3      8        3      0     0      0.00

Mikolas              3      3    15        14     8     8       8      8        0      1     1      4.80

Miller               10      0      9          8     5     5       6     12       1      1      0     5.00

Ponce de Leon   3      0      8          9     5      5       4    10        0     0     0      5.63
Wacha                4      0    12          5     1     1       3       6        0      1     0     0.75
Wainwright        5      5    24.6     24     4     4       7    17        0      1     0      1.46

Webb                 9      0       6.3      7     1      1       3      2       0      0     1      1.42

Dixie bracket: 2019 Cardinals defeat 1961 Cardinals in seven games

Game One: 61 Cardinals 9, 19 Cardinals 4

WP: Simmons (1-0)
LP: Brebbia (1-1)

HR: Musial 2 (2), Wieters (1)

Game Two: 19 Cardinals 5, 61 Cardinals 0

WP: Hudson (1-1)
LP: Sadecki (2-2)
Save: Wacha (1)

Game Three: 19 Cardinals 8, 61 Cardinals 2 (12 innings)

WP: Brebbia (2-1)
LP: McDaniel (1-1)

HR: Goldschmidt (3), White (6)

Game Four: 19 Cardinals 4, 61 Cardinals 1

WP: Gallegos (1-0)

LP: L Jackson (1-2)

Save: C Martinez (2)

Game Five: 61 Cardinals 8, 19 Cardinals 0

WP: Simmons (2-0)

LP: Flaherty (2-1)
HR: Cunningham (2), Sawatski (5)

Game Six: 61 Cardinals 4, 19 Cardinals 3

WP: Broglio (1-0)
LP: Webb (0-1)
Save: C Anderson (1)

HR: Schoendienst (1), J Martinez (1)

Game Seven: 19 Cardinals 6, 61 Cardinals 3

WP: Gallegos (2-0)
LP: Gibson (2-1)

Save: C Martinez (3)

HR: Fowler (2)

The 2019 Cardinals prevailed in this contest for St. Louis, a bullpen battle in which only two starting pitchers got credit for wins.

One of those two, Curt Simmons got two win, and the first came in the opener in 2019's Busch Stadium III. The 1961 team, helped by a Stan Musial homer, led 3-0 going into the bottom of the fourth, when Matt Wieters pinch-hit a three-run homer to tie it. Musial hit a two-run homer in the seventh to retake the lead, Bob L. Miller stranded three inherited runners in the bottom of the seventh, and the 61 team scored three in the eighth and another in the ninth to pull away.

Dakota Hudson and Michael Wacha combined for a six-hit shutout in Game Two. Hudson went five innings, allowing four hits and two walks; Wacha faced just 13 men in his four innings. The 2019 team scored three runs in the fifth on a hit batter, two walks, an error and a two-out two-run double by Yadier Molina.

For Game Three, the series moved to 1961 and Busch Stadium I, better known to history as Sportsman's Park. Bob Gibson allowed two runs in nine innings; he staggered through the first five innings, allowing six walks and seven hits, but yielded just a walk in the next four innings. Adam Wainrwright scattered eight hits in 5.1 iniings before handing the ball off to a realy of relievers who combined for 6.2 scoreless innings. Lindy McDaniel had two scoreless innings before the roof caved in on him and Mickey McDermott for six runs in the 12th in which Paul Goldschmidt clubbed a three-run homer.

Miles Mikolas walked the first four men he faced in Game Four, and that turned out to be the only run he allowed in six innings. It threatened to be enough to beat him: Larry Jackson carried that 1-0 into the ninth,. But he couldn't get an out in that inning, but the time Miller got the final out the 2019 team led 4-1. Ken Boyer committed a critical two-base error in the inning.

On the verge of elimination, the 1961 Cards turned again to Simmons, and the veteran lefty delivered a complete game four-hit shutout. Curt Flood led off with a triple and Musial singled him home for the first run, and Joe Cunningham hit a three-run homer in the third,

That sent the series back to 2019. Jose Martinez hit a three-run homer in the fourth off Ray Sadecki, and Hudson carried a 3-1 lead into the seventh. After Alex Grammas singled to open the inning, the 1961s sent up Red Schoendienst to hit for Sadecki. John Gant relieved for the 2019s, and Schoendiest tied it with a homer. The 2019 team took the lead in the eighth on a Tim McCarver base hit that plated Bill White. Craig Anderson threw two scoreless innings for the save.

And that set up a Gibson-Wainwright rematch for Game Seven. They matched zeros for four innings until Dexter Fowler hit a three-run homer in the fifth. Andrew Miller loaded the bases in the top of the sixth, and ater Gant gave up a sac fly, Gibson hit a triple to tie the score. The game stayed a 3-3 into the eighth, when Gibson walked three men and left with the bases loaded and one out. Anderson and McDermott combined to allow all three inherited runners to score, and Carlos Martinez breezed through the top of the ninth to secure the win and the series.

Player availability: The 2019 bullpen will be fully available for the opener of the fourth round.

