Atlanta BravesvsSt. Louis Cardinals
ATL 1/STL 4
Things to say
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 at Busch Stadium.
01
opener
Cards took it 4-1 at Busch. Braves never really got the bats going. Kind of a quiet one for a first-place team.
02
key player
The Cardinals starter was the whole story. Got deep into the game, kept the heart of their order off balance all night. One run is one run.
03
hot take
Atlanta's the better team on paper and it doesn't matter if the offense keeps going to sleep on the road.
04
deep cut
St. Louis only needed four runs because the pen didn't blow it for once. That's been their whole season, honestly.
05
exit
Anyway, they run it back tomorrow, so we'll see if the Braves actually show up.
The recap
Cardinals took care of business at Busch, knocking off Atlanta 4-1 in a tidy afternoon. This one was all about the pitching — St.
Louis kept the Braves' heart of the order quiet all day and never let the game get away from them. Atlanta managed just the one run, so the bats never got into their stuff against a Cardinals staff that leaned on the bullpen to slam the door.
Nice bounce-back win for a St. Louis club clawing back toward .500.