Cardinals’ Mikolas continues magical season vs. Giants

Few starters in baseball have needed as little cushion this year as St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas. Mikolas gets the call Sunday when St. Louis tries to bolster its National League wild-card playoff hopes with a series sweep of the San Francisco Giants in Busch Stadium. The Cardinals also edged within two games of Milwaukee for the first wild-card and are 4 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs for the NL Central lead.