SAN DIEGO — While you were sleeping, the Cardinals’ offense did not wake up.
As midnight neared in St. Louis and a mild evening gave way to a lovely San Diego night, the Cardinals spent Tuesday still searching through a marine layer that has settled over the lineup. It's obscured any semblance of offense. For the third consecutive game, the Cardinals failed to score a run in the first nine innings, falling this time to San Diego, 5-0, at Petco Park.
The Cardinals have scored one run in their past 29 innings, and that run came only when rules spontaneously generated a runner at second base in extra innings.