It is a general rule to follow that if in a five-game series, the road team at the beginning of the series can split the first two games before coming back home, they are in a good spot. That was my thought process as the St. Louis Cardinals traveled to Atlanta to take on the Braves in the NLDS and I don’t think I was alone. With Jack Flaherty pitching Sunday and not being able to pitch until Game 2, it wouldn’t have been a surprise to see the Cardinals drop Game 1.
Not to act like Flaherty in Game 2 is automatic, but we as Cardinals fans are right to be confident in Flaherty.