The Cardinals' (from left) Matt Wieters, Harrison Bader, hitting coach Jeff Albert, Paul Goldschmidt and Jack Flaherty watch as Matt Carpenter grounds out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning as Washington Nationals pitcher Daniel Hudson watches Paul DeJong run during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com)
Robert CohenIn late July, as the Cardinals’ offense started to perk up and bring the winning with it, hitting coach Jeff Albert sat in the visitors’ dugout in Pittsburgh and, smartphone and notebook nearby, picked apart some of the inconsistencies he saw improving, inconsistencies in the lineup that resurfaced and lingered all the way to the last out of October.