{"id":828646,"date":"2021-09-29T17:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828646"},"modified":"2021-09-29T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:44:13","slug":"mlb-st-louis-cardinals-win-17th-straight-clinch-postseason-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-st-louis-cardinals-win-17th-straight-clinch-postseason-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB: St. Louis Cardinals Win 17th Straight, Clinch Postseason Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlb-st-louis-cardinals-win-17th-straight-clinch-postseason-spot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828646&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235568344.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>You have to go all the way back to September 10th in order to find a box score that has the St. Louis Cardinals losing a game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the loss to the Cincinnati Reds, the Cardinals have won 17 consecutive games, run away from the Wild Card competition, and have secured a playoff spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSeventeen in a row; you can\u2019t plan for that,\u201d Cardinals star <\/span><span>Paul Goldschmidt<\/span><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/32302659\/st-louis-cardinals-win-17th-consecutive-game-clinch-national-league-second-wild-card-berth\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut going into this last month, we just knew that we needed to win series. If we could win series, we could gain ground. But 17 \u2026 you can\u2019t explain that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Their 17th win in a row came on Tuesday night in St. Louis with a 6-2 win over the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. They got home runs from Nolan Arenado, Dylan Carlson, and Jose Rondon, and Adam Wainwright went six innings, giving up two earned runs. The win clinched the second Wild Card spot for the Cardinals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be able to go the playoffs is what it\u2019s all about,\u201d Arenado <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/cardinals-win-clinch-2nd-nl-wild-card-spot\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThis team is unbelievable. We carry each other. I\u2019m happy to be a part of it. This is why I\u2019m here \u2014 to get a chance to play in the playoffs and to be able to do [that] in my first year here is a great feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On September 11th, the Cardinals woke up with a 71-69 record, sitting fourth in the Wild Card standings \u2014 3.5 games out of the second Wild Card spot \u2014 and 14 games back in the loss column to the Brewers in the NL Central.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And they haven\u2019t lost since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of credit goes to the coaching staff. No matter what was happening this year, every day they came in the same,\u201d Goldschmidt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/32302659\/st-louis-cardinals-win-17th-consecutive-game-clinch-national-league-second-wild-card-berth\">said<\/a>. \u201cThey kept encouraging us, even at times when we had lost a lot of games in a row, and had made a lot of mistakes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 17-game winning streak is the longest in the MLB since the Cleveland Indians won 22 straight in 2017, and it\u2019s the longest winning streak in franchise history, surpassing the 1935 team by three games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLong time ago, and here we\u2019ve blown past it by three games with more to come,\u201d chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/professional\/one-wild-streak-cardinals-claim-playoff-spot-run-winning-streak-to-17-consecutive-with-6\/article_336247ae-55f2-51ba-a367-fabc197275e1.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cThey can\u2019t wait to get to the ballpark in the morning. They just know they\u2019re going to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Cardinals are slotted to play either the Los Angeles Dodgers or the San Francisco Giants in the Wild Card game on October 6th. The Giants currently hold a two-game lead with five games to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whichever team finishes second in the National League West will be heavy favorites in the one-game Wild Card game, but hot teams are always dangerous come postseason baseball. And there\u2019s no team hotter than the Cardinals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe feel dangerous,\u201d Wainwright <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/cardinals-win-clinch-2nd-nl-wild-card-spot\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThere have been a couple times where to start the postseason I go, \u2018This team could do it.\u2019 We have a team that can do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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