It has been a while since the Cardinals last faced the Arizona Diamondbacks. It seems like the schedule makers usually schedule home and away series against non-divisional opponents relatively close together, such as the two Rockies’ series. But sometimes, they are about as far apart as possible. We last saw the Diamondbacks in St. Louis, in a four-game set in late April. Things have changed a bit since then.
With just 20 games played at that point, the two teams entered the previous series in opposite positions: the Cardinals were 4 games over .500, the DBacks 5 games under .