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Instead, the Cardinals struggled to score or even look like the good team we had been catching glimpses of late.
In the first, with Goldschmidt aboard, Yadier Molina singled to left field allowing Goldschmidt to score.
With the tying run at the plate, Colin Moran stepped up to bat.
In his first start back with the Cardinals since a months long stint on the injured list, Miles Mikolas threw five innings on Friday, gave up two walks, two hits and two runs – neither of which were earned thanks to two fielding errors by Bader.
While the the lineup was trying to scratch together some runs to get into the game, Genesis Cabrera pitched the seventh inning giving up four hits, one walk and three runs.
He’s made some pretty spectacular plays as well so you really hate to see him have blunders because he makes good plays in the field, at the plate and on the base path.
On Friday, when they were shutout, the team was zero for seven with runners in scoring position.
It will be interesting to see how this is addressed in the offseason.
They are 12 back of the Milwaukee Brewers and 4.5 back of the Cincinnati Reds, who have slid into the second wild card spot with a loss from the San Diego Padres.