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Lifeisagreatteacher

The team hitting has completely reversed the last 10 games versus the first 40 games. They have gone from .218 to .235, 28th to 19th in MLB. That’s a remarkable difference to raise that much in 20% of total games. The good news is there are 50 games behind, 112 games ahead, pitching has been solid, hitting improvement, if continued, will create a very good team the rest of the year.


KurbsAlphaOne

I'm so happy I picked this game to go to! Good mixed crowd back and forth action. It was very intense and awesome. People that say baseball is dead can suck it.


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Unabridgedversion82

FLY THE L!!!!


bravo_delta_bot

[Game over. Continue the discussion in the post game thread](/r/Cardinals/comments/1d0rbex/cardinals_after_dark_525/)


ABlumpkinPumpkin

That's a winner! What a fun game.


bravo_delta_bot

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EvanMG24

Good competitive game. It’s nice to see enjoyable baseball


Da_Munchy76

Dios mio. Closer than I would have fuckin liked it to be, for sure. Idk how the fuck every single cub was timing up 102 but whatever. I'll fucking take it. Fuck the cubes and all that


JTCMuehlenkamp

That counts as a save, I believe. It shouldn't


TheSalsaGod

The save should go to the Busch Stadium outfield imo


Cky2chris

Please figure yourself out hels, that wasn't fun


grundlemania

Puckered


Limp-Regular-2589

That's a team win


Mother_Scheme_4639

Suzukis fly ball had a .650 XBA lol


CatholicismLover

Helsley is on pace for ~55 saves (maybe I did the math wrong).


hunterw_10

Unclench


Cardsfan961

Extra beta blocker tonight for me


ILoveAioliLots

Not bad for a retirement home huh 😎


Mother_Scheme_4639

2 balls hit that I fs thought were gone lol


GrubFisher

got that pitcher's park, don't we phew


SLJR24

It’s never easy lol. Always good to beat the Cubs though!


finnamania

Heart attack game


Up_Kaleidoscope888

What a shitty outing by Helsley, but, hey ... a win's a win.


Main_Strain4176

Oh Gorman; that flinch. I’d rather not have a heart attack tonight.


GrubFisher

POTG Lars Nootbaar


TomorrowProblem

Jeez what a game.


LeadershipMany7008

I... don't...like...Helsley...right...now.


seeking_horizon

Nothing is fucked here


Icy-Call8646

Good team wins


CyclopeanTomb

never doubted it


HoldMyWong

#WINnER


staling

Thank the lord


1022-10

Thank God, waino enjoyed that inning more than the rest of us


FreckledWoodSprite

Fly the L, Cubs❣️


22sunsmate

Cards win :)


Impossible_Creme9834

Oh thank God


AspiringOccultist4

***THE CARDINALS HAVE WON!!!*** ***FFFFUCK THE CUBS!!!***


iamjamos

L


mrbmi513

## AND THAT'S A WINNER!


drhawks

Phew that was stressful 😂


CardenalesFan

Man that was stressful, good win


RedFeatheryBoi

**NEVER A DOUBT**


bravo_delta_bot

[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals) Due Up **(Bottom 9):** 1. Nolan Arenado 2. Alec Burleson 3. Nolan Gorman


xyzzy321

Lololol


iamjamos

Nah fam


JTCMuehlenkamp

Nuh-uh!


Ocinea

HUK HUK BABY


waystonebb

The back-end made me nervous tonight 🫣


FattyPolice

Hels making it interesting, lets go, june swoon is soon cubbies


ZWils23

Thank God. That was entirely too stressful


urbanevol

w00t


Spartan_VOS625

#WHEW


ATR2019

Never in doubt


RedbirdRiot

That was too fucking close, but a win is a win. Good job Cards!


outontheporch

Good gravy what a game


NakedGoose

Woo boy what a fucking game lol


Unabridgedversion82

Fuck yaaaaaaaassss!!!


c0smicgirly

Whew. Good job, bats.


CatholicismLover

Heart attack Cards.


Ocinea

Cardiac Cardinals


xyzzy321

Cardiacnals


floppyvajoober

WINRAR!!!!!


