Cubs Even Series With Cardinals Thanks To Wild Second Inning

Matt Carpenter put the Cardinals up 1-0 in the first when he hit a 1-2 offering from Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks to deep right center field. But what does that mean? Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Beltre was available before the second game, but didn’t use him in the 14-inning contest.

Jackson scored and the other runners wound up at second and third.

“The fans should always worry”, Maddon said before Game 2, repeating back the end of the question. This was his first mistake. Why wait until an hour before the game to tell anybody? Jake Arrieta will start game three.

“Man, was he good”, Matheny said. “It was my game”. “He got a ball up where I could hit it hard”. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was in the Game 1 lineup despite a sprained left thumb and was hitless in three at-bats. But that’s when his mind began to unravel.

Second baseman Kolten Wong also had a weird day, which, by the way, was his birthday. If the Cubs need multiple quality innings in the middle of the game, they have two guys who can handle a heavy workload. Garcia admitted he did not handle it well.

During that loss Friday, it was the aggressive way Soler ran from first to third after entering the game that Maddon says persuaded him to make a change. He forgot about that first part.

Jackson then stole third, and a walk to Miguel Montero set off a truly remarkable string of events.

“Yes, 100%”, he said. “I probably shouldn’t have thrown that ball knowing that Jackson is running”. I didn’t do it. He took the base. Castro then tossed to a hustling Hendricks covering the bag. Russell made a few plays throughout the season that are no doubt considered game-saving. Hendricks was batting eighth.

“Getting Jake pitching the next game is kind of a good thought for us, obviously”, Maddon said. The homers were all solo shots and the Cubs managed a relatively easy, though hardly stress-free, victory on the night. Garcia allowed five runs – all unearned – in two innings before relieved. But he didn’t do that, either. But his head was a scrambled egg by that point. Piscotty doubled with one out and scored on Holliday’s single.

Jaime Garcia’s return to October was on shaky ground before he ever took the field Saturday. The victor of Cubs/Cards and Dodgers/Mets will go on to play the Championship Series. “I don’t want to do an National Basketball Association Finals or a Kentucky Derby or moderate a presidential debate, as if that would happen”. They can hit the pillow knowing that 36 of the 40 teams to take a 1-0 lead in best-of-five NLDS advance to the NLCS. Addison Russell bunted to score another run. Jason Heyward hit an infield single with one out in the ninth, and was erased on a fielder’s choice. He’s 0-1 with a 3.97 ERA in four career starts against St. Louis and gave up four runs and six hits in five frames of a no-decision on May 5. Well, at least it left the infield. Maybe the stomach affected the mind, which finally affected the arm.

“Tonight was special, for sure”, Lackey said.

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