Derrick Goold sees Tuesday night's Cardinals-Brewers game as a microcosm of the St. Louis season:

They fell behind early. They needed a misstep from an opponent to get back in it. And they finished, as they are trying to do in the season's final months, with a surge.

On a night Milwaukee celebrated the 25th anniversary of its 1982 World Series appearance, the Cardinals joined in the spirit with a not-too-subtle reminder. They won that Series the way they won Tuesday night.

And as the Cardinals showed last year, you don't need to be a great team to win the World Series, you just need to get hot in the playoffs.