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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1793404" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/grand-relief-patience-pays-off-as-cardinals-brendan-donovan-slam-padres-to-avoid-sweep/article_6254e846-5d4c-53bf-a117-55a19bf3d80b.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>SAN DIEGO — By the time he set his mind to taking the 3-0 pitch, Brendan Donovan had already seen two cutters and a curveball from San Diego’s Nick Martinez. He knew the right-hander had a pet change-up, too, but with the bases loaded, he could be patient.</p><p>The Cardinals had already scored on Lars Nootbaar’s solo homer two innings earlier to snap a five-day cold spell and, players acknowledged later, allow the dugout to exhale any of the anxiety roiling from three consecutive shutouts. Not that Donovan felt any. The veterans on the team rave about the rookie’s precocious calmness. So there he was, down by two runs but well ahead in the count.</p><p>Calm.</p><p>“No panic,” as Donovan says often.</p><p></p><p>He took the 3-0 pitch as planned — a cutter over the plate.</p><p>When he got the cutter again, he pounced.</p><p>Donovan’s first big-league grand slam catapulted the Cardinals out of their offensive malaise and into a 5-4 victory Thursday evening at Petco Park. The rookie’s home run off Martinez in the seventh inning flipped the game and made a winner of starter Jack Flaherty. Giovanny Gallegos pitched a scoreless ninth to secure his 14th save. Donovan provided the Cardinals’ first hit that produced two or more RBIs in 49 innings, or roughly 120 hours. The win knocked the Cardinals’ magic number to clinch the National League Central crown to five.</p><p>“This game is so unpredictable (that) it can snowball at any time,” Donovan said. “If you’re in there and you’re tight and that scoreless streak just continues. We know we’ve got a great team and a great offense that’s going to turn at any moment. It’s just a matter of who was going to do it.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1793404, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/grand-relief-patience-pays-off-as-cardinals-brendan-donovan-slam-padres-to-avoid-sweep/article_6254e846-5d4c-53bf-a117-55a19bf3d80b.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN DIEGO — By the time he set his mind to taking the 3-0 pitch, Brendan Donovan had already seen two cutters and a curveball from San Diego’s Nick Martinez. He knew the right-hander had a pet change-up, too, but with the bases loaded, he could be patient. The Cardinals had already scored on Lars Nootbaar’s solo homer two innings earlier to snap a five-day cold spell and, players acknowledged later, allow the dugout to exhale any of the anxiety roiling from three consecutive shutouts. Not that Donovan felt any. The veterans on the team rave about the rookie’s precocious calmness. So there he was, down by two runs but well ahead in the count. Calm. “No panic,” as Donovan says often. He took the 3-0 pitch as planned — a cutter over the plate. When he got the cutter again, he pounced. Donovan’s first big-league grand slam catapulted the Cardinals out of their offensive malaise and into a 5-4 victory Thursday evening at Petco Park. The rookie’s home run off Martinez in the seventh inning flipped the game and made a winner of starter Jack Flaherty. Giovanny Gallegos pitched a scoreless ninth to secure his 14th save. Donovan provided the Cardinals’ first hit that produced two or more RBIs in 49 innings, or roughly 120 hours. The win knocked the Cardinals’ magic number to clinch the National League Central crown to five. “This game is so unpredictable (that) it can snowball at any time,” Donovan said. “If you’re in there and you’re tight and that scoreless streak just continues. We know we’ve got a great team and a great offense that’s going to turn at any moment. It’s just a matter of who was going to do it.” [/QUOTE]
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