Cardinals Take 8-0 Lead, Cling to 10-9 Win As Tucker's Potential Game Winning Drive Falls Foul

 The St. Louis Cardinals chased Framber Valdez to take a 8-0 lead in the 2nd inning, then barely survived for a 10-9 win in Game 1 of our playoffs.

The cards needed closer Ryan Helsley, who came in and struck out the first two Astros in the 9th.

However lefty pinch hitter Jon Singleton had an infield single on an "11" that would have been a strike out if he were right-handed. He moved to second base on a wild pitch.

The No. 9 hitter Trey Cabbage, who had led the comeback with an rbi double and 3-run homer, hit a routine grounder to shortstop that was thrown away to cut the lead to 10-9 and put Cabbage on second base.

That brought up Kyle Tucker who drew a clutch batting (BD), which means the next card of 11-17 would be a game-tying double, an 18-38 would be a walk off homer, and a 41-88 would be a foul. It was a 66 for a foul, and then Helsley struck him out to take the Game 1 win 10-9.