The Cardinals came into this week with control of their own fate. They were up 1.5 games in the lead for the 2nd wild card with a particularly good week putting even the NL Central on the table. That is no longer possible. The Brewers swept the Cardinals in decisive fashion to put both the division and homefield advantage in the wild card game off the table. The best case scenario is now the Cardinals making the 2nd wild card as a road team. Worst case, they don’t make the playoffs.
However, the playoffs are still on the table.