St. Louis Cardinals: Cardinals lose in Milwaukee on walk-off

2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R. DEXTER FOWLER. B+. Fowler continued to capitalize off his “I will get a hit” momentum early, smacking a lead off home run off the first pitch of the game. He hit the ball and saw the ball well all game. He was patient, but not hesitant, something that we haven’t seen from him all year. Definitely a positive sign.. CF

3-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R. TOMMY PHAM. A-. Pham made good contact tonight. He got into a few tough counts and missed some good to hit pitches, but he also got his hits and did his job well tonight.. CF

3B. 0-3, 1 BB. MATT CARPENTER. D. Carpenter looked nothing short of lost at the plate. He wasn’t timing pitches properly, wasn’t swinging at easy strikes, and took a couple of bad cuts at obvious balls. When he did make decent contact after a long at-bat, he hit right into a Milwaukee shift and stranded two runners. All in all, not a great night.

B. Carpenter looked nothing short of lost at the plate. He wasn’t timing pitches properly, wasn’t swinging at easy strikes, and took a couple of bad cuts at obvious balls. When he did make decent contact after a long at-bat, he hit right into a Milwaukee shift and stranded two runners. All in all, not a great night.. LF. 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R. MARCEL OZUNA

B-. Carpenter looked nothing short of lost at the plate. He wasn’t timing pitches properly, wasn’t swinging at easy strikes, and took a couple of bad cuts at obvious balls. When he did make decent contact after a long at-bat, he hit right into a Milwaukee shift and stranded two runners. All in all, not a great night.. 1B. 3-4. JOSE MARTINEZ

C. 0-4, 1 SB. YADIER MOLINA. C. Yadi reached on an error tonight and picked up a rare and rather entertaining steal, but wasn’t able to contribute much else on the night. He had some good at-bats, but he also had bad ones, including a rough double play on a poor showing at the plate.

C+. While it wasn’t as frequent as Martinez, DeJong missed some crucial pitches that could’ve been big opportunities. He saw four atrocious balls in his first at-bat, he missed a pitch to hit on his second at-bat, and hit a lame pop-up on the next pitch. While it is more excusable the third time due to the change in speeds, the fact is that DeJong had the opportunities to get big hits and missed them. His final at-bat was a good one in which DeJong showed he is capable of fighting back in a pitcher’s count despite his tendency to strike out, which redeemed his night somewhat.. SS. 1-3. 1 BB. PAUL DEJONG

D. The other lost boy tonight, Wong looked like he knew that he didn’t have a hit tonight. He looked tense at the plate, and mistimed some pitches that would normally be hits. He showed marginally better vision than Carpenter, but he simply looks off, both in terms of timing and swing trajectory. There’s still plenty of time and the eight hitter has far more leeway than others, but Wong needs to start looking better soon.. 2B. 0-4. KOLTEN WONG

5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K. JACK FLAHERTY. B+. It wasn’t perfect, but it’s hard to ask much more of Flaherty, who displayed significant improvement from his short major league stint in 2017. While his fastball was erratic all game, he was able to get a trace of control of it from the third inning (albeit not 100%) on, and made up for it with an effective slider that was hitting all night. His control can be better, but it should continue to improve as the 22 year old accumulates MLB experience.. P

F. Ah, just when we thought the bullpen troubles were over. Sherriff looked solid as the first reliever out of the pen, and stayed in command for five batters. Bowman looked ok, though I don’t understand why Matheny uses him so much and abandons guys like <a rel=. P. 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K. MATHENY'S BULLPEN