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BenFred: Seventeen things we learned about the Cardinals during their 17-game blitz

On the 18th day, the Cardinals rested.

They earned it.

A gantlet of 17 games in 17 days – with one sort-of off day dropped in due to a rain-delayed rescheduling that produced a double-header the next day — planted Mike Shildt’s club in first place in the National League Central with a two-game lead over the second-place Brewers.

Since the first game of a home sweep against the Reds on April 23, when Shildt suggested his team was ready to roll through its 17-game blitz between scheduled off days, the Cardinals went 13-4 with three series sweeps and no series losses.