Wooo go for 3/4 tomorrow before the Cubbies.. I prob wont have a real good series thread as I'll be going home Friday but if I get back in time I will try and put it up but may be a lil late..
Cards win a thriller July 2, 2008 -- Cardinals' Troy Glaus is congratulated at home plate by teammates after hitting a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Cardinals 8, Mets 7• Up next: 7:15 p.m. today vs. Mets, FSN Midwest
The Cardinals received pause in one revival but celebrated two others Wednesday night. The result was an 8-7 escape against the New York Mets at Busch Stadium thanks to the last swing of third baseman Troy Glaus' game-long breakout.
One batter after Rick Ankiel's would-be game-winner fell a foot shy of the center field wall, Glaus lofted his second home run of the game and 13th this season onto the strip between the left field wall and the seats. Mets outfielder Endy Chavez, who almost kept the Cardinals from winning the 2006 NLCS by robbing Scott Rolen at Shea Stadium, failed to come down with Glaus' drive.
"There's no justice in this game usually, but today there was," manager Tony La Russa said.
"I didn't think it was gone when I hit it. I've lost some runs in that area," Glaus said. "But 20 rows or two feet over the wall, as long as they go out they count."
The game got to Glaus only because pinch hitter Chris Duncan erased a 7-5 deficit with a two-run homer the previous inning.
Starved for RBIs for more than a month, Duncan hit a clutch pull shot off lefthanded reliever Pedro Feliciano that gave him RBIs in four of his last five games played. Glaus' home run was the Cardinals' fourth of the night. His first capped a four-run, first-inning ambush against Mets starting pitcher Pedro Martinez, who was brutal early but found himself quickly.
Wednesday's four home runs matched a season high and represented the Cardinals' third game-ending home run. Duncan's home run was his first pinch blast since last July 16.
"That was the game-changing at-bat that got us right back in it. Guys were tired. There had been some long innings and that was a lift," Glaus said.
"There's a lot of courage in the Cardinals," La Russa said.
Series Thread - Mets @ Cards (6/30-7/3)
July 2, 2008 -- Cardinals' Troy Glaus is congratulated at home plate by teammates after hitting a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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