Expectations for the St. Louis Series

[Bernman23]

Once again the objective should be to at least avoid the sweep. If they can accomplish that, then the race is effectively over. If not, then it goes on. I said it goes on. And following hand-wringing will be warranted. It's not too much to expect the team to win one of the final six games against the team who you're battling the division for, regardless if you have a cushion. Show some degree of killer instinct. They're asking to be finished.

[igor67]

It's got to be pretty frustrating and disheartening to go in on the road pull off the sweep you so desperately need, and then by the end of the next series lost most of what you gained. Not getting swept is the obvious goal, but I'd just as soon sweep them and get that magic number down to a nice miniscule 7 with 18 games to play.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Get 1 in St. Louis and this thing is 99% over.

[TheBwaz]

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[razzzorsharp]

This thing is over 99% over already. I am worries about Arizona and the run they are on however.

[JohnBriggs12]

I caught the 10th inning of the Reds/Cards today on MLB extra innings. Cards announcers seem to have thrown in the towel. Even another sweep only gets them to 6.5 back with 3 weeks to play. That's a tall order. They know losing 2 of 3 at home to Reds killed any momentum from the sweep.

[Bernman23]

One more win in this series, the race will surely be over and then we can turn our attention fully to the D-Backs. Aside from the divisional race, it'd be cathartic to see the Crew win this series to compensate for what happened last week.

[brwrsfan]

The D-Backs have a really easy schedule the rest of the way and are on fire. Gotta hope that cools down or we can keep pace with them. 3.5 up on them with 20 to go...