Nlcs game 2 2012

And he really didn't hit dirt until he was past the bag. Marco was behind the bag and got smoked. It's a shame somebody got hurt because of this. That's more of a roadblock. Holliday singled in the first inning for the Cardinals and then barreled into Scutaro while breaking up a double play on Allen Craig 's grounder.

Scutaro went down awkwardly on the play. Athletic trainer Dave Groeschner and Bochy hustled out to check on Scutaro, who got up and stayed in the game for four more innings. I was more interested in breaking up the double play.

Said Cardinals second baseman Daniel Descalso : "A lot of guys take pride in breaking up double plays. Holliday is one of them. On slowly hit balls you're going to get hit. You don't want anyone to get hurt, but I'm all for playing the game hard.

Scutaro, who was replaced in the top of the sixth by Ryan Theriot , singled in the first and hit a two-run single in the fourth. Making Scutaro's fourth-inning hit even sweeter for the Giants was the fact that Holliday misplayed the ball in left field, allowing a third run to score on the error.

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