The Gas House Gang

August 29, 2006 at Sportsman’s Park

Cardinals 2, Pirates 2  (72-53)

The game only took an hour and fifty three minutes, but the fans who sat through the entire game were there for almost five hours.  After two different rain delays and ten innings of play, the big series opener between the Pirates and the Cardinals ended in a tie.

Grover Alexander was excellent through ten innings.  He gave up only two runs on ten hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.  All the Cardinals managed was three hits, but they made them count.  Bill Southworth and Jim Bottomley each scored a run for the Cards.