Streaking Cardinals Pass Another Big Test by Throttling Brewers
Having beaten up on the Pirates and Dodgers in recent days, the Cardinals took it to the back-to-back-to-back NL Central Division champion Brewers 5-3 on Monday night at Busch Stadium. The Cards have won seven of eight.
Cardinals’ manager Oliver Marmol discusses the pressure applied by his team’s offense on Monday night and how the club passed another big test by beating the Brewers. ST. LOUIS – Facing a division rival for the first time in 2026, the Cardinals coolly and efficiently swept the Pirates in Pittsburgh last week.
Back at home and facing one of the first real measuring-stick tests of the season against the back-to-back champion Dodgers, the Cardinals didn’t blink in taking two of three in that series. On Monday night, in their first game against a Brewers team that has dominated them and the rest of the NL Central while winning three straight division crowns, the Cardinals showed again that the quality of the opponent across the way doesn’t seem to be much of a deterrent in their recent run of success. The Cardinals used Ivan Herrera’s three-run double, a two-RBI night from standout rookie JJ Wetherholt and one-run pitching over 5 1/3 innings from Kyle Leahy to beat the rival Brewers 5-3 at Busch Stadium.
“We’re basically just evaluating how we’re going about it, and with the way we’re playing right now, I’m comfortable playing just about anybody,” said manager Oliver Marmol, whose Cardinals have won seven times in the past eight games. “It has more to do with our consistency right now more than anything. ” They're going to walk him to get to Herrera.
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