“If I can go in there and open a jar of salsa right now, I should be fine,” Carpenter said, referencing his homemade salsa, which has become a clubhouse talisman during this hot streak. “I was able to do it, so I’m ready to go. I don’t know if it necessarily has healing powers, but if I can open it I can play. Good to go.”
So it goes for the surging Cardinals as a mix of Carpenter on base, Harrison Bader in the field, Marcell Ozuna at the plate and Austin Gomber on the mound kept them cooking.