Once Jack Flaherty, who had looked out of synch for the most part in his first two starts that both were abbreviated, had to come out of his third one after two innings Sunday because of either right shoulder tightness or a “dead” arm, as he told the Cardinals’ staff, the game landed in the hands of an erratic group of middle relievers and Memphis call-ups.
Flaherty was gone after 49 pitches, a few of them unnecessary because of a throwing error he made in the second inning while trying to catch a runner off second base. (Manager Oliver Marmol thought Flaherty was athletic enough to make that play rather than taking the out at first.