When the Cardinals published their lineup before the game that listed Yairo Munoz batting 6th and playing LF with Tyler O’Neill on the bench, I was prepared to start this recap with a sizable rant about the need to play O’Neill every day while Marcell Ozuna is on the injured list, while going into a litany of reasons that every one here knows on why Munoz should not be the one starting. As I started to prepare that rant, I learned just before the game that Shildt had actually prepared to start O’Neill, but scratched him late with a “minor hand issue.
Cards’ Exploding Bats and Flaherty’s Gem Combine to Skunk the Cubs 8-0
