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.
Instead, Shildt has gone to an assortment of bullpenners who have given up 17 runs (12 earned) in 17 2/3 innings over the four-game slide, which has dropped them one game behind the Dodgers in the wild-card derby and also one game behind Colorado, pending its late game with San Francisco.