A foul tip that slipped out of a mitt and an error that glanced off a glove unleashed the Cardinals for a historic first inning as they raged for 10 runs on their way to a 13-1 victory Wednesday against Atlanta in a winner-take-all National League Division Series Game 5 at SunTrust Park.
Before the Braves’ second pitcher of the inning could get the second out of the game, every hitter in the Cardinals’ lineup had scored at least a run. The emphatic finish to the series sent the Cardinals into the NL Championship Series for the first time since they reached four consecutive from 2011 to 2014.