As the Cardinals' Class AA affiliate heads to its first Texas League championship series for the first time since 2012, the Springfield Cardinals' rotation has yet to allow a run in the playoffs.

Lefty Brycen Mautz pitched five scoreless innings late Thursday night to drive the S-Cards to a 3-0 victory against Tulsa and a division series sweep.

The S-Cards advance to face the Midland RockHounds in a best-of-three league championship series that begins Saturday in Springfield, Missouri.

To cinch the North Division playoff series, Mautz stuck out four and scattered four hits in his five innings vs. the Tulsa Drillers, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Class AA affiliate. Closer Luis Gastelum, the Cardinals' minor-league pitcher of the month in August, threw two shutout innings to secure the win.

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