The Cardinals, quite simply, can’t hit in this NLCS: They have a grand total of two runs and 11 hits through three games. The $140 million lefty will start for the Nationals in Game 4 on Tuesday night, when they can close out a sweep at home. Washington hasn’t put a baseball team in the World Series since 1933, when the Senators lost to the New York Giants in five games. But even when the Cardinals did something right against Strasburg, they erased it by doing something wrong. Strasburg is now hale and hearty, throwing 117 pitches Monday, his most since totaling 118 in a May 2017 game.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 15, 2019 03:00 UTC