What Jack Flaherty started and Paul Goldschmidt supported it took near perfection to finish against the feisty, first-place, unfazed Milwaukee Brewers.
Mistakes were made.
Mistakes compounded.
The Cardinals saw a one-run lead vanish along with a home run over the left-field wall in the ninth inning and then their game came completely apart in the 10th. The Brewers’ go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch and they would run away with a 6-4 victory Wednesday night at Busch Stadium.
That runner was at third because of Alex Reyes’ throwing error to start the inning. Two more runs followed, eased along by a savvy bunt from Christian Yelich and a ball that pinballed away in right field.