MILWAUKEE • We talked about Sunday’s game all winter, playing it out on the mounds in our minds. Cardinals’ starter goes six quality innings. And then? Alex Reyes, Andrew Miller, Jordan Hicks — nasty, gnarly, no chance you’re hitting this.
Well, Sunday was the first time the situation happened with a save on the line. The save was blown.
Location, location, location makes or breaks Hicks’ vocation. And even if the pitch is a blistering 101 miles per hour, if it’s in the middle of the strike zone it’s going to leave the bat with a triple-digit speed, too.