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What went wrong in St. Louis Cardinals’ terrible series against Rays

By Miranda Remaklus

Jun 7, 2022; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson (43) throws a pitch during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 7, 2022; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson (43) throws a pitch during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 7, 2022; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson (43) throws a pitch during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 7, 2022; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson (43) throws a pitch during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

The St Louis Cardinals were swept in a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Cardinals looked like a completely different team in their series with the Rays. With the hopes of riding high after taking 3 of 5 from the Cubs, the Cardinals looked rather flat.

The Cardinals lost 4-2 on Tuesday, 11-3 on Wednesday, and 2-1 on Thursday.

The Cardinals will try to get themselves back together as they head back to St. Louis for a weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Let’s take a look at what happened in Tampa Bay.

Tuesday: Rays 4, Cardinals 2 in 10 innings

Oh, that was terrible!

After leaving 11 on base, the Cardinals only managed to score two runs and that just wasn’t enough. Down to the last out of the game, Drew VerHagen served up a home run to Taylor Walls scoring Issac Paredes and Brett Phillies.

This was VerHagen’s first loss and first blown save. He pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit, a walk, and three runs.

It was a real gut punch as the first out of the bottom of the tenth came off this dandy of a play from Gold Glove third baseman Nolan Arenado.

https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1534359194190729216?s=20&t=C8psShsYoo50ZzABBdY1Yg

The Cardinals got their first run in the eighth inning. Harrison Bader singled on a liner to right field, scoring Lars Nootbaar. In the tenth, the Cardinals scored what they thought would be their winning run as Nootbaar knocked a sacrifice fly to score Tommy Edman. Unfortunately, they couldn’t manage to put any more runners across the plate. Frustrating!

This was Tyler O’Neill’s first game back with the Cardinals after a stint on the injured list with a right shoulder impingement. He was 2-for-5.  Also, Albert Pujols is now in sole possession of ninth place on the all-time hits list for MLB at 3,320.

Dakota Hudson looked great in his outing, resulting in a no-decision for the righty. He tossed seven innings, giving up two hits, one walk, and one run. He struck out six batters whilst inducing 13 swings and misses.

Giovanny Gallegos pitched an inning, striking out one and inducing three swings and misses. Ryan Helsley pitched an inning, giving up a walk. He did have a max velocity of 101.1 mph.

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