Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader became the first player in 25 years and only the third ever to strike out five times in a postseason game when he achieved that dubious feat on Wednesday in Game 1 of the wild-card series at San Diego.
But Bader is back in Thursday’s Game 2 lineup, which is unchanged from Game 1 or the final game of the regular season.
Only former Cardinal Reggie Sanders, playing for Cincinnati, and George Pipgras of the 1932 New York Yankees, had fanned five times in a postseason game. Pipgras was a pitcher in the 1932 World Series won by the Yankees in four games.