While monitoring the hockey score, he did some digging to try to better understand the reasons behind his team’s struggles in May.
They entered Wednesday’s doubleheader against Kansas City with a 5-13 record in May. In doing so, the Cardinals have averaged 4.4 runs per game. But take away the games in which they scored 17 and 14 runs, they have averaged three runs.
“Generally speaking, we improved a lot of things offensively that didn’t see a reward,” he said. “We weren’t able to come up with big hits in a lot of games. We maintained a high level of defense and our base running continued to excel.