"We all knew it was going to be a tough series," Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina said. "They've got a pretty good team over there. We respect that. We'll take it, 1-1, right now. We have to go over there ready to go and try to win it."
In the Wild Card era during NLDS matchups that used the 2-2-1 format, the team that split the first two games on the road have gone on to win the series 17 of 29 times.
"No one said it was going to be easy," Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright said.