The Cardinals' Yadier Molina screams to Marcell Ozuna to run after striking out in the first inning. Ozuna reached first base on a wild pitch in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves of Game 5 of the NLDS on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Ga. (Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com)
Robert CohenOver the generations, the Cardinals have won a lot of things a lot of ways, but they’ve never won anything like this: with a 10-run, first-inning hay-maker, on the road, in a postseason elimination game, against a starting hurler who, in Game 2, pitched seven scoreless innings against them.