The 36-year-old right-hander struck out two batters on the evening and didn’t issue a free pass. The Jays jumped on him early in this one as Andres Gimenez crushed a three-run homer in the opening inning. They then tacked on another run in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth before Mikolas mercifully exited. He got just four whiffs on 83 pitches on the night, posting an underwhelming CSW of 25 percent. He’ll look to improve upon his 3.96 ERA and 1.27 WHIP when he squares off against the White Sox in Chicago on Tuesday. That will be the ultimate test of a stoppable force meeting a moveable object.

Mikolas has made 184 starts for the Cardinals since 2018 and allowed three runs and eight hits over six innings in 129 of them. No, not really, but you certainly know what you’re getting at this point. He’s set to face the Jays at home next time through.

Only Mother Nature can keep rookie sensation Jac Caglianone from stepping onto a big-league diamond anymore. Both teams were going to have to endure several hours of waiting out rain showers before an extremely late start, so they’ve decided instead to play a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon. Wednesday’s original starting pitchers— Noah Cameron and Miles Mikolas — will presumably take the ball at some point during Thursday’s twin bill at Busch Stadium.

Mikolas’ disappointing season continued with another dud here. Even after his lineup stormed back to grab him a lead, he couldn’t complete five innings to qualify for the win. He didn’t have a single one-two-three inning and was objectively lucky to only allow four runs. It should be noted that he pitched through steady rain here and visibly wet field conditions. His next start is scheduled to come at home against the Royals.