The St. Louis Cardinals rode a 17-game winning streak to claim the second wild-card spot and will face the Dodgers on Wednesday. Here's why they pose a serious threat.
The many spectators who left Dodger Stadium with the Dodgers down against the Padres missed the home team’s most spectacular comeback this season.“FanGraphs had us at like a negative 400% chance to make the playoffs,” Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright said after Tuesday night’s clincher, “and we just proved everyone wrong.”St. Louis Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill doubles against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.
The 16-year veteran went 17-7 with a 3.05 ERA in 32 starts this season, striking out 174 and walking 50 in 206 1/3 innings, and gave up four runs and seven hits in 8 1/3 innings of his only start against the Dodgers this season, a 5-4 win in Busch Stadium on Sept. 8.
and is often summoned when a double-play grounder is needed. Garcia, released by the Yankees on July 6, is 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA in 34 games. His sinking fastball averages 98.3 mph and touches 100 mph.Many Cardinals fans scoffed when the team acquired veteran left-handers Jon Lester and J.A. Happ at the trade deadline.
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