May 17,
2008
Cardinals 9, Rays 8 (10)
Ryan Ludwick
launched his second home run of the game and ninth of the season with one out in
the 10th inning off former Astros reliever Dan Wheeler to end the
contest. It was a first-pitch slider that Ludwick was waiting for. His earlier
homer tied the game at 3-3, when Ryan connected on a 3-2 count leading off the
fourth against starter Matt Garza.
Winning Pitcher-Ryan Franklin
May 2,
2008
Cardinals 5, Cubs 3 (11)
Skip Schumaker
slammed a two-run home run in the 11th to give the Cards the
win. Alfonso Soriano had hit a
two-run homer in the top of the ninth off Jason Isringhausen to tie the game at
3-3. WP-Ron Villone
June 20,
2007
Cardinals 7, Royals 6 (14)
Ryan Ludwick led off
the bottom of the 14th with a home run to win the game. Ludwick had a chance to end it in the
bottom of the ninth but struck out with the bases loaded and one out. Albert Pujols had tied the game earlier
in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI double. WP-Kip Wells
August 27,
2006
Cardinals 10, Cubs 6
Gary Bennett hit a
two-out grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to give the Cardinals the win
after Pujols and Juan Encarnacion had singled, Ron Belliard walked and Aaron Miles forced out Pujols at home. Bennett had also singled home the game winner
in the previous game. WP-Braden Looper
July 13,
2006
Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 (14)
Albert Pujols hit
the game-winning home run in the bottom of the 14th off Odalis Perez. The game had been tied at 2-2 since Jim Edmonds’ two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh. WP-Braden Looper
April 16,
2006
Cardinals 8, Reds 7
Albert Pujols sent
the Easter crowd home happy with his third homer of the game, following Jason Marquis’s pinch-hit single. Pujols
second home run on the day put the Cardinals up 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh
but the Reds answered with three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 7-6
lead. WP-Braden
Looper
August 7,
2005
Cardinals 5, Atlanta
3
David Eckstein hit a
grand slam in the bottom of the ninth following singles by Abraham Nunez, So Taguchi and Hector Luna to give the Cards the victory. The Braves added a run in the top of the
ninth to make it 3-1 after Albert Pujols’ home run in the bottom of the eighth
had cut the lead to 2-1. WP-Ray King
July 15,
2005
Cardinals 4, Astros 3 (13)
Albert Pujols hit a
two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th after
Houston had taken the lead
in the top of the inning on Mike Lamb’s RBI single. The Cardinals had taken a 2-1 lead in
the bottom of the eighth on Einar Diaz’ homer but Lamb got a sacrifice fly off
Jason Isringhausen to tie the game in the top of the ninth.
WP-Brad Thompson
October 20,
2004
Cardinals 6, Astros 4 (12)
Jim Edmonds sent the
Cardinals to Game Seven of the NLCS with his two-run homer in the
12th off Dan Miceli, after Albert Pujols had walked to start the
inning. The Astros tied it in the
top of the ninth on Jeff Bagwell’s RBI single against Jason Isringhausen. WP-Julian Tavarez
August 4,
2004
Cardinals 5, Expos 4
Albert Pujols led
off the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Chad Cordero to win the
game. The Expos tied it in the top
of the eighth after the Cardinals had taken a 4-3 lead in the seventh on John Mabry’s two-RBI single. WP-Julian
Tavarez
June 18,
2004
Cardinals 4, Reds 3 (10)
Albert Pujols led
off the bottom of the tenth with a home run off Mike Mathews to give the
Cardinals the come from behind win.
They had tied it in the bottom of the ninth on Tony Womack’s infield hit
after a two-out single by Marlon Anderson and a double by Ray Lankford. WP-Julian Tavarez
April 29,
2004
Cardinals 5, Phillies 4 (13)
Jim Edmonds led off
the bottom of the 13th with home run off Amaury Telemaco for the
victory. The Cardinals had taken a
4-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth on Reggie Sanders’ three-run triple but the
Phillies tied it in the top of the ninth on Ricky Ledee’s two-run homer off
Jason Isringhausen. WP-Mike
Lincoln
September 20,
2003
Cardinals 3, Astros 2 (13)
Albert Pujols hit a
one-out home run off Dan Miceli in the bottom of the 13th to give the
Cardinals the win. The game had
remained at 2-2 since the bottom of the sixth when Edgar Renteria scored from
second on Jeff Kent’s error on Eduardo Perez’s ground ball. WP-Jason
Simontacchi
August 28,
2003
Cardinals 3, Cubs 2
Kerry Robinson led
off the bottom of the ninth with a home run for the victory. The Cubs led 2-0 in the sixth with
Carlos Zambrano on the mound but Zambrano’s two-out throwing error on a Matt Morris ground ball allowed Robinson to come up and double in a run to cut it to
2-1. Scott Rolen followed the next
inning with a homer off Zambrano to tie the game. WP-Mike DeJean
August 21,
2003
Cardinals 6, Pirates 3
