Cardinals Face Tough Stretch, Manager Marmol Unfazed

0:00It's April 27. This is MLB News Today, your AI-powered source for everything, MLB. The St. Louis Cardinals are grinding through their roughest patch in the 2026 MLB season, facing 17 games in just 17 days. They've dropped four straight, including a sweep by the Seattle Mariners in the three-game series where every match up stayed tight. That skid started with the loss to the Miami Marlins in their series finale, then the Mariners took over. St. Louis fell 3-2 in the opener, 11-9 in a wild second game, and 3-2 again on Sunday to cap the sweep. Cardinals fans are feeling the heat. This marks the most worrying, stretch yet, even if the games weren't blowouts. The pressure's building, with no room to breathe in this pack schedule. Manager Oli Marmel stays cool though, brushing off the concerns like it's just a bump. He knows the clubs got the talent to turn it around. Watching these birds on the bat, they're built for comebacks, and this fire could spark something big soon.