The Cardinals have proven to be a very scary offensive team. Like Minnesota, the Cubs have the Cardinals as their #1 division rival. The loss taken by the Cubs will dig an even deeper hole for the lovable losers. An 8-2 lead seems good enough for us Sox fans, but for Dusty Baker’s eye and everyone else’s, its just not enough. The red-hot birds managed to rally back big time. And they wouldn’t be able to do it without Albert Pujols who hit 3 home runs in one single game.
The Cubs are still trying to get whole. Glendon Rusch, subbing for Mark Prior in the rotation, gave up five runs on six hits and one walk over five-plus innings. He struck out six and was in line for the win.
The Cardinals have done this to the Cubs before. On July 28, 2002, St. Louis rallied from a six-run deficit to beat Chicago, 10-9, at Busch Stadium.
Albert Pujols went 5-for-5 with three home runs, including a two-run blast in the ninth inning, to power the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-8 come-from-behind victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.
So Cubs don’t even try to go for the Wild Card because you’re not going to get it the way your bullpen has pitched. Last year was your year, but you chocked and f***ed up big time.