On Saturday, Cardinals rookie Patrick Wisdom followed three walks in succession from Dodgers lefthander Rich Hill with a fourth-inning grand slam off an 0-2 pitch. Wisdom had his first grand slam of his brief career, his fourth homer overall, and Busch was jazzed as the Cardinals led 4-3.
With the Cardinals having been in front so infrequently, they haven’t made much use of their new late-inning-lightning bullpen punch of Jordan Hicks and Carlos Martinez. Hicks hasn’t pitched since last Sunday, and Martinez not since Monday. Bud Norris, the closer much of the season, has faced just one batter since Monday and Dakota Hudson has pitched just one inning since Sunday.