ATLANTA —The Cardinals did something Wednesday in the first inning that they hadn’t done last week against Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz. They scored. And they scored again. And eight more times after that against the righthander and his relief.
Ten, count ‘em 10, runs — on only half as many hits — came across as the Cardinals charged to a huge, historic lead in the decisive fifth game of what had been a highly competitive National League Division Series.
The SunTrust Park crowd, sans the trademark foam tomahawks because Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley, a Cherokee, had taken offense to their usage last week, didn’t exactly know how to behave.