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Cardinals 5, Brewers 4
\nWorld Series now tied 1-1
\nBox Score<\/a> | Season Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n

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Don Sutton allowed four runs with two outs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. LOUIS — Up one game to none on the Cardinals, the Brewers had a chance to stomp on their opponents’ throats with a win before going back to Milwaukee for two, maybe three games. Instead, they blew such an opportunity by blowing a three-run lead and falling to the Cardinals 5-4 tonight.<\/p>\n

With the series tied at 1-1, now it will be three games in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Early on, it appeared the Brewers would continue the dominance that led to a 10-0 opening win on Tuesday by whooping on starter John Stuper<\/a>. Charlie Moore<\/a> hit an RBI double in the second inning, and two more runs were scored in the third on a Robin Yount<\/a><\/a> groundout and Ted Simmons<\/a>‘ second homer of the series.<\/p>\n

All was going the Brewers’ way. After two and a half innings, Milwaukee had scored three runs, and the Cardinals had yet to touch home plate in the series. Don Sutton<\/a> had yet to allow a baserunner. But then, with two down in the third, Tommy Herr smacked an RBI double and Ken Oberkfell<\/a> laced a single to right just out of reach of a diving Jim Gantner<\/a> to make it a 3-2 game.<\/p>\n

There are moments in a series that immediately strike you as pivotal. This was one of those such moments. If Sutton gets that third out, the Brewers hold a 3-0 lead and maintain their stranglehold of the series. Instead, the Cardinals score their first runs and gain confidence.<\/p>\n

The Brewers would score one more run on a Cecil Cooper<\/a> single in the fifth to make it a 4-2 Brewers lead. But the Cardinals kept battling.<\/p>\n

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Porter’s two-out, two-run double in the sixth was a crushing blow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Again with two down, former Brewer Darrell Porter hit a two-run double down the left field line that tied the game in the sixth. Why was the third out so difficult to secure? It cost the Brewers this game.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, Pete Ladd<\/a> was the Brewers’ MVP of the ALCS, and they needed him in a key spot of a tie game in the eighth. With one down, Bob McClure<\/a> had put two Cardinals runners on. To this point, Ladd had retired all 10 batters he had faced in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The World Series may be a different story. Ladd delivered a letters-high fastball on a 3-2 count to NL MVP candidate Lonnie Smith<\/a>, the first batter he faced, that was called a ball to load the bases.<\/p>\n

“Did you see the big smile on my face heading down to first?” a knowing Smith asked after the game.<\/p>\n

Ladd then walked the second batter, journeyman Steve Braun<\/a>, on four pitches to bring in the go-ahead and eventual winning run.<\/p>\n

“It rattled me,” Ladd admitted. “It shouldn’t have. This is not the time to get rattled. But it did rattle me. I was upset, not at myself but at the umpire.”<\/p>\n

Inexplicable. But understandable, considering Ladd is an untested young pitcher. Rollie Fingers<\/a> would have been perfect in this position.<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah. So wasn’t Rollie available?<\/p>\n

“Rollie was well enough to pitch,” said Kuenn, “and no, I didn’t consider using him. I’ve used Rollie when we’re ahead, not in tie situations or when we’re losing.”<\/p>\n

It’s starting to sound like a bluff, Harvey. This is when the Brewers needed their best pitcher on the mound. And Rollie’s comments didn’t help verify Harvey’s claim.<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t have pitched today,” said Fingers. “I’m a little stiff from not pitching for a month, not from the injury. It’s like the fifth or sixth day of Spring Training.”<\/p>\n

I came into this hoping the Brewers would win one of two in St. Louis. After yesterday’s win, I wanted two but didn’t need it. I was fine with a loss here.<\/p>\n

But not like this. The Brewers had this game. The Cardinals scored four with two outs and the final was a gift. The Cardinals didn’t win Game 2, the Brewers lost it. And that’s not how you win a World Series.<\/p>\n

“Of course we would have liked to have won two,” said Kuenn, “but I’m not worried.”<\/p>\n

Apparently not. Or you would have used Fingers.<\/p>\n

On the bright side, Cecil Cooper had three hits to break out of his playoff funk. Gorman Thomas<\/a>, however, went hitless to drop his playoff batting average below .100.<\/p>\n

At some point, we may need to accept that Gorman simply isn’t himself on one leg. If Thomas isn’t going to hit, you don’t lose anything by putting Marshall Edwards<\/a> out there. Or you can roll the dice by putting Moore or Oglivie in center and Mark Brouhard<\/a> in one of the corners. I love Gorman, but he’s half of a player right now.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Should the Brewers bench Gorman Thomas? And how big was this loss?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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