The St. Louis Cardinals need something to jumpstart their offense or it will be off-season before they know it. They are down two games to none in the NLCS heading into Game 3 in Washington. Only 12% of postseason teams come back from such a situation.
The problems are legion. The playoff baseball used is not traveling as far as the regular-season ball, claim the Cardinals. And they may be right. Even their 13-run rout of the Atlanta Braves featured no home runs. The team that relied heavily on the home run during the season is finding itself having to string together singles… or else.