Musial honored before Rays finale

Another Drive for Stan Musial

Mike On The Cards found this 5/18/2008 on www.stltoday.com

DOWNTOWN — He had 1,815 of them inside a ballpark that called St. Louis home, so it’s only fitting that Stan “The Man” Musial would finally have one outside a ballpark in St. Louis. As part of “Stan Musial Day” ...

Rays Run Themselves Out of Victory

RHood posted 5/18/2008 from mvn.com

Eight Runs and 18 hits should be enough to win the game. I say should, because it didn’t happen for the Rays. About a half dozen baserunning errors, shakey starting pitching, and other mental lapses put a hold on the Rays comeback attempt as they dropped the game 9-8 to the Cardinals in 10 innings. The Rays are now 25-18 and still lead the AL East by percentage points.

Ludwick's walk-off shot lets Cards escape in 10th

The Hardball Times found this 5/18/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

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Time for the Cubs to Lose the “‘Wrigley” Name

pepe frias posted 5/18/2008 from www.dugoutcentral.com

The Chicago Cubs currently lead the NL Central by 2.5 games over the surprising Astros and 3.0 games over the equally surprising St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs are on pace to shatter last year’s mark in walks on offense, thanks to the approach Kosuke Fukudome brings to the plate.

Rays vs. Cardinals - Box Score - May 18, 2008

Rays of Light found this 5/19/2008 on scores.espn.go.com

Tampa Bay Rays Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG A Iwamura 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .276 C Crawford LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .282 B Upton CF 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 .288 C Pena 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .215 E Longoria 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .231 E Hinske RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .250 G Gross RF 0 0 ...