At breakfast Saturday, there were some of the Cardinals, taking in potassium, talking Ks.
“We have had a lot of strikeouts in the first games … and he was worried about the situation,” Jose Martinez said of teammate Yadier Molina. “Almost 70 strikeouts as a team. He was feeling really mad about it because we’re not putting the ball in play. Today we got the idea.”
For these Cardinals to thrive, they’re going to need to hit well with two strikes, if only because they’re going to often have two strikes.
The Cards’ offense entered Saturday with third-highest strikeout rate in Major League Baseball.