The last time the St. Louis Cardinals won a game, it was the winner-take-all Game 5 of the NL Division Series. Baseball fans will recall that the Cardinals hung a record 10 runs on the Atlanta Braves in that game and went on to win, 13-1.
Things have a funny way of coming full circle. The Washington Nationals didn’t score 10, but their first inning in Game 4 of the NLCS Tuesday was the most deflating thing that could have happened to an already-wilting Cardinals side.
The Nationals took a 7-0 lead on St. Louis in the first inning, putting them on the cusp of a sweep of the Cardinals and the first World Series berth in franchise history.