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Cowherd:
Alright, THIS is October. This is why we watch. Game 3 wasn’t baseball—it was a stress test. And St. Louis passed it. Barely. But they passed it.
Milwaukee had this game multiple times. Brian Harrington was unconscious—two homers, five RBIs, carried the Brewers like a superstar is supposed to. On the road. In the NLCS. That’s a legacy-type night. And yet… they leave Busch Stadium down 2–1 in the series. That tells you how thin the margins are right now.
Russo:
Yeah but Colin, that’s the part that’ll eat at Milwaukee forever if this series turns. You score eight runs, your best hitter has the game of his life, and you STILL can’t close it? That’s brutal. Absolutely brutal.
And let’s be honest—this was a bullpen nightmare. You get to the ninth inning tied, you bring in Berman, and boom: Dominguez, then Stephens. Season-defining moment. You can’t script it worse if you’re the Brewers.
Cowherd:
Exactly. And look, I’ll say this: St. Louis didn’t dominate this game. They survived it. Their starter got rocked, the crowd was tense all afternoon, but they never panicked. That matters. Veteran teams don’t need to be perfect—they just need to be standing at the end.
Isaiah Stephens goes 0-for-most-of-the-day, then hits a three-run walk-off like he’s been waiting for it since breakfast. That’s October confidence. That’s “I don’t care what happened before” energy.
Russo:
And that’s where the Cardinals have the edge right now. They don’t rely on one guy. Harrington was the best player on the field, no question—but St. Louis had Dominguez, Jankowski, Gonzago, Stephens. It comes from everywhere. Milwaukee’s stars are shining, but St. Louis keeps answering in waves.
Also—three errors by Milwaukee? You’re not surviving that in this ballpark, in this weather, in this series.
Cowherd:
Right. And now zoom out: Milwaukee has played three games, scored runs, hit homers, had leads—and they’re still trailing the series. That’s psychologically dangerous. Because eventually you start thinking, What do we have to do to actually win one of these?
Meanwhile St. Louis is thinking, We don’t have to be great—just resilient.
Russo:
Game 4’s massive. Milwaukee can’t let this snowball. But St. Louis? They’ve got momentum, the crowd, and the belief that no matter how crazy it gets, they’ll find a way at the end.
That’s not luck. That’s October muscle memory.
Cowherd:
Exactly. And right now, St. Louis is flexing it.