Cards score 4 in 9th, beat Nats 9-7, reach NLCS

Steve Williams

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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doesn't matter how bad things look for the St. Louis Cardinals. Trailing by a bunch, down to their last strike, they simply stay calm and do what it takes to win.

Erasing an early six-run hole in Game 5 slowly but surely, the defending World Series champion Cardinals got a tying two-out, two-run single from Daniel Descalso and a go-ahead two-run single from Pete Kozma in the ninth inning and came all the way back to beat the Washington Nationals 9-7 Friday night and win their NL division series.

It was the largest comeback ever in a winner-take-all postseason game, according to STATS LLC. No other club in this sort of ultimate pressure situation had come back from more than four down.
 

MylesBAstor

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I'm betting on my Giants to beat the Cards but the Cards are a wonderful team. Should be a good NL final

Makes the Strasburg decision look all the worse. Wonder how the players feel about management's decision now?
 

Gregadd

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The Strasbourg decision was wrong. They could have won anyway. Davey Jonsom needs to rethink his aversion to small ball. That could have remedied the mid-inning scoring drought.

More teliing is that the NATS gave up 30 runs in three losses. Not acceptanlele for a defensive ball club.

Congrats to the Cards!

Greg
 

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