Cards Face Win or Go Home Game 4
So it comes down to this...
Beat the Pirates at PNC Park, something the Cardinals have done just 3-times in 2013, or it's time to start planning for 2014.
Personally, I refuse to overanalyze what happened in Game 3. There were mistakes, sure, and the strike zone of home plate up Jerry Layne was awful (both ways, I might add) but ultimately the Pirates came through in situations where the Cardinals did not.
It was that simple.