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OUT OF TROUBLE.
>> Joe: SCOTT SPIEZIO, BIGGEST
SWING OF THE BAT SO FAR THIS
POST SEASON FOR ST. LOUIS WITH A
TWO -- BILLY WAGNER THE CLOSER,
TAKES OVER FOR THE METS IN A 6-6
GAME.
SO TAGUCHI TAKES THE STRIKE.
WAGNER GOT THE SAVE LAST NIGHT.
ONE INNING, ONE WALK.
AND HE'S NOT BLOWN A SAVE.
HE HAS NOT MATCHED UP AGAINST
THE CARDINALS SINCE JULY 11th OF
1998.
A 1.25 E.R.A. AGAINST THE
CARDINALS IN THAT TIME SPAN.
0-2 AND BLINK ON SO TAGUCHI.
FIRST AT BAT OF THIS SERIES FOR
TAGUCHI.
STAYS UP THERE WITH A FOUL TIP.
TAGUCHI, HOME RUN THIS POST
SEASON.
CAME IN GAME THREE AGAINST SAN
DIEGO AND ST. LOUIS LAST
SATURDAY.
BALL ONE.
ALBERT PUJOLS ON DECK AND THEN
JIM EDMONDS.
TAGUCHI CHECKS HIS SWING.
THE PITCH LOOKED TO BE PRETTY
GOOD.
AND IT IS CALLED BALL TWO.
2-2.
>> Tim: SLIDER THAT BACKED UP
AND WENT AROUND THE PLATE.
GOOD CALL BY JIM JOYCE.
>> Joe: DOWN EVEN, TWO BALL, TWO
STRIKES.
THAT'S LOW AND IT IS A FULL
COUNT.
RIBBED BY TAGUCHI.
>> Tim: GOOD PITCH TO HIT THERE.
ONE THING ABOUT BILLY WAGNER, HE
THROWS SO HARD, HE COULD USE THE
MIDDLE OF THE PLATE.
DOES NOT HAVE TO THROW TO
CORNERS.
>> Joe: TAGUCHI INVOLVED IN THE
GOOD AT BAT.
WE SAW ECKSTEIN DO A LAST INNING
AGAINST HEILMAN.
>> Luis: HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO
WALK TAGUCHI WITH ALBERT PUJOLS
ON DECK.
>> Joe: AND TAGUCHI HITS ONE
INTO LEFT FIELD.
BACK AT THE WALL.
THIS BALL IS GONE.
SO TAGUCHI, A HOME RUN TO PUT
ST. LOUIS ON TOP 7-6 HERE IN THE
NINTH INNING.
SECOND HOME RUN OF THIS POST
SEASON AND FOR A GUY WHO WENT IN
AS MUCH FOR A DEFENSIVE REPLACE
IN MANY LEFT FIELD LAST HALF
INING TO TAKE OVER FOR DUNCAN,
HE DEPOSE DEEP TO LEFT OF BILLY
WAGNER AND THE CARDINALS LEAD
FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
NOW PUJOLS.
BALL ONE.
>> Tim: TONY LA RUSSA AT LEAST
GETS AN ASSIST IN THIS HOME RUN.
HE WAITED, WAITED AND WAITED AND
STARTE TAGUCHI LATE.
HERE HE IS LEADING OFF THE NIPth
INNING WITH A TIEBREAKER.
HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GET A --
>> Joe: PUJOLS WAY OUT IN FRONT
OF A 2-0SLIDER.
2-1.
>> Tim: TAGUCHI HAS SUCH A
PROFESSIONAL AT BAT THERE.
TOOK A COUPLEF CLOSE PITCH,
FOULED SOME OFF.
GOT THE FASTBALL OVER THE OUTER
HALF OF T P PLATE.
ST W WHAT H HAD TO BE L LOONGNG
R R ON A 3-2 C COU..
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>> Joe: PUJOLSUT I I FRONT
AGAIN.
COUNT EVE 2-2.
TATACHI AIAID JAPAN FOR -- HE
HIT 67 HOME RUNS IN JAPAN.
HE HIT A TOTAL OF 16 HOME RUNS
WITH THE CARDINALS COMING TO THE
CARDINALS IN 2002.
JUST PUT THE CARDINALS ON TOP.
NOW PUJOLS, TWO FOR HIS LAST
TWO.
CHAVEZ MAKES THE PLAY.
PUJOLS READS IT AND GETS INTO
SCORING POSITION WITH NOBODY OUT
HERE IN THE NINTH INNING.
