Raul Ibanez (Foxes, '94): 2-for-4, 2RBI
Greg Dobbs ('02): pinch hitter 0-for-1
St. Louis:
Ryan Franklin (Foxes, '94): 0.1IP, 2H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB
The Cardinals may never forget what happened to them. One moment closer Ryan Franklin was walking from the mound anticipating the final out of a 2-1 win. Several long moments and four hitters later the Dodgers and a less-than-sold-out crowd of 51,819 celebrated a 3-2 win that left the Cardinals one loss away from a premature winter.Considering Ronnie Belliard drove in the tying run and Mark Loretta drove in the winning run for the Dodgers, the Cardinals got beat by the '02 Brewers?*
"It makes me sick, absolutely sick to my stomach," shortstop Brendan Ryan said.
Ryan was left doubled over when pinch-hitter Mark Loretta looped closer Ryan Franklin's fastball into shallow left-center field to score Casey Blake with the winning run.
The Dodgers stretched the inning improbably after left fielder Matt Holliday lost first baseman James Loney's line drive in the glare of late-afternoon lights and a backdrop of towel-waving fans.
The ball caught Holliday in the stomach, knocking the wind out of everyone wearing road gray.
"He lost the ball in the 50,000 white towels shaking in front of his face," starting pitcher and would-be hero Adam Wainwright said. "It doesn't seem really fair that an opposing team should be allowed to shake white towels when there's a white baseball flying through the air. Dodger blue towels — how about that?"
UPDATED: This is what I miss for watching You Only Live Twice while blogging.
Boston:
David Ortiz ('96): 0-for-4, 3Ks
Maybe Papi would have preferred that I continued to miss that.
*-I can't take credit for that line. It's a variation on something I saw on facebook after the game.
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