Jim Edmonds
three-run homer in the ninth sent the Cardinals home winners. Taguchi and Robinson started the inning
with singles before Miguel Cairo struck out on a missed bunt attempt before
Edmonds’ blast. Cairo’s homer in the
seventh gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead but the Pirates tied it on Abraham Nunez’s
two-run triple in the eighth off Jason Simontacchi. WP-Cal Eldred
July 12,
2003
Cardinals 9, Padres 7 (11)
Albert Pujols hit
the game winning home run after J.D. Drew had led off the inning with a single
to give the Cardinals the win. The
Padres had tied it in the top of the ninth on Ramon Vasquez’s RBI single off
Jason Isringhausen. WP-Jason
Simontacchi
May 1,
2003
Cardinals 6, Mets 5 (10)
Jim Edmonds’ one-out
home run in the bottom of the 10th off Scott Strickland gave the
Cardinals a 3-2 victory. The
Cardinals had jumped out to a 5-1 lead on Scott Rolen’s three-run double in the
sixth but the Mets came back with one in the seventh and two in the eighth to
tie the game. WP-Cal
Eldred
July 28,
2002
Cardinals 10, Cubs 9
The Cardinals capped
a six-run ninth inning come-from-behind victory with Edgar Renteria’s three-run
homer. The inning started with a
Fernando Vina single, followed by Miguel Cairo’s RBI double, an RBI single by
Edmonds, a walk to Pujols,
a J.D. Drew strikeout and a Tino Martinez RBI single before Renteria’s blast off
Antonio Alfonseca. WP-Dave Veres
May 22,
2002
Cardinals 3, Astros 2
J.D. Drew completed
the Cardinals late inning comeback with a leadoff ninth inning homer off Ricky Stone. The Cardinals tied it at 2-2
in the bottom of the eighth off Octavio Dotel on a Vina double, Polanco
sacrifice and Pujols RBI single.
WP-Dave Veres
April 10,
2002
Cardinals 6,
Milwaukee 5
(11)
Eduardo Perez’
one-out home run in the bottom of the 11th completed the Cardinals’ comeback
from a 5-0 deficit. Edgar
Renteria’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth with two outs tied the game
5-5. WP-Jason
Isringhausen
September 3,
2000
Cardinals 4, Mets 3 (11)
Jim Edmonds’ homer
in the bottom of the 11th gave the Cardinals a sweep of the Mets and their third
straight walkoff hit in the series.
They took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth on Placido Polanco’s
three-run home run but the Mets tied it in the top of the ninth on Bubba
Trammell’s two-run home run off Dave Veres. WP-Matt Morris
September 1,
2000
Cardinals 6, Mets 5
Jim Edmonds one-out
home run in the ninth gave the Cardinals the victory. Edmonds also tied the game
5-5 with an RBI single in the seventh.
Mike Matheny snuffed out the Mets threat in the top of the ninth,
throwing out two attempted base stealers.
WP-Dave Veres
June 23,
2000
Cardinals 9, Dodgers 6 (12)
Craig Paquette had
to wait out a 19 minute rain delay with a 2-2 count before taking the next pitch
deep for a three-run home run and the win.
The Cardinals were down 6-5 in the bottom of the 11th after a
Paul Lo Duca homer with J.D. Drew at the plate with two outs and Polanco at
second before a 22 minute rain delay before Drew delivered an RBI single to tie
the game. Mark McGwire earlier tied
the game at 5-5 with a home run in the bottom of the eighth. WP-Gene
Stechschulte
July 7,
1999
Cardinals 2, Reds 1
The Cardinals came
from behind on Darren Bragg’s two-run homer off Scott Williamson in the bottom
of the ninth. Willie McGee reached
on Barry Larkin’s error to start the inning. WP-Rick Croushore
May 16,
1999
Cardinals 5, Dodgers 4
Ray Lankford hit a
two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth following a walk to Mark McGwire to
give the Cardinals the victory.
Lankford had cut the lead to 4-3 in the sixth with a home run. WP-Ricky Bottalico
May 7,
1999
Cardinals 4, Pirates 2
Shawon Dunston hit a
two-run homer, following a two-out walk to Darren Bragg for the Cardinal
win. The Pirates tied it at 2-2 in
the top of the ninth on RBI doubles by Brian Giles and Kevin Young off Juan Acevedo. WP-Scott Radinsky
July 11,
1998
Cardinals 4, Astros 3 (11)
Mark McGwire blasted
a Billy Wagner fast ball 485 feet to give the Cardinals the victory after Royce Clayton singled to start the inning and Lankford struck out. The Astros scored a run off Jeff
Brantley in the top of the 11th to take a 3-2 lead. The game had been tied at 2-2 since Ron
Gant’s two-run homer in the fourth.
WP-Lance Painter
April 2,
1998
Cardinals 8, Dodgers 5 (12)
Mark McGwire hit a
two-out, three-run homer in the 12th to give the Cardinals the
win. Juan Acevedo reached on an
infield hit and Royce Clayton was hit by a pitch before McGwire’s homer. The Cardinals had taken a 5-3 lead in
the bottom of the eighth on Delino DeShields’ two-run single but Braden Looper
gave up a two-run homer to Thomas Howard in the top of the ninth to tie the game
5-5. WP-Juan
Acevedo
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