Brad Miller had succeeded for a while. Matt Carpenter, Paul DeJong and Tyler O'Neill all had their cracks at it. But none was really successful as the Cardinals' cleanup man and protector of No. 3 hitter Paul Goldschmidt.
So, manager Mike Shildt took his No. 9 hitter of Saturday night, rookie Dylan Carlson, and made him the fourth hitter for the Cardinals' final regular-season game Sunday at Busch Stadium against the Milwaukee Brewers.
"There’s a methodology to it,” said Shildt, who said he had been pondering this move for a while. “And part of that methodology is.