Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals losing to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night by a 6-5 score. Matthew Liberatore struggled out of the gate and never really recovered.

The bullpen was good, though, with Riley O'Brien and Matt Svanson throwing up zeroes to keep the Cards in the game.

The offense posted five runs in the early innings but were unable to get anything across the board thereafter.

Nolan Arenado left the game early due to an injury on his right index finger, which is something he has dealt with on and off for a couple weeks at this point.

Will the Cards decide to put him on the shelf to use the All-Star break to their advantage for his recovery timeline?

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