It’s “ride or die” with Cardinals manager Mike Shildt as he employs the same lineup Friday for Game 3 of the wild-card series in San Diego as he has used for the first two games of the series and on Sunday, the final day of the regular season.
Rookie Dylan Carlson will hit fourth behind Paul Goldschmidt, who has homered in each of the first two games. Yadier Molina is the club’s leading hitter at five for 10 (.500) for the first two games while Goldschmidt, Carlson and Dexter Fowler all are at .400. Paul DeJong and designated hitter Matt Carpenter are at .