The start of this game was delayed for nearly 2 and a half hours as a violent storm ripped through St. Louis. First came the dust storm, then came the lightning and sideways rain. In the game itself, Carpenter worked quickly and effectively getting through 7 innings only allowing 2 runs. Jim Edmonds put the Cards up for good with a 3-run homer in the 4th and the Cardinals won a fairly quick game 8-3.

This was the kind of game that the Cardinals of 2004 and 2005 thrived in. Jason Marquis kept them in the game with 8 strong innings. Jim Edmonds hit a game tying 2-run shot in the 7th. The Cards bullpen kept the Dodgers off the board and Albert Pujols rewarded the loyal fans who stuck around on this wet Thursday night with a walk off homer in the 14th.

The Good: The Cardinals rallied back to erase a 6-0 deficit with homeruns from Rolen, Molina, and Spiezio. Josh Hancock threw 4 and 1/3 innings of no-hit relief. Edmonds hit a pinch-hit game-tying HR in the bottom of the 9th. Pujols broke out of his slump with 4 hits. The Bad: Ponson gave up 6 runs on 7 hits and 5 walks in just 2 and 1/3 innings. Flores walked 3 men in a row and allowed the go ahead run to score without recording an out. The Cards had the bases loaded with nobody out in the 10th and failed to score. The Ugly: The Cardinals have now lost 10 of their last 11 games.