4 series the Cardinals wish they could do over in 2024

Chicago White Sox -- May 3rd-May 5th

The Chicago White Sox will finish with the worst record in baseball history this year. They have a winning record this year against just five teams: The Colorado Rockies, the Atlanta Braves, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Washington Nationals, and the St. Louis Cardinals. Of those five teams, only one lost a series at home against the White Sox: the Cardinals in early May.

After winning the first game in the series, the Cardinals would lose the final two, 6-5 and 5-1, respectively. Chicago's two best starters, Erick Fedde and Garrett Crochet, were both pitching in the losses, but the Cardinals tagged Fedde for five runs in 4.1 innings. The issue in Saturday's 5-6 loss was that the Cardinals went just 3-13 with runners in scoring position. They scored five runs in the 5th inning, but they wouldn't score at any other point during the game.

On Sunday against Garrett Crochet, the best the Cardinals could muster was a solo home run by Willson Contreras in the 4th inning. St. Louis had just four hits, and they didn't log a single walk all game. Crochet is an elite pitcher this year, but he had it easy in this game. St. Louis didn't have anything against Chicago's ace.

If St. Louis could have taken even two games in that series, that would have been sufficient. Instead, they walked away with a series loss. Saturday's game felt like the one the Cardinals should have won, as they got to Erick Fedde early, but they couldn't cash in on serious run-scoring chances.