Folks, I hope you’re here for Padres highlights, because that’s all we have to offer today! The Cardinals were shut out for the second consecutive game, but thanks to Milwaukee’s loss, their magic number to clinch the division dropped to six. Unfortunately both the Mets and Braves each won, which means St. Louis’ hopes of maybe getting that first-round bye are pretty much gone.
Here’s how Tuesday’s boring loss went down. Hopefully, things will go better on the 21st night of September...
1st Inning
Mike Clevinger set the Cardinals down in order in the first inning — Brendan Donovan flew out to center, Tommy Edman grounded out to Jake Cronenworth at second, and Paul Goldschmidt grounded out sharply to Ha-Seong Kim at short.