6 takeaways from Cardinals series sweep of Diamondbacks

The St. Louis Cardinals swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game set, looking like a team on a mission toward a fun fall in the playoffs.

The Cardinals pulled off a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks, winning Friday 5-1, Saturday 16-7, and Sunday 6-4.

With a record of 69-51, the Cardinals headed to Chicago for five games over the next four days against the Cubs. The Cardinals have a five-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s easy to see that this series against the Cubs is very important for the Cardinals. While a series against the Cubs is always essential, this one takes on extra importance heading into the season’s final stretch.

What a fantastic team effort

The team picked each other up in each game and carried themselves to victory. The team battled and won despite leaving 15 runners on base and was 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position on Friday. The score may suggest a blowout on Saturday. The game was incredibly close without that total team effort in the ninth inning. The team was 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position and 13 runners left on base.

On Sunday, the team was 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 20 runners on the basepath. Given some rough pitching performances, the team battled at the plate and on the basepath to pull off quite the victory on Sunday for the sweep.

It was a great team effort all weekend. Here’s hoping that continues deep into the fall.

Now let’s take a look at some of the most talked about performances of the weekend.