May flowers were unavailable for comment Monday, but I suspect they were just about but not quite as thankful as the Cardinals for the round of April showers that washed out the fourth and final game of a season-opening series against the Pirates.
The postponement gifted the Cardinals a day of rest for relief pitchers headed into a stretch of what was supposed to be 22 consecutive days with a game.
Essentially, the rainout cleaned the slates of Miles Mikolas and Steven Matz, the No. 2 and No. 3 starters who combined to produce 6 2/3 innings in their first starts.