Projected rotation: Flaherty-Mikolas-Hudson-Wainwright-(Flaherty)-(Mikolas)-(Hudson)

Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

 

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               25     5     7     2       1    0    0     5      1    .280
M Carpenter    21     3     6     5       0    0    2     6      0    .286
DeJong            29     3     5     4       1   0     1     1      0    .172
Edman             38     4   15     4       4    1    0     4      1    .395
Fowler             39     5   11     3       1    0    1     2      2    .282
Goldschmidt    39     7   12    8       3    0    2      8      0    .308
J Martinez          1     0     0     0      0    0     0     1      0    .000
Molina            39     4    11     3      1    0     1      5      0    .282
Munoz            11     2      2     1        0    0    0     0      0    .182
O'Neill            13     0     1     0       0    0     0      0      0    .077
Ozuna             42     3     7     8       2     1    1       5     0    .167
Wieters             3     1     1     0       1     0    0       1     0    .333
Wong              44     5   12     3       3     1    0      4      2    .273

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia               5      0      5.6       0     0     0       3      4        0      1     0      0.00
Flaherty              3      3    21          9     3     3       2    13        0      2     0      1.29
Gallegos             4      0      4.3       1     0     0       2      3        0      0     0      0.00
Gant                   3      0      3          6     5     5       1      1        0      0     0    15.00

Hicks                  4      0      5.3       2     0     0       2      3        0      1     0      0.00

Hudson               2      2      9          4     5     4       6      4       0       0     1      4.00
C Martinez         4      0      5          3     0     0       3      3        1      0     0      0.00

Mikolas              2      2      9          9     7     7       4      6        0      1     1      7.00

Miller                 6      0      5.6       4     1      1       3      9       1      1      0     1.59

Ponce de Leon   1      0      3          3     1      1       3      3        0     0     0      3.00
Wacha                3      0      8          3     1     1       2       4        0      1     0     1.13
Wainwright        3      3    14.3     11     2      2       5   10        0      1     0      1.26

Webb                 6      0       4.6      3     0      0       2      1       0      0     0      0.00

Dixie bracket: 2019 Cardinals sweep 1973 Royals

Game One: Cardinals 2, Royals 1
WP: Flaherty (2-0)
LP: Splittorff (1-2)
Save: C Martinez (1)
HR: Mayberry (4)

Game Two: Cardinals 3, Royals 2 (12 innings)
WP: Hicks (1-0)
LP: Simpson (0-2)
HR: Goldschmidt (2)

Game Three: Cardinals 4, Royals 0
WP: Wainwright (1-0)
LP: Busby (0-1)
HR: Molina (1)

Game Four: Cardinals 9. Royals 1
WP: Mikolas (1-1)
LP: Drago (1-1)
HR: Carpenter (2), Schall (2)

Kansas City totaled just 16 hits and four runs for the series and scored just one run against the St. Louis bullpen.

Jack Flaherty went seven innings for the Cardinals in the opener at Busch Stadium III, allowing one run on four hits. Marcell Ozuna tripled in a run in the first inning and drove in the other in the third with a sac fly. Giovanny Gallegos and Carlos Martinez each worked a hitless inning for finish the game

The Royals came closest to a win in Game Two. Al Fitzmorris turned a 2-0 lead over to the bullpen after seven innings. Gene Garber pitched a scoreless eighth, but Paul Goldschmidt led off the bottom of the ninth with homer. Kelten Wong followed with a single and moved up on a grounder. Steve Mingori relieved to get a popup from Matt Carpenter, and Doug Bird entered with one out to get. But Yadier Molina singled in Wong to tie the score. The Royals came close in the 11th -- Lou Piniella fanned with two men in scoring position and two out --  and the Cardinals broke through in the 12th on a walk, a single and an RBI grounder.

The series moved to Royals Stadium for Game Three. Adam Wainwright allowed one hit in five innings, then Jordan Hicks, Gallegos, John Brebbia and John Gant each worked a hitless inning. Molina homered, doubled, singled and scored a pair of runs.

The first three hitters of Game Four scored for the Cardinals against Dick Drago, and Miles Mikolas held the Royals to one run in six innings. St. Louis broke the game open with five runs in the eighth, with Carpenter hitting a three-run homer, and four relievers combined to shut out the Royals in the final three innings.

Player availability: Plenty of time off before Round Three

Projected rotation: Flaherty-Hudson-Wainwright-Mikolas-(Flaherty)-(Hudson)-9Wainwright)

 

Stat break: 2019 St. Louis Cardinals

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Bader               15     3     5     2       1    0    0     4      0    .333
M Carpenter    10     2     3     2       0    0    1     3      0    .300
DeJong            13     2     2     2       1   0     1     0      0    .154
Edman             25     2     9     3       2    1    0     1      1    .360
Fowler             23     3     5     1       1    0    0     1      2    .217
Goldschmidt    23     3     7     6       1    0    1     5      0    .304
J Martinez          1     0     0     0      0    0     0     1      0    .000
Molina             24     2     6     1      0    0     0      3      0    .250
Munoz               8    1      2     1        0    0    0     0      0    .250
O'Neill              5     0     0     0       0    0     0      0      0    .000
Ozuna             25     2     4     3       1     0    1       4     0    .160
Wieters             2     1     1     0       1     0    0       1     0    .500
Wong              26     3     6     2       2     1    0       3     1    .231

