Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 5-3 win over the Giants from Sunday, June 23, 2024 at Busch Stadium.

Sonny Gray was perfect through 6.2 innings before that ended in a relatively emphatic way... But he was still elite in another seven-inning performance that paved the way for a Cardinal winner.

Is Oli Marmol pulling Sonny too early from these starts or are we just getting too wrapped up in an old-school definition of an ace that doesn't necessarily pay good attention to what it is that the Cardinals are seeking from Gray this year?

Plus, the offense deserves some flowers for the way a number of hitters are going about things lately, and for the way they approached the base running aspect of the game throughout this Giants series. There was a purpose to it, and it worked in STL's favor.

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