The other really important thing that I think we can all take away from this game was that the Cardinals didn't let a hard loss yesterday put them into some kind of inescapable swirling vortex of bad games. They came out with a clean slate and played like it was the first game of the series instead of the game after they gave one away in extra innings. Good sign? You bet.
Wellemeyer went 7 for, I think, the first time ever? (Randy, check those stats for me, will ya?)
My favorite part of the game, though, had to be watching Threets TRY to intentionally walk LaRue. I was actually chuckling. But it wasn't because he was having such a hard time, it was Benji Molina's reaction to it. Damn but he was unhappy. And then the next inning the Giants had a new catcher... but I'm SURE it was only because Molina needed rest before the day game today, right?
(I'm still laughing thinking about how hard he threw that ball back to him. Oh, good stuff.)
And I gotta say, after watching Benji run the bases last night, I'm suddenly slightly more impressed with Yadi's base-running abilities. If you tivo-ed it, go back and watch and imagine he's underwater. It works, te aseguro.
