Mike Maddux is hoping his historic day on the golf course will translate to the baseball diamond Monday night.
Maddux, the St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach, spent the day on the links prior to his team’s pivotal Game 3 matchup against the Washington Nationals. He carded not one, but two aces Monday en route to a 1-over 72 at Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA, just west of Nationals Park in the nation’s capital.
Big day for @Cardinals pitching coach Mike Maddux who had TWO hole-in-ones at the Army/Navy course today. His 5th and 6th... pic.twitter.com/3PNc9PzsS1
— Jon Sciambi (@BoogSciambi) October 14, 2019
Is luck on the #STLCards side today?
— Corey Miller (@corey_miller5) October 14, 2019
Ahead of Game 3 of the #NLCS, manager Mike Shildt says pitching coach Mike Maddux had not one, but TWO holes-in-one golfing today.@Frank_Cusumano joked that since Maddux was off to a lucky start, shouldn't he have made out the lineup? 😂 pic.twitter.com/x9zfXCbGwB
My dad had TWO hole-in-ones golfing today. Time to buy a lotto ticket!! And let’s go @Cardinals ⚾️
— Lexie Maddux (@LexieMaddux) October 14, 2019
According to ESPN’s Jon Sciambi, it was Maddux’s fifth and sixth holes-in-one.
The Cardinals are facing a 2-0 deficit in the National League Championship Series, with a berth to the World Series on the line, and could seriously use some good karma. Luckily for the Redbirds, Maddux is now on their side, after previously serving as the Nationals’ pitching coach from 2016-2017.