If it's possible to have a game where the Cardinals felt like they would win from this first pitch to the last, this was it. There was little doubt they could handle business once they showed they had the ability to score runs off Jimmy Nelson and when the Cardinals play like a good offense, they will probably win.
The scouting report must have said to jump on Jimmy Nelson early on in the count, because they did not give him much room to make pitches. On the second pitch of the game, Matt Carpenter hit a single.