The Brewers won 6-4. The bullpen is bad. So is Lance Barksdale.
The story of this game was the bullpen’s ineffectiveness. The Cardinals won’t go anywhere in October with this mess. Every inning in which a Cardinal reliever pitched saw runs cross the plate. What can Shildt do with this group?
The offense showed some resiliency tonight, and took one of the best relievers in baseball to the woodshed. Josh Hader was not himself tonight, and Jose Martinez & Marcell Ozuna made him pay, with a pair of home runs in the 6th inning to briefly give the Cardinals the lead.