They were one-hit in Friday night’s Game 1 loss, but in recent weeks — the most important weeks of the season — this team has shown a quirky, almost St. Louis Blues-like ability to brush off defeats and then rise up in meaningful games.

It’s easy to be depressed after such an uninspiring performance in the 2-0 loss to Washington. To think, not one Cardinals starting position player got a hit. Just pinch-hitter Jose Martinez, mercifully, got a hit. It came with two outs in the eighth.

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But think about just earlier this week.