The Cardinals took a giant step toward punching their playoff ticket Sunday at Busch Stadium when they scored four runs in the third inning against Milwaukee to break a scoreless tie, fueled by Harrison Bader’s leadoff triple to right center off lefthander Brett Anderson.
After's Bader hit, Tyler O’Neill, the No. 9 hitter, worked his way back from an 0-2 count to draw a walk and then Anderson departed with an injury to be replaced by righthander Freddy Peralta.
After Peralta was awarded all the time he needed to warm up, O’Neill stole second to put two runners in scoring position with nobody out.