Cardinals cap tough stretch with travel woes

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NEW YORK — The trek from St. Louis to New York could not have gotten much worse for the Cardinals. After wrapping up a three-game series against the Dodgers on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball at Busch Stadium, the club headed to the airport only to have mechanical issues halt their charter flight from taking off.

The Cardinals did not land in New York until around 6 or 7 a.m. ET on Monday, and they did not reach their hotel until around 8:30 a.m. — “Just in time for bed,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny joked.

“There were a lot of things that didn’t necessarily go as scheduled,” Matheny said. “The most impressive thing was that we were stuck in our clubhouse and the guys were just doing their thing. I didn’t hear any bickering or complaining.

“And then as things continued to get delayed, and as we …

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