Exit Astros, Thankfully, Enter Reds, No-Thankfully

I thought this might have been the game when the Cardinals finally solved their Bud Norris problem—instead, it was his most impressive performance yet. It wasn't a typical one run game; they seemed to threaten on a regular basis, but were stifled by a lack of baserunners—Norris has allowed zero walks in just one other game in his career, and had walked three or more in five games out of six this year—and a series of ugly and inexplicable plays. If Rasmus's first swing gets by Berkman, or Skip Schumaker's 3-2 double play is broken up at home plate, things look different. But they don't look different.

Viva El Birdos