Take 2 Roundup: Playoffs, Sun, 5/11/08

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[size=24:0ff79aae41][b:0ff79aae41]MOTHER OF A GAME[/b:0ff79aae41][/size:0ff79aae41]
[size=18:0ff79aae41]Cardinals Blow 5-Run Lead; Astros tie NLCS at 2 Wins Each[/size:0ff79aae41]

The Cardinals probably would like this one back. Having broken through with 3 runs in each of the 5th and 6th innings and chased Houston ace Mike Scott to take a 6-1 lead, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2119][b:0ff79aae41]St. Louis coughed it all up, letting the Astros tie it and then win it in the 13 inning by the final score of 7-6[/b:0ff79aae41][/url].

Down 6-4, the Astros scored the tying runs in the top of the 9th inning on Glenn Davis' 2-out, bases-loaded single. In the 13th, it was Denny Walling who drove in the go-ahead/winning run with an infield single that plated Alan Ashby.

Game 5, the final game in St. Louis, is scheduled for Monday night (Bob Knepper vs. Danny Cox).

[size=14:0ff79aae41]Yankees take 3-2 ALCS lead[/size:0ff79aae41]

In the ALCS, third baseman Mike Pagliarulo launched his 3rd homerun of the playoffs, as the Yankees chased Angels starter Kirk McCaskill in the 2nd inning and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2118".[b:0ff79aae41]cruised to an 8-4 Game 5 win[/b:0ff79aae41]</a]. After a travel day Monday, the series shifts back to the Bronx on Tuesday, where the Angels are now forced to win both Games 6 and 7 in order to advance to the World Series.