Abraham Nunez is ready to start at third base tonight for the Cardinals:

"Much, much better," Nunez said. "Best it's felt. I did everything in fast motion, as fast as I could, just to see how it felt. I wanted to put it in every situation to make sure it would be ready. I think that it is."

Further down in the article is a very interesting fact:

Of seven previous times the Cardinals have fallen behind 3-2 in a best-of-seven series, they have won the series six times.

That is a stunning break from the rest of baseball - which, minus the Cardinals' seven times, is 20-54 in series when trailing three games to two. The most recent time the Cardinals won after trailing 3-2 was in last season's NLCS, against Houston.

If teams are evenly matched, you would expect a team to come back from 3-2 25% of the time. The Cardinals have certainly beat the odds in their history.

Of course, the Cards have also been on the other side of the fence. They were up 3-1 on Atlanta in 1996 and lost the series. They were up 3-2 on the Twins in 1987 and lost the series. Still, a 6-1 record when down 3-2 is most impressive.