The St. Louis Cardinals keep churning out wins with a machine-like efficiency. The franchise with two World Series titles in the past eight years to go with another NLCS appearance last season, is off to the best record in the National League, with an 18-11 mark coming into Saturday’s games. TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage will look at what they’re doing well and where the potential pitfalls might come from.
Here they come again. That’s what the National League has to be saying about the St. Louis Cardinals right now, who are holding a two-game lead in the push for the second wild-card spot as they head into tonight’s key series finale in Pittsburgh. That the Cardinals have played themselves back into position can’t be that big of a surprise given the caliber of this team’s offense and the fact there’s one more playoff spot available than last year. What does have to be considered a surprise is that it’s St. Louis’ starting pitching that’s carrying them…