With the Cardinals leading 3-to-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning--and closer' Jason Motte going for his 35th save of the season--Cruz tied the ballgame with a two-out, RBI double--that was followed up from a pinch-hit RBI single from Juan Rivera to win the game 4-to-3.
The win from Los Angeles now forced a tie in the Wild Card race for the fifth and final playoff spot in the entire National League and with one more head-to-head matchup that will be tomorrow at 3:10pm Central Time.
The Cardinals got all three RBIs coming off of the bat of Allen Craig; who in the top of the first-inning hit a two-run home run that drove in Matt Holliday to give St. Louis an early 2-0 lead to start the night off.
Despite road woes all season from starting pitcher Jaime Garcia, tonight he actually stood his ground--even though Motte blew his sixth save on the season and got the loss on the night.
Garcia dueled the Dodgers' starter Blanton pretty well, as he gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits in six innings of work. Blanton on the opposite side of things, he finished the game allowing three runs on four hits in five and one-thirds innings pitched.
Entering Sunday's series weekend finale in which the Cardinals will try to finish with a four-game split and a one game lead in the Wild Card race; Adam Wainwright will be head to head--or as I should say--pitch for pitch--with Fife, who is 0-1 on the season, for the Dodgers.
The much-important pivotal game for the wild card lead on Sunday afternoon will start off at 3:10pm Central Time and will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest.
(Just a quick question for ESPN, how is this not the Sunday Night Baseball game?!?!)
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