Cardinals Just Posted the Worst Series-Long Batting Line in Championship Series History
By Ryan Giglio
The St. Louis Cardinals should be embarrassed by their awful showing in the NLCS.
Anyone who watched the series doesn't need numbers and stats to know how bad the team performed, but as you keep digging it gets way worse.
In fact, the Cardinals' putrid batting line in the series is the worst in a Championship Series in MLB history.
I'm sure someone else pointed this out already, but the STL .130/.195/.179 line from the NLCS is literally the weakest in ALCS/NLCS history. Some job by Nationals pitching. pic.twitter.com/TLSAy6ntdP
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 16, 2019
The Cardinals hit .130/.195/.179 in the four games and their .374 OPS is 25 points lower than the previous worst on this list (.399 from the 1982 Atlanta Braves).
This is an offense that, after scoring 10 runs in the first inning of Game 5 of the NLDS against the Braves, only scored six in 36 NLCS innings.
The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first inning of game 5 against the Braves and then followed it up with six total runs in 36 innings against the Nats in the NLCS.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 16, 2019
Credit is obviously due to the Nationals' dominant starters, but the Cardinals batters were a special type of awful. The Dodgers were able to score 22 runs in five NLDS games off the same pitching staff.
Paul Goldschmidt's last seven NLCS plate appearances:
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 16, 2019
-Strikeout looking
-Strikeout swinging
-Strikeout swinging
-Strikeout looking
-Strikeout swinging
-Strikeout swinging
-Strikeout swinging
At the end of the day, guys like Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna need to step up rather than disappear. And Matt Carpenter? He was so bad that he was benched for rookie Tommy Edman.
The Cards have a lot of reflecting to do this offseason after being bounced in this manner.