Not much to say about this one. It just wasn’t the Cardinals night. They fell behind early, and by the time they scored a run in the eighth on Lars Nootbaar’s RBI double, the Rangers had already tallied 11 runs.

Josh Jung had three hits and three RBI, as did Sam Haggerty. Wyatt Langford hit a two-run homer, and Marcus Semien had a four-hit, three RBI night.

Let’s get into some takeaways from tonight’s blowout loss.

Offense struggles

The Cardinals just didn’t get anything going tonight. When you lose 11-1, you’re not going to have many highlights anyway, but the offense was uninspiring.

The Cardinals lineup has been prolific all season long, and it’s a testament to guys buying into Brant Brown’s approach. But you’re going to have bad days every once in a while, and that was what happen

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