While both teams on the field with reservations already secure in the postseason used their veterans strategically and limited their pitchers appropriately, a rookie put on a show.
Dylan Carlson homered twice, once from each side of the plate, and had two superb plays at two different positions in the outfield to start the Cardinals on a new winning streak. Carlson’s two-run homer in the sixth inning and his catch against the right-field wall in the ninth lifted the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory Thursday afternoon against Milwaukee and Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals ended their season series with the division champs by winning six of the final seven games. If they meet again it will be in the NLCS, for the pennant.
