Poor Matt Holliday. He's a great offensive player and all-around good guy, but could he have perhaps cost the Cardinals a chance to advance, much less Thursday's game. Yes. They had two outs, and the Cardinals just needed one to end the game; however, Holliday dropped a flyball by James Loney and let him advanced to second. Things fell apart from there, as Ronnie Belliard plated in the tying run and with the bases loaded, veteran Mark Loretta drove in the winning one, as the Dodgers beat the Cardinals, 3-2.

The Cardinals wasted a great start by Adam Wainwright, who went eight strong innings, was beyond nasty and put them in a position where they could have tied the series. Now, they have to survive.

They took a 1-0 lead in the first inning off a Matt Holliday solo homer; however, the Dodgers tied the game at one as Andre Etheir homered -- a solo shot. The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the seventh as Colby Rasmus' deep double plated in a run.

The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw -- the young southpaw -- started the game and was solid, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing two runs on nine hits. Observing that way Kershaw pitched on Thursday, I see future star written all over him. Obviously being on the East Coast, I don't see a lot of the Dodgers, but did Kershaw ever impress me.

In other news, George 'Flat and Breezy' Sherrill and former Oriole got the win for the Dodgers as he pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Ryan Franklin, who was on the mound during the Cardinals implosion in the ninth inning took the loss.

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