>> Tim: AN OLD PETE ROSE LINE
THAT YOU CAN ROUND FIRST BASE AS
FAR AS YOU WANT TO WITH THE BALL
HITTING THE LEFT FIELD.
AND SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
THROW.
ENDY CHAVEZ MAKE A GREAT PLAY
CUTTING IT OFF.
BUT KNOW HE HAS TO STOP, THROW,
PUJOLS ROUNDED THE BAG, SAW IT
WAS TOWARDS THE PITCHER'S MOUND
AND THEN WENT TO SECOND BASE.
HERE IT IS AGAIN.
GROUNDS THE BALL.
ALMOST STOPS.
SEES THE BALL AND THE THROW
TOWARD THE PITCHER'S MOUND AND
GOES TO SECOND BASE.
>> Joe: YOU TALKED ABOUT IT,
LAST INNING, REFERENCING SEVEN
WHEN YOU SAID THE GUY WHO
STARTED THE RALLY WAS PUJOLS, A
LONG AT BAT.
BATTLING GETTING A HIT.
AGAINST MOTA.
THEN A WALK TO EDMONDS AND THEN
SPIEZIO.
HITS THE BALL OFF THE TOP OF THE
WALL.
THE TWO-OUT, TWO-RUN TRIP TOLL
TIE IT.
AND NOW THE CARDINALS HAVE GONE
OUT IN FRONT OF THE HOME RUN BY
TAGUCHI.
CARDINALS CHANGE UP AND LET
EDMONDS SWIPG.
NOW PUJOLS IS TWO FOR HIS LAST
TWO AFTER A DOUBLE AND THAT IS
THE OFFICIAL SCORING RULING.
A DOUBLE BY PUJOLS ON THAT BALL
HIT INTO LEFT.
0-2 COUNT ON EDMONDS AT THE
PLATE.
>> Luis: THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR
THE CARDINALS FANS.
>> Joe: EDMONDS GROUNDS TO THE
RIGHT SIDE AND ADVANCES PUJOLS
TO THIRD.
ONE OUT.
GOOD AT BAT BY JIM EDMONDS.
PUJOLS 90 FEET AWAY.
SPIEZIO WILL BE THE HITTER.
COMPARING THE TWO BULL PENS, THE
METS HAVE THROWN OVER 100
PITCHES OUT OF THEIR PEN WITH A
QUI KBI NATION OF BRADFORD,
FELICIANO, MOTA, HEILMAN AND
WAGNER.
>> Tim: THAT INFIELD WILL BE
DRAWN IN.
IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT PUJOLS WILL
BE RUNNING ON CONTACT ON A
GROUND BALL TO ANY INFIELD.
HE'LL MAKE THE BALL GO THROUGH.
>> Joe: RUNNER AT THIRD.
WITH UP OUT.
SPIEZIO TAKES A STRIKE ON THE
INSIDE CORNER.
SLIDER TO WAGNER.
ANOTHER FROM WAGNER, SLIDER.
SPIEZIO OVER THE TOP OF IT.
0-2.
>> Tim: TWO GOOD SLIDERS FROM
BILLY WAGNER.
THEY LOOK LIKE STRIKES.
BUT AREN'T THOSE BALLS DOWN
AROUND THE ANKLES.
>> Joe: JOHNSON AND ADAM
WAINWRIGHT GETTING LOOSE FOR
ST. LOUIS IN THEIR BULL PEN.
>> Tim: I THINK THE REASON
JOHNSON IS UP IS DELL GUDO LEADS
OFF NINTH INNING.
THE CARDINALS DON'T SCORE,
DELGADO WOULD REPRESENT THE
TYING RUN.
>> Joe: SPIEZIO HITS IT FAIR
DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE.
SPIEZIO SCORES.
IT IS 8-6.
SPIEZIO HAS A DOUBLE.
LAST NIGHT WHEN TONY LA RUSSA
LEFT THIS PARK, HE MENTIONED HE
WOULD GIVE ROLEN ANOTHER SHOT IN
THE LINE-UP TONIGHT.
HE'S CHANGED HIS MIND.
TALKED TO US BEFORE THE GAME
SAYING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A
PLEASANT CONVERSATION WHEN I
HAVE MY TALK WITH ROLEN AND TELL
HIM HE'S NOT IN TONIGHT'S
STARTING LYNNUP.
SPIEZIO GOT THE NOD.
AND HE HAS DELIVERED WITH THREE
RBIs, AND TWO EXTRA BASE HITS.
>> Tim: A TRIP TOLL TIE IT IN
THE SEVENTH.
NOW A UBLE TO EXTEND THE LEAD
IN THE NINTH.
