KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The phrase obviously kicked around in conversations between Cardinals on this road trip and repeated in comments this past week from all socially distant corners of the clubhouse was best captured by reliever Ryan Helsley.
“We have our destiny in our own hands,” he said. “However we play is where we’re going to be.”
Manager Mike Shildt referenced the destiny in their grip.
Center fielder Harrison Bader echoed that sentiment.
And they’re not wrong.
The Cardinals’ thud Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium, losing 12-3 to Kansas City, dropped their record to 27-26, and for the sixth time this season they lost when they had a chance to get three games better than .