There’s no shortage of areas to point fingers at as far as where things went wrong in Tuesday night’s 8-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of their three-game set in front of an announced crowd of 36,028 at Busch Stadium.
Cardinals starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery fell victim to a six-run fourth inning that included some pitches that were hit hard, some defensive plays that weren’t made behind him and extended innings and some incredibly bad luck — such as when a bounced curveball gets hit for a two-run double.
The three-run ninth-inning came up short despite having the tying run at the plate with one out, and on base with two outs.