SAN FRANCISCO • Tyler O’Neill made the first mistake for the Cardinals in the fourth inning Saturday night at Oracle Park. With runners at first and second and out, left fielder O’Neill seemingly was camped under a fly ball hit by San Francisco’s Joe Panik. Suddenly, O’Neill took his eye off the ball and looked toward center fielder Dexter Fowler, as if he had heard Fowler call the ball, which Fowler apparently hadn’t.
The next one was on starter Miles Mikolas although perhaps it wasn’t that big a mistake other than that the result went to the shortest part of the park.