To put it in boxing terms, Cardinals slugger Nolan Arenado, while searching for his knockout punch, was content to counter punch Saturday as he had three singles, including two which drove in the only two St. Louis runs. None of them was exactly smoked but Arenado said, “All hits are pretty. You take every single one of them.
“I want to be better but right now I’m in kind of a rut. Today, I was happy to help the team a little bit.”
Arenado, who had been one for his past 24, agreed that he had shortened his stroke against Cincinnati starter Tyler Mahle, against whom Arenado singled in the first and fourth, both to his opposite field in right.