The best way to survive a best-of-seven series with such awful starting pitching is to face an opponent whose starters aren't any throwing any better.

NLCS pitching lines, ranked by IP.....

ST. LOUIS	G	ERA	IP	H	2B	3B	HR	R	ER	BB	K	WHIP
Garcia	2	7.27	8.2	13	4	0	2	7	7	3	8	1.846
Jackson	2	8.53	6.1	11	2	0	4	6	6	1	5	1.895
Salas	4	1.50	6.0	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	6	0.667
Lynn	5	0.00	5.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.938
Carpenter	1	5.40	5.0	6	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	1.800
Motte	4	0.00	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000
Rzepczynski	5	1.93	4.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0.429
Lohse	1	6.23	4.1	6	4	0	0	3	3	0	3	1.385
Dotel	4	2.25	4.0	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	5	0.750
Boggs	3	6.00	3.0	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	1.667
Rhodes	2	0.00	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.500
McLellan	1	27.00	0.1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.000
TOTAL		4.25	53.0	51	15	0	9	26	25	14	40	1.226

Anybody who predicted Lance Lynn would throw the fourth most innings of any St. Louis pitcher goes to the front of the class.

MILWAUKEE	G	ERA	IP	H	2B	3B	HR	R	ER	BB	K	WHIP
Greinke	2	6.17	11.2	15	3	0	1	11	8	4	6	1.629
Wolf	1	2.57	7.0	6	2	0	2	2	2	1	6	1.000
Gallardo	1	7.20	5.0	8	3	0	0	4	4	5	2	2.600
Marcum	2	16.20	5.0	10	3	0	2	9	9	2	2	2.400
Narveson	4	10.80	5.0	5	1	0	3	6	6	1	8	1.200
Saito	3	0.00	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.500
Axford	3	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.667
Estrada	2	12.00	3.0	4	3	0	0	4	4	2	4	2.000
Hawkins	3	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1.333
Rodriguez	3	3.00	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1.333
Loe	3	15.43	2.1	10	1	0	0	6	4	1	2	4.714
TOTAL		6.58	52.0	67	16	0	8	43	38	19	43	1.654

Today, Doug Melvin is saying "Give me my Lawrie back, I want my Lawrie back...."

But really, this is what says it all:

	RUNS	OUTS
STL starters	19	73
STL bullpen	7	86
MIL starters	26	86
MIL bullpen	17	70