“You do what you can to play well in all sides of baseball,” Bader said after the Cardinals’ 7-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium. “Again, the only thing that matters after nine innings is us winning and finding a way to get to the playoffs. It was a tough loss, sure, but that’s baseball. You deal with it and you find a way to move on.
TOUGH SPOT FOR FERNANDEZCardinals reliever John Gant walked three and struck out one to open the Brewers’ ninth.