>> Joe: A VISIT FROM THE
PITCHING COACH TALKING TO BILLY
WAGNER.
THIS MORE TO SEE MOMENT IS
DELIVERED BY AQUOS.
THE BALL OFF THE GLOVE OF SHAWN
AGAIN AND OFF A VERY TOP OF THE
WALL.
WITH TWO OUTS.
SO CLOSE WITH THE FINAL OUT OF
THE INNING, SO CLOSE TO THE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN.
THE CARDINALS HAVE GONE OUT IN
FRONT FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN
THE NINTH.
DARREN OLIVER GETS LOOSE.
ENCARNACION DRIVES ONE TO THE
RIGHT SIDE.
SPIEZIO TO THE PLATE.
SHAWN GREEN DOES NOT MAKE THE
THROW.
AND IT HAS BEEN A THREE-RUN
NINTH INNING AND 9-6 ST. LOUIS
LEAD.
>> Luis: CARDINALS PICKED A
PERFECT TIME TO COME ALIVE WITH
THEIR OFFENSE WITH BILLY WAGNER.
>> Joe: STARTED WITH A HOME RUN
BY TAGUCHI.
DOUBLE BY PUJOLS.
EDMONDS GROUNDED OUT TO ADVANCE
PUJOLS AND NOW HITS BY SPIEZIO
AND ENCARNACION HAVE MADE IT
9-6.
NOW IT IS BELLIARD.
WAGNER CHECKS ON ENCARNACION.
A NEW RECORD CROWD HERE AT SHEA
STADIUM HEADING FOR THE GATES.
THE OTHERS WHO REMAIN ARE
SHOCKED.
BELLIARD HITS IT DOWN THE LEFT
FIELD LINE.
LOOKING FOUL.
STRIKE ONE.
>> Tim: THIS IS THE WORST YOU
AND I HAVE SEEN BILLY WAGNER
SINCE MAY 20th WHEN HE CAME IN
THE GAME IN THE NINTH INNING
WITH THE METS UP BY FOUR RUNS.
THE NONSAVE SITUATION.
AND WAGNER GAVE UP LEAD FOR THE
YANKEES.
YANKEES WON THE BALL GAME.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT GAME AND
THIS GAME, OF COURSE, THIS IS
THE SECOND GAME OF THE POST
SEASON.
SECOND GAME OF THE NLCS FOR THE
METS.
>> Joe: WILD THAT DAY.
THREE WALKS, HIT, COUPLE OF HITS
ALLOWED.
BLOWING THE LEAD.
AND THE CARDINALS HAVE HIT BILLY
WAGNER TO TAKE THE LEAD.
97 MILE AN HOUR FASTBALL IS
HIGH.
ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE.
CARPENTER STARTED, WENT FIVE
INNINGS, AALLOW FIVE RUN ON SIX
HITS.
DO NOT HAVE GOOD STUFF.
ENCARNACION STARTS.
NO PLAY AT SECOND BASE.
ENCARNACION IS THERE AS BELLIARD
GROUNDS OUT.
TWO AWAY.
AND YADIER MOLINA WILL WALK IN
WITH A THREE-HIT NIGHT, THREE
OUT OF FOUR.
WILLIE RANDOLPH IS GOING TO COME
OUT.
PETERSON HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
>> Tim: YEAH, YEAH.
>> Joe: 24-PITCH INNING, FOR
BILLY WAGNER.
REMEMBER NO OFF DAY.
TRAVEL DAY TOMORROW.
SO INSTEAD OF LETING THIS INNING
GET OUT OF CONTROL AND MAKE THE
PITCH COUNT GET UP THERE, WAGNER
>> Joe: BILLY WAGNER TAKES HIS
SEAT IN THE DUGOUT FOR THE METS.
THE REASON WHY THE PITCHING
CHANGE COMES NOW, I BELIEVE, IS
TO TRY AND KEEP THE PITCH COUNT
DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH
THREE STRAIGHT GAMES COMING UP
IN ST. LOUIS.
ALREADY 9-6, ST. LOUIS ON TOP.
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ TAKES OVER
WITH YADIER MOLINA AT THE PLATE.
>> Tim: I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT,
JOE.
THE FUTURE -- THE NEAR FUTURE OF
BILLY WAGNER IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE TAKEN WITH
WAGNER GOING INTO THE DUGOUT, SO
MUCH LOOK A FIELD GOAL KICKER
WHO JUST MISSED A BIG FIELD
GOAL.
>> Joe: MOLINA TO THIRD.
HIGH HOP.