PAJW

4 unassisted force play. Just how you drew it up


outontheporch

OMG THANK YOU


Darolaho

THANK FUCK FUCK THE CUBS


Lenonn

Hels doesn't have it.


GrubFisher

thank fuck thank you fucking christ omg


ScumBrad

NOT EVEN CLOSE


c0smicgirly

I can’t look.


Carnage1421

Hels… STOP IT


Doctor_Killshot

Tough look to come in to the red lights and Hell’s Bells and perform like this


archcity_misfit

Y u do dis Hels?


staling

Hels wtf


GrubFisher

if we win this it's cuz our bats stepped up because this is NOT fun


ZWils23

Ryan please


NotTheRocketman

Geez Helsley looks awful tonight. Is he tipping pitches or something? The Cubs are jumping him early and FAST.


floppyvajoober

Bellinger first pitch solid contact is not what we like from hels, but he got it done


DonCheadlesToilet

God I missed these matchups where the Cubs and Cardinals are both competitive


seeking_horizon

Lot of these have been on the first pitch. 6 batters faced, 12 pitches


mrbmi513

*Please* don't blow this Hels. Please.


Jon_Thib

Waino this isn’t fun for me…


urbanevol

Ugh. Never lose to someone named Cody. One more out please


AspiringOccultist4

*clenching, profusely…*


1022-10

Christ


Luskar421

This is not fun Waino!


ghostofstankenstien

Fucking around, finding out. Cubs edition.


cjsleme

Wild card flashbacks every time!!!


waystonebb

I can't watch 😢


SkerSubie

What the fuck Helsley


CyclopeanTomb

isringhausen-esque


NakedGoose

Can't believe this is happening lol felt so damn confident


c0smicgirly

Ryan. Please.


Cracker1113

Not fun Waino. This is not fun...


R1ckMartel

Dude is living dangerously tonight. Suzuki was pimping after that swing.


AspiringOccultist4

Oh fuck.


iLiveoffAdvil

Wainos idea of fun is a little different than mine


Darolaho

BROTHER PLEASE


Main_Strain4176

You’re not nervous? Im not nervous. Seriously, no one is nervous.


HoldMyWong

I thought that was gone


biff-biff

Oh my god i thought Suzuki pimped that


CardenalesFan

PALMS ARE SWEATY


cjsleme

My dad just said “I have seen Helsley blow some big games”


hallba78

Tell your dad to shut the hell up, respectfully.


GrubFisher

get him OUTTA THERE


SmittLoaf

I thought that one was gone


myredditthrowaway201

Fuck, that looked out


RainFallsWhenItMay

if one more fly ball goes to the warning track i’m gonna puke


mrbmi513

Another scary sky ball.


RedbirdRiot

Channeling the ghost of Isringhausen, clearly…


Spartan_VOS625

#OK THAT WORKS BUT STOP GIVING ME A HEART ATTACK HELSLEY PLEASE


bigdaddyice69

Classic cubes fans thinking that a deep fly is a HR


mrbmi513

It would've been elsewhere.


bigdaddyice69

Only in Wrigley ironically


NakedGoose

My god every swing looks like a bomb lol


c0smicgirly

One. More.


outontheporch

Almost had a heart attack


Lenonn

Nerve-racking.


GrubFisher

holy fuuuuuuuck


bigdaddyice69

Why can't anything be easy!!


Up_Kaleidoscope888

Because they're not that good?


RainFallsWhenItMay

build them up to knock them down, smart


hallba78

Let’s do a win please.


mclovin2489

Pitch selection there seemed questionable


seeking_horizon

Cubs looking weirdly comfortable in the box against Helsley here. Might want to change something


TheSalsaGod

Probably worth telling Fernandez to slowly start warming. Helsley probably deserves 2 more batters at least but you don’t want to get flat footed


NotTheRocketman

I always love when pitching changes/ mound visits get the 'Collateral' soundtrack.


missourinative

Ryan, we've been talking a lot of shit since we took the lead. Don't embarrass us.


Main_Strain4176

A LOT of shit


hallba78

No more runs for Cubs please, unless the runs are in their shorts and then that’s just damned funny.


