Mike Shildt had talked before Wednesday’s Cardinals game with the Philadelphia Phillies that his young righthander, Johan Oviedo, making his first start of the season, would “embrace the moment.”
In reality, Oviedo crushed it for the first four innings, striking out seven, walking one and giving up just two hits. But, one out away from a possible win in his final inning, the fifth, Oviedo threw a bad slider to former Cardinal Brad Miler, who hammered it over the right-field wall for a two-run homer that tied the score.
For the most part, Oviedo had been in control.