On a night when the Cardinals honored Hall of Famer manager Whitey Herzog, architect of the “Whiteyball” style of play for his slugging-challenged championship teams of the 1980s, the Cardinals and Washington Nationals seemed intent on trying to bring back some of that small ball.
The Cardinals tried two sacrifice bunts, both by starting pitcher John Gant, and both were successful. One led to their first run. The Cardinals also stole a base — Tommy Edman has all three of theirs this season — to set up another scoring chance, on which they didn't capitalize.
The Nationals tried to bunt on three occasions although they messed up all of them, striking out, being called for batter interference and popping up with a man at third and one out.
