Manager Mike Shildt said the past two days were “a whirlwind of baseball. Overall, I’m very, very satisfied and very pleased. I’m proud, but not surprised about how our guys competed. The guys are mentally and physically tough.”
Game 1 Sunday was a come-from-behind, Harrison Bader-walkoff 4-3 triumph for the Cardinals. In Game 2, Shildt rested Paul Goldschmidt (who missed his first game of the season), Marcell Ozuna and Tommy Edman for the first time in the series, with another day game against San Francisco here looming Monday.
Ponce de Leon issued his only walk to Nick Senzel, who moved to second on a groundout.