Yadier Molina’s defense and longevity might earn him a ticket to the Hall of Fame. Suddenly the veteran St. Louis Cardinals catcher is on a
home-run tear.
He homered twice to back a strong start by Miles Mikolas and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
Molina’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off reliever Jeremy Jeffress gave St. Louis the lead and the Cardinals held on behind the solid pitching of
Mikolas and four relievers.
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Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said the 35-year-old Molina has developed more power as he has grown older.
”He was such a young player when he came up,” Matheny said of Molina, who earlier this week set a major league record for most games caught with one team
(now 1,762).
January.
”Your job in these situations is to come in and win,” Schneider said Tuesday after not taking part in a skate mostly for players who were scratched on
Monday.
”I have said all along, I haven’t tried to veer from what I have been doing. It hasn’t gone my way recently for a number of reasons we don’t have to get
into. I just viewed the playoffs as a fresh start, a new season and it didn’t
matter what happened before.”
Schneider said there was no need to carry an extra baggage into the playoffs. He was just excited to have a chance to rise to the challenge. He did and so did
his teammates in rallying for four third-period goals to get back into the
series.
Devils coach John Hynes would not say on Tuesday whether Schneider would start
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Hynes said going with Schneider – his No. 1 goaltender the past three seasons- in Game 3 was not a gamble. He had wanted to play him down the stretch
of the regular season but Kinkaid was too hot, going 10-1-1 in the 12 games that
led to the Devils clinching a playoff berth.
”We felt as a group that Cory had worked hard, he looked good in practice and you could tell that he was itching to play,” Hynes said. ”It just seemed the way
the series was going, let’s give him an opportunity to play. I think he was
fresh and hungry.”
Hynes said it was nice to see him play well because of how he handled not being the backup, a job that doesn’t attract the media to your locker.
When Schneider came out on Tuesday, a crowd quickly surrounded him.
Brian Boyle, who has more playoff experience than any player on the Devils roster, said having Schneider play well will push Kinkaid.
”There is a lot of internal competition
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you channel energies the right way it will bring position energies for your
team.”
The goal for the Devils and Schneider will be to repeat their efforts in Game 4.
”That game is done with. It’s over,” Schneider said of Game 3. ”It doesn’t matter how good you feel about it afterward. It all depends on how you come out
the next game. We know they are going to regroup and be ready for us so it
should be a good battle.”
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