This was a bad loss and one of the few times I felt Black over-managed the pen. Neshek seemed to be throwing well when he gave up that two-out single - not sure why that prompted Bud to start playing the matchup game and empty the plus side of the bullpen.

Offense also went completely to sleep after the rain delay, like they were already celebrating a series sweep. But anyway, at least the trolls who promised us that the Cardinals were going to steamroll their way to a wild card berth can come back and tell us how things are going just exactly as they predicted.