Carlos was destined for early wildness from the get-go. The Cardinals’ ace lost Zobrist to a walk on a questionable 3-1 fastball called ball 4. He recovered to get Heyward to pop out to short CF before getting Bryant to miss-hit a meatball slider in the middle of the plate and pop out into foul territory. Then he got Rizzo ground out on a comebacker, featuring a slick, between-the-legs play. He threw 12 pitches.
The Cardinals supported their ace early on. After Carpenter popped out to LF, Tommy Pham battled back from an 0-2 count to draw a walk.