By putting his team ahead with a pinch-hit RBI single for the second straight night, Allen Craig not only set a World Series record, but he also set himself up to be considered among the most legendary of St. Louis Cardinals.
And then the Texas Rangers caught up to the tortoise-owning Craig and flew past the Cards for a 2-1 victory in Game 2 at Busch Stadium on Thursday night. Texas' ninth-inning rally had reduced Craig's doubly impressive feat into a merely amazing footnote.
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Still, he seemed pretty astonished that the same situation as in Game 1 — tie score, two outs, same pitcher in Alexi Ogando — presented itself again. Even if it came in the seventh inning, instead of the sixth. As he was quoted in the New York Times:
Read More »"I couldn't believe that it was the same exact situation against the same guy," said Craig, who lined outside fastballs to right field in each at-bat. "I kind of had to snap out of it and refocus a bit because that doesn't really happen