Pitchers

Name                 G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Brebbia               3      0      3.6       0     0     0       1      2        0      1     0      0.00
Flaherty              2      2    14          5     2     2       2    10        0      1     0      1.29
Gallegos             2      0      2.3       1     0     0       2      2        0      0     0      0.00
Gant                   2      0      2          6     5     5       1      2        0      0     0     22.50

Hicks                  1      0      2          1     0     0       0      2        0      0     0      0.00

Hudson               1      1      4          2     4     4       4      1       0       0     1      9.00
C Martinez         3      0      3          3     0     0       2      1        0      0     0      0.00

Mikolas             1       1      3          5     6     6       3      3        0      0     1    18.00

Miller                 4      0      3.6       3     1      1       1      7       1      1      0     2.45

Ponce de Leon   1      0      3          3     1      1       3      3        0     0     0      3.00
Wacha                2      0      5         1      0     0       1      2        0      1     0      0.00
Wainwright        2      2       9.3   10      2      2       3      5       0      0     0      1.93

Webb                 4      0       4         2      0     0       0      0        0      0     0      0.00

Dixie bracket: 2019 Cardinals defeat 1973 Braves in six games

Game One: Cardinals 1, Braves 0 (10 innings)
WP: Miller (1-0)
LP: Gentry (0-1)
HR: DeJong (1)

Game Two: Cardinals 3, Braves 0
WP: Brebbia (1-0)
LP: Dobson (0-1)
Save: Miller (1)

Game Three: Braves 5, Cardinals 1
WP: Schuler (1-0)
LP: Hudson (0-1)
HR: D Johnson 2 (2)

Game Four: Braves 8, Cardinals 6
WP: Harrison (1-0)
LP: Mikolas (0-1)
HR: Ozuna (1), Carpenter (1)

Game Five: Cardinals 10, Braves 6
WP: Flaherty (1-0)
LP: P Niekro (0-1)
HR: Goldschmidt (1), Evans (1), Lum (1)

Game Six: Cardinals 3, Braves 2 (14 innings)
WP: Wacha (1-0)
LP: House (0-1)
HR: D Johnson (3)

The games were competitive, but the Cardinals prevailed in large part because their glovework was sharper and their bullpen less leaky.

The first game was dominated by starters Jack Flaherty and Phil Niekro. Flaherty allowed just two singles in eight innings; Niekro one hit in nine innings. Carlos Martinez threw a hitless ninth for the Cards, and Andrew Miller pitched around a leadoff double in the 10th. Gary Gentry relieved Niekro, who had been pinch-hit for, in the bottom of the 10th and gave up a homer to Paul DeJong, the first man he faced.

The starters didn't go as deep in Game Two, but they were just as effective in putting up zeros. Adam Wainwright was in and out of trouble in his five innings of work for the hometeam; he allowed five singles and a walk but no runs. Carl Morton threw six scoreless innings before leaving for a pinch-hitter. Pat Dobson relieved him and gave up two runs in the seventh and another in the eight. St. Louis got scoreless relief work from Tyler Webb, John Brebbia, Michael Wacha and Miller; Brebbia was credited with the victory.

The series shifted to 1973 and the Launching Pad, homer-friendly Fulton County Stadium. Dave Johnson hit a pair of two-run homers for the Braves off Dakota Hudson, and Ron Schuler kept the vistors off the board until there were two outs in the ninth. Schuler finished with a six-hitter.

The Braves evened the series in a high-scoring Game Four. They battered Mile Mikolas for five runs in the third inning with four singles and three walks, and the Cardinals never quite caught up despite two-run homers from Marcel Ozuna in the fifth and Matt Carpenter in the ninth. Roric Harrison allowed four runs in six innings, but that was good enough for the win.

The Cardinals won Game Five's slugfest, with Paul Goldschmidt driving in six runs -- his only RBIs of the series, as it turned out. Flaherty threw six scoreless innings but came out after he allowed a single and a homer to the first two hitters in the seventh.

The series returned to 2019 and Busch Stadium III, and the Cardinals took the series with a 14-inning triumph. Morton held the home team to one earned run in eight innings, but that was only good enough to forge a deadlock. The Cardinals got 9.6 scoreless innings from their bullpen, and they broke through in the bottom of the 14th against Tom House: Harrison Bader was hit by a pitch to start the inning, was bunted to second and scored on a two-out single by Tommy Edman. Michael Wacha threw three scoreless innings for the win.

Player availiability: Jose Martinez is injured through Game Four of the second round. He has been deactivated and Jordan Hicks added to the active roster. Wacha must sit Game One.

Projected rotation: Flaherty-Hudson-Wainwright-Mikolas-(Flaherty)-(Hudson)-(Wainwright)