I am at my parents' place in Illinois. I don't have the Roku here so I am not watching MLB.TV but there has been some game or another somewhere on the cable ever since I arrived, starting with Cardinals at Giants. Lance Lynn allowed one hit through eight innings and struck out the side in the eighth. But Tyler Lyons allowed a Hunter Pence single to begin the bottom of the ninth. Joe Panik then bunted Pence over. Matheny yanked Lyons. Buster Posey poked a Seung Hwan Oh pitch just over Wong's head and into right field. The game was tied. Fowler singled off Sam Dyson to lead off the ninth but Fowler was gimpy by the time he got to third. Bader pinch-ran for him, inexplicably breaking for home on a Piscotty grounder to third. Cardinal threat over. Then a guy I had never heard of—Ryan Sherriff—allowed a home run to Nick Hundley in the bottom of the tenth. Ballgame. Who Are Those Guys? C J Cron ties this game at four, top 9, ...
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