In a game that featured the likes of Matt Kemp and the Los Angeles Dodgers battling Adam Wainwright and the defending-champion St. Louis Cardinals with the two dead-lock tied up for the final wild card spot--it'd only have to mean one thing....right?
By that of course, I meant it had to include extra-inning baseball. Not only because of the two great franchises and the respect for each other--but also because it is in the middle of September--and just less than three weeks left of regular season games.
On Sunday, when the two teams took the field sporting overall records of 76-70; Adam Wainwright took them numbers to heart.
Despite him not picking up the win for start and instead being given a no-decision; Waino looked to be back into great form as he pitched six innings--allowing just two runs on five hits. He also finished the game with two walks and two strikeouts as well.
Jon Jay was the hero for the game though--as in a 2-2 tie ball game in the top of the twelvth-inning, Jay came through with an RBI double to left that drove in Matt Carpenter following his walk--which was the starting point to the defending champs game-winning rally on Sunday afternoon.
St. Louis started off the game with two quick runs in the top of the first following an RBI double from Allen Craig that drove in Beltran; and a wild pitch from rookie starter Fife that brought home Matt Holliday.
Andre Either answered the Cardinals runs in the Dodgers' third inning as he tied it all up at two apiece with a monsterous two-run home run.
The game last a total of four hours and twenty-five minutes--but in the end was all worth it for those of us apart of Cardinal Nation. St. Louis now owns a one game lead over the Dodgers for the wild card spot as the Cardinals host the Astros for three and the Dodgers travel to Washington for three--and both start on Tuesday night.
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