CHICAGO • When asked about Matt Carpenter, Mike Shildt deadpanned from the pregame dugout Friday: “He was pretty good the last time he was here.”
At the stadium where Babe called his shot, Carp's performance was Ruthian. Six homers during a five-game series. It propelled the infielder into the MVP mix.
But now, Carp returns for the final three games of the series out of the MVP race. That'll likely go to Christian Yelich. We watched at Busch Stadium this week as Yelich “Carp'd” the Cards, going all carpe diem and swinging carte blanche. Then, Yelich even had different type of Carp-esque performance in Wednesday's game, walking five times.