AND WRIGHT IS GOING TO GET
ENCARNACION BACK IN THE RUNDOWN.
DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE THROW
ACROSS TO FIRST AND ENCARNACION
TAGGED OUT.
TO END THE TOP OF THE NINTH
INNING.
THE CARDINALS, FIRST LEAD OF THE
NLCS.
>> Joe: COMING UP, YOUR LATE
LOCAL NEWS EXCEPT ON THE WEST
COAST.
THESE TWO TEAMS WILL HEAD TO
ST. LOUIS AT THE CONCLUSION OF
THIS GAME.
OUR GAME WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW
NIGHT AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALCS
GAME FOUR BETWEEN DETROIT AND
OAKLAND WITH THE TIGERS UP 3-0.
THE MATCHUP OF BONDERMAN AND
DANNY HAREEN.
HERE THE CARDINALS HAVE THE
FIRST LEAD OF THE SERIES.
THANKS TO THREE RUNS IN THE TOP
OF THE NINTH INNING AGAINST
BILLLY WAGNER.
AND IT IS YOUNG TYLER JOHNSON
TAKING OVER.
DELGADO AT THE PLATE.
AND ADAM WAINWRIGHT WILL NOT BE
FAR BEHIND.
DAVID WRIGHT ON DECK.
DELGADO HAD A BIG NIGHT WITH TWO
HOME RUNS.
AND HE LEANS BACK FROM ONE HIGH,
BALL ONE.
THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE
CARDINAL ALL YEAR LONG, SEE TONY
LA RUSSA USE HIS BULL PEN IN
THIS MANNER THE POST SEASON,
TRUSTING THE KIDS TO COME IN AND
PITCH.
HE HAS GIVEN THE BALL TO KENNY.
KENNY REWARDED HIM IN THE
EIGHTH.
TURNED TO ADAM WAINWRIGHT AS HIS
CLOSER AFTER ISRINGHAUSEN WENT
DOWN AND TYLER JOHNSON, THE
ROOKIE LEFT HANDER, HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN SOME KEY INNINGS.
2-0 PITCH.
2-1.
>> Tim: NECESSARY IS THE MOTHER
OF INCONVENIENCE.
THEY HAVE FORMED THIS CARDINAL
BULL PEN THAT IS --
>> Joe: THIS BULL PEN WHICH WAS
NOT THAT GREAT ALL YEAR LONG HAS
ALLOWED ONE RUN THIS ENTIRE POST
SEASON.
THAT WAS SCORED BACK IN THE
SIXTH.
2-2 PITCH TO DELGADO.
ONE AWAY.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE THE
NEW YORK METS BULL PEN.
HERE COMES LA RUSSA.
HE WILL GO TO HIS NOW CLOSER
ADAM WAINWRIGHT, HE HAD THE
DECISION THROUGHOUT THE GO WITH
WAINWRIGHT OR LOOPER.
WAINWRIGHT IS NOW THE CLOSER,
THE ROOKIE RIGHT-HANDER.
TALK ABOUT THE METS TENT AS WELL
WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> Joe: NOW DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
METS BULL PEN.
THIS POST SEASON, 22 PITCHING
CHANGES.
20 1/3 INNINGS, 391 PITCHES
INCLUDING 112 TONIGHT.
AND 11 EARNED RUNS ALLOWED BY A
GROUP THAT DURING THE REGULAR
SEASON HAD THE BEST E.R.A. IN
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
3.25.
NOW ADAM WAINWRIGHT, THE NEW
CLOSER FOR TONY LA RUSSA, RESAVE
DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
TAKES OVER.
DAVID WRIGHT BATTING WITH ONE
OUT, NOBODY ON.
FASTBALL FOR STRIKE ONE.
CARDINALS GOT ADAM WAINWRIGHT
FROM THE ATLANTA BRAVES
ORGANIZATION, COUPLE OF YEARS
BACK.
DEAL THAT SENT JD DREW TO
ATLANTA.
SCOTT ROLEN TAKES OVER FOR
DEFENSIVE PURPOSES OVER AT THIRD
BASE.
ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE, ONE OUT,
NOBODY ON.
AND TO THE LEFT SI, ROLEN A
DIVE, A THROW.
TWO DOWN.
>> Tim: WHAT A PLAY BY THIRD
BASEMAN WITH A BAD LEFT
SHOULDER.
FULLY EXTENDED, AND A ROCKET TO
FIRST.
WHAT A BRILLIANT PLAY BY SCOTT
ROLEN HERE IN THE NINTH INNING.
