The lead Wisdom's grand slam gained the Cardinals was gone by the next inning and vaporized before Yasiel Puig hit his third home run of the game. Puig's first career three-homer game and seven RBIs led a 16-hitting blitz by the Los Angeles Dodgers that sent them to a 17-4 demolition Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
For the first time in more than a week, the Cardinals do not have a hold of a playoff berth and they no longer control their own destiny. And they only control their own destiny for as long as Sunday's game with Adam Wainwright start and ESPN watching.