ST. LOUIS — During a recent stretch of improved baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals eliminated errors and other mental mistakes, helping their pitchers reduce pitch counts and last longer in games.
That hasn’t been the case the last couple of games. Critical miscues have led to a whopping seven unearned runs against a good-hitting team in the Miami Marlins, and those mistakes have led to St. Louis losses.
The Cardinals will try to reverse that trend and gain a split of their four-game series at Busch Stadium on Thursday.
The 9-6 defeat to the Marlins on Wednesday featured a pretty egregious display in the second inning.