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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1772079" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/donovan-delivers-rookie-s-10th-inning-hit-wins-game-2-splits-doubleheader-on-long-weird/article_de6ec42b-233d-52b5-ae9b-50bfdd1a1173.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>CHICAGO — Before things completely tilted toward Wrigley Weird — trademark pending — the Cardinals got just enough from two pitchers in their first starts of the season to make it possible, when they had a lead, to deploy the bullpen exactly as designed.</p><p>And when that didn’t even work, there was always Brendan Donovan.</p><p>Despite their top right-handed relievers lined up for use, as scripted, the Cardinals lost a lead and missed offensively on two bases-loaded chances late in the night game of a doubleheader Saturday against the Cubs. Rookie Donovan, who claimed the lead six innings earlier, delivered his second two-run double of the game to break a tie and ignite a four-run 10th inning against Cubs reliever Michael Rucker. Donovan pushed the Cardinals ahead to split the doubleheader with a Game 2 win, 7-4.</p><p></p><p>"Those are the type of players you win with," manager Oliver Marmol said of Donovan 24 hours before the rookie's game-winning double.</p><p>"I was just trying to get something up, stay off the ground, and try to advance the runners over," Donovan said. "I was just trying to help us win."</p><p>The Cubs cinched a 6-1 win in Game 1 with 18 baserunners and one pitch that piqued the Cardinals.</p><p>A suitably wild, sometimes wacky, and at least once angry day at Wrigley refused to be content with a mere 18 innings of baseball and demanded a 19th between the region’s oldest rivals. The first 18 included Albert Pujols' 3,000th game and Marmol's first career ejection, a colorful display that will find immortality on social media. And then, at the end, the most unexpected feat of all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1772079, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/donovan-delivers-rookie-s-10th-inning-hit-wins-game-2-splits-doubleheader-on-long-weird/article_de6ec42b-233d-52b5-ae9b-50bfdd1a1173.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] CHICAGO — Before things completely tilted toward Wrigley Weird — trademark pending — the Cardinals got just enough from two pitchers in their first starts of the season to make it possible, when they had a lead, to deploy the bullpen exactly as designed. And when that didn’t even work, there was always Brendan Donovan. Despite their top right-handed relievers lined up for use, as scripted, the Cardinals lost a lead and missed offensively on two bases-loaded chances late in the night game of a doubleheader Saturday against the Cubs. Rookie Donovan, who claimed the lead six innings earlier, delivered his second two-run double of the game to break a tie and ignite a four-run 10th inning against Cubs reliever Michael Rucker. Donovan pushed the Cardinals ahead to split the doubleheader with a Game 2 win, 7-4. "Those are the type of players you win with," manager Oliver Marmol said of Donovan 24 hours before the rookie's game-winning double. "I was just trying to get something up, stay off the ground, and try to advance the runners over," Donovan said. "I was just trying to help us win." The Cubs cinched a 6-1 win in Game 1 with 18 baserunners and one pitch that piqued the Cardinals. A suitably wild, sometimes wacky, and at least once angry day at Wrigley refused to be content with a mere 18 innings of baseball and demanded a 19th between the region’s oldest rivals. The first 18 included Albert Pujols' 3,000th game and Marmol's first career ejection, a colorful display that will find immortality on social media. And then, at the end, the most unexpected feat of all. [/QUOTE]
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