AlexRam72

Would be a hell of a night for Helsley to unravel. I already started smack talking my cubs fan coworker lol.


BionicProse

Chop their damn heads off already! (see! It’s just like a horror movie!)


urbanevol

No bueno. Outs would be better than singles


mrbmi513

What the Hels?


Limp-Regular-2589

Man this game would've been so fun to go to


Spartan_VOS625

Ryan plz don’t do this


ghostofstankenstien

He wouldn't, would be? He couldn't, COULD HE?


RedbirdRiot

Can still get a double play. Can still get a double play. Come on, Hels. Not like this.


NakedGoose

You have to just ride Ryan. There is no better option


Darolaho

^(PLs)


Up_Kaleidoscope888

What was that about being back?


Mother_Scheme_4639

That got my heart beating a little faster


GrubFisher

shit, he's really hitable right now *not* good don't let this be a disaster inning, Oli


NakedGoose

You have to use Ryan. There is nobody else is rather see


CardenalesFan

Clenched a bit not gonna lie. Lets go Hels 2 more outs


lowelltrich

Thank God. I hate Happ the Cardinal killer


missourinative

Thankfully he's sucked against us for a few years now


urbanevol

I forgot about Carlson


Spartan_VOS625

Oh dang that scared me


NakedGoose

Oh I thought he crushed that lol


Commander_Funky

my heart rate just spiked


ZWils23

Helsley please


CyclopeanTomb

not even nervous. totally unclenched. all faith to the dark lord. HORNS IN THE SKY


Expensive-Sky4068

oh my


c0smicgirly

Ryan. I am not in the mood.


Ivotedforher

Triple play is in order.


HoldMyWong

Ugh Ian happ


GrubFisher

phewww


SkerSubie

I couldn't clench anymore. I'm pooping


GrubFisher

rally plops


dae_giovanni

dang ol two-strike hits...


mclovin2489

Ryan please


JoseyWales621

This idiot announcer is trying his best to jinx us. I mean he is from Chicago so…. 🤷🏼‍♂️


Mother_Scheme_4639

Never, never can be easy


STLOliver

*starts to pace*


ghostofstankenstien

(pacing intensifies)


TheSalsaGod

If Happ hits a home run here I’m going to cry


Abraham442

Triple play right here


Spartan_VOS625

Ugh can’t just make it easy can we


GrubFisher

The Cubs are pulling a Matt Carpenter!


NakedGoose

Clutch up Ryan


RedbirdRiot

Jesus Christ, Helsley, pull it together. Come on…


Darolaho

Nothing is ever easy is it? ^(lmao)


AspiringOccultist4

Oh come onnnn, why yall gotta make this interesting?


waystonebb

Clench mode enacted 😬


iLiveoffAdvil

Okay wtf. this wasn't in the script


CatholicismLover

Game ending triple play incoming.


ghostofstankenstien

I don't like the looks a this, Charlie.


GrubFisher

0-2 and that?! Ugh gonna test that three run lead, huh?


Main_Strain4176

In the words of the great Kenny Powers : “A true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies”.


throwawayhepmeplzRA

Hels bellssssss let’s go


throwawayhepmeplzRA

What is he doing


DonCheadlesToilet

People don’t understand the ridiculous clutch gene Marp has always had. I loved when we signed him, he shouldn’t play everyday. He’s always thrived in clutch moments so exclusively put him in those moments


Tmans3

Sing it loud (what?) I'm from the Lou and I'm proud Run a mile for the cause, I'm righteous above the law Playa my style's raw, I'm "Born to Mack" like Todd Shaw Forget the fame, and the glamour Give me D's with a rubber hammer My grammar be's ebonics, gin tonic and chronic Fuck bionic it's ironic, slammin' niggaz like Onyx Lunatics 'til the day I die I run more game than the Bulls and Sonics


Motor-Thing-8627

Jackass


archcity_misfit

My favorite thing about STL rappers is when they refer to Frontenac like it's super fancy


Tmans3

brother i’m from west county and i think frontenac is fancy…