Izzy
St. Louis Cardinals : News : St. Louis Cardinals News: "Isringhausen entered in the eighth with the Cards trailing, 4-2, and vanquished the Astros easily.
But the joint was still giddy with Lidge facing hitter Nos. 8, 9 and 1. He fanned the first two. But David Eckstein worked a single on a good one-strike pitch, Jim Edmonds drew a walk, and Pujols crashed a two-strike pitch for a no-doubt home run.
Only Isringhausen couldn't fully enjoy the moment.
'I was worried about me going back out there and getting three outs, because if I was to go out there and screw that one up, I wouldn't be able to go home,' Isringhausen said.
He hates Minute Maid Park, and he has numbers to back him. In 13 previous regular- and postseason appearances there, he had given up seven earned runs in 16 1/3 innings, and seen three home runs sail. And allowing any baserunner would have meant he would have faced Astros slugger Lance Berkman, whose three-run homer off Chris Carpenter in the seventh -- the kind of pop to the left-field porch that makes Isringhausen grit his teeth and differentiate Minute Maid from 'a real ballpark' -- had driven the place to bedlam.
'The last thing we need is more dramatics in this place,' he said.
'They were in the same situation in the ninth that we were in the ninth, except they had a two-run lead and we had a one-run lead,' Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. 'So if one guy gets on, it's Berkman. If two guys get on, it's [Morgan] Ensberg, who's been tough on Izzy. So it was a great 1-2-3.'"
Trust me, Izzy wasn't the only one who couldn't enjoy the lead knowing he had to go back out there.
But the joint was still giddy with Lidge facing hitter Nos. 8, 9 and 1. He fanned the first two. But David Eckstein worked a single on a good one-strike pitch, Jim Edmonds drew a walk, and Pujols crashed a two-strike pitch for a no-doubt home run.
Only Isringhausen couldn't fully enjoy the moment.
'I was worried about me going back out there and getting three outs, because if I was to go out there and screw that one up, I wouldn't be able to go home,' Isringhausen said.
He hates Minute Maid Park, and he has numbers to back him. In 13 previous regular- and postseason appearances there, he had given up seven earned runs in 16 1/3 innings, and seen three home runs sail. And allowing any baserunner would have meant he would have faced Astros slugger Lance Berkman, whose three-run homer off Chris Carpenter in the seventh -- the kind of pop to the left-field porch that makes Isringhausen grit his teeth and differentiate Minute Maid from 'a real ballpark' -- had driven the place to bedlam.
'The last thing we need is more dramatics in this place,' he said.
'They were in the same situation in the ninth that we were in the ninth, except they had a two-run lead and we had a one-run lead,' Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. 'So if one guy gets on, it's Berkman. If two guys get on, it's [Morgan] Ensberg, who's been tough on Izzy. So it was a great 1-2-3.'"
Trust me, Izzy wasn't the only one who couldn't enjoy the lead knowing he had to go back out there.
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I liked Andy Pettit reaction "Oh my gosh"
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