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PHILADELPHIA聽鈥� Before the Cardinals committed to adjustments for a rotation that proactively managed the workload for some starters, they had their decision made for them by something they had not faced in nearly two years.

Andre Pallante went on the 15-day injured list Friday night with inflammation in his right elbow. He experienced some discomfort in his triceps area during his previous start. He will miss his start Saturday, and rookie lefty Quinn Mathews will join the rotation for the foreseeable future. Mathews was with the team in Philadelphia on Friday, and he must be added to the active roster before starting Saturday night's game against the Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA聽鈥� Hunter Dobbins has felt similar tightness in his pitching arm while playing catch to warm up for a start, and eventually the arm and all its coils of muscles and ligaments, loosens and the sensation is forgotten amidst the pressure of the game.

鈥淭his time,鈥� he said late Friday night, 鈥渋t just kind of didn鈥檛.鈥�

PHILADELPHIA 鈥� A seesaw game that once again showed how resolute and resourceful these Cardinals are when it comes to finding ways to create nailbiters will be just as memorable for what they lost long before they lost the game.

The Cardinals rallied again and again and then again but fell to the host Phillies, 7-6, in the 10th inning Friday night. Bryan Torres鈥� RBI single in the eighth inning tied the game that eventually tumbled into extra innings, and Jose Fermin pulled a single to left to score the go-ahead run in the 10th. With no outs in the 10th, Alec Bohm tripled to the center-field nook at Citizens Bank Park to bring home two teammates for the walk-off win.

After a trade deadline selloff, the Cardinals have been one of baseball's biggest surprises since. The surging Redbirds push on to face the streaking Phillies in what may be the biggest remaining series of the year.

The Cardinals begin the final series of a long road trip on Friday night at 5:40 p.m. (最新杏吧原创 time) against the Phillies in the City of Brotherly Love. The Cardinals won after a wild ninth inning rally and near collapse Thursday.

CINCINNATI 颅鈥� After an error on a fly ball that would have ended the game had it not been dropped created the opening to stage a six-run ninth inning on Thursday in Cincinnati, the same sound lead that was enough to come away with a win nearly slipped from the Cardinals鈥� grasp.

Up 10-5 over the Reds at Great American Ball Park, the Cardinals took a lead on a fly ball dropped by center fielder Dane Myers and padded it with RBIs from Alec Burleson, Joshua Baez and Jose Fermin.

Cardinals rookie outfielder Joshua Baez delivered a moment unlike anything ever seen before in Major League Baseball. Anyone with a true understanding of sports realizes the tremendous folly of becoming a prisoner of the moment, but that moment 鈥� that moment was something else. That moment made many onlookers surrender.

People watched Baez鈥檚 debut and immediately offered up their wrists as if they said 鈥渉andcuff me, take me away鈥� as a willing prisoner to the display Baez put on in Wrigley Field. There鈥檚 no shame or blame in that reaction to the moment, considering its unique weight.