>> Joe: WE HEARD KEN ROSENTHAL
TALK ABOUT HIS DISCUSSION WITH
SCOTT ROLEN NONE TOO PLEASED HE
GOT TO THE POINT AND FOUND OUT
BY LOOKING AT THE LINE-UP CARD
HE WAS NOT IN THE LINE-UP
TONIGHT.
HIS REPLACEMENT SCOTT SPIEZIO
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HITTING
STARS FOR ST. LOUIS.
BUT ROLEN IN THE GAME, COLD OFF
THE BENCH, MAKES THAT PLAY TO
START HIS NIGHT.
THE CARDINALS, CAME INTO THIS
GAME THINKING, OKAY, WE HAVE
CARPENTER.
THAT'S HOW WE'LL WIN THIS GAME.
HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS BEST START.
HE'S GONE AFTER FIVE INNINGS.
THEY HAVE GONE TO WORK AGAINST
THE METS BULL PEN.
TONY LA RUSSA MADE ONE CHANGE
AFTER ANOTHER AND BELLIARD TO
HIS RIGHT MAKES THE FINAL PLAY
AND THE CARDINALS WILL SPLIT
HERE AT SHEA STADIUM AND HEAD
HOME FOR GAME THREE TOMORROW
NIGHT.
TAKE THE WIN ANY WAY THEY CAN
GET IT.
THEY GOT IT IN A DIFFERENT
FASHION THAN THEY EXPECTED
COMING IN.
WHETHER IT IS SPIEZIO, KIDS OUT
OF THE BULL PEN, TAGUCHI, A LOT
OF UNLIKELY STARS TONIGHT FOR
THE CARDINALS AS THEY WIN IT
9-6.
>> Tim: IT WAS A GRITTY,
DETERMINED EFFORT ON THE PART OF
THE CARDINALS AND A HUGE HIT.
THE BIGGEST OF HIS LIFE BY SO
TAGUCHI.
>> Joe: FOR THE METS, FIRST LOSS
WHEN LEADING AFTER SIX INNINGS
SINCE JUNE 16th AGAINST
BALTIMORE.
OUR CHEVROLET PLAYER OF THE GAME
OTT SPIEZIO, TWO OUT, TWO-RUN
TRIPLE TO TIE THE GAME IN THE
SEVENTH.
CARDINALS DEPENDED ON SPIEZIO
TONIGHT.
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THE METS HAD WON 47 STRAIGHT
WHEN LEADING AFTER SIX.
TONIGHT THE CARDINALS SNAP THAT
AS THEY COME BACK TO WIN 9-6.
DOWN TO KEN ROSENTHAL.
>> Ken: WE'RE HERE WITH SCOTT
SPIEZIO.
ON THE GAME TYING TRIPLE, TWO
CHANGE-UPS, THEN CAME BACK WITH
FASTBALLS, HOW SURPRISED WERE
YOU TO SEE THE FASTBALL?
>> I WAS SITTING ON EVERYTHING.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO COME
BACK FOR ANOTHER CHANGE-UP.
AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE -- TRYING
TO SHORTEN MY SWING EVEN MORE.
AND TRYING TO WAIT ON ANYTHING.
AND THANK GOD I GOT A PITCH TO
HIT AND PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.
>> Ken: SO TAGUCHI.
NOT KNOWN FOR HIS POWER.
WHAT WAS THE REACTION WHEN HE
HIT THE GO AHEAD HOME RUN.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
HE'S GOT THE PLAYER FOR
DRAMATIC.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF POWER.
HE HAD A BIG HOME RUN IN THE SAN
DIEGO SERIES AS WELL.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE HE CAN GO DEEP.
>> Ken: WHAT DOES THIS WIN DO
FOR YOU GOING BACK TO ST. LOUIS?
>> PUTS US ONE STEP CLOSER.
WE TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME.
WE'LL FOCUS ON TOMORROW'S GAME.
AND AS FOR THAT, THE NEXT GAME.
WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED ON
TOMORROW'S GAME.
AND WE COME OUT OF HERE TIED
NOW.
>> Ken: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOE, BACK TO YOU.
>> Joe: THANK YOU.
KEN ROSENTHAL, GOOD WORK
TONIGHT.
AND THE CARDINALS GET GAME TWO
AFTER GLAVINE AND THE METS WON
GAME ONE.
GOOD START TO THIS NLCS.
EACH TEAM HAS A GAME.
GAME THREE TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER
GAME FOUR OF THE ALCS.
WHAT A START TO THIS.
LET'S GO TO ST. LOUIS.
JEANNE AND KEVIN WILL BE ALONG
AFTER THIS.