The Cards fell behind 5-0 in the 1st.
To the Cubs.
Full moon.
Annoyance gripped me like a snake latching onto my heel.
Maybe it was a small bear.
A bad inning trumped a bad century.
Or was it the other way around?
St. Louis returned to form:
After a Mark Reynolds grand slam, it was 5-4 after one.
But Carlos Martinez had a little more trouble, and fell down 6-4 as the Cubs starter, Travis Wood, settled in.
Martinez, though, threw his 100th pitch with two outs in the 4th.
And Kris Bryant took a walk, and Chris Coghlan knocked a ball off Jon Jay’s glove.
Bryant was home before too long.
7-4.
Carlos Villanueva kept it reasonable.
Then Jhonny Peralta dropped a pop up to make it 8-4.
Not reasonable.
But St. Louis scored two in the 6th.
How? Tough to say. Keeping notes proved unlucky to start.
Could I write down details without jinxing the Cards?
I remembered that I had written during this game.
And. Well.
I still wear that hat when it’s got to count.
Still.
Rally caps never have done as much as claimed.
But in the 7th, some three hours into the game, the Cards rallied again.
And Kolten Wong drove in the tying run.
On that hit, Jason Heyward advanced to third on the throw, and Wong went on to second.
Tony Cruz drove a ball down the third base line to make it 10-8 Cards in the 7th.
But then Matt Belisle began to walk hitters with two out in the 8th. Two batters.
Down two runs.
But it turned out.
In the 9th, with the same score and two out, I began to write “And” in anticipation of a Seth Maness strikeout for the win.
And the best start in franchise history.
Then it was 10-9.
But then it was done. Done. Done.
Cards are 19-6 now.
(Pretty sure.)
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