After a 3-0 loss Saturday to the Giants in Game One of the National League Championship Series, the Cardinals have a sure-fire weapon to brighten spirits at Busch Stadium Sunday night: The Budweiser Clydesdales are coming.
Weather permitting, the Best Horsies in Baseball will take a pre-game trot around the warning track before Game Two of the best-of-seven series.The game starts at 7:07 p.m. Scheduled to pitch are righthanders Lance Lynn for the Cards and Jake Peavy for the Giants.
Despite pre-game assurances from starter Adam Wainwright that concerns over his elbow were overblown, the Cards ace struggled Saturday and was relieved in the fifth inning. The Giants scored 2 runs in the second inning and 1 run in the third. Madison Bumgarner pitched into the eighth for the Giants.
NLCS Game Two: Sunday at Busch Stadium
GAME TIME: 7:07 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m.;
PRE-GAME PEP RALLY: 3 to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Ballpark Village. Cardinals outfielder Shane Robinson will sign autographs from 3:30 to 4 p.m.; former pitcher Brad Thompson will be on stage at 5:30 p.m.
PRE-GAME CEREMONY: The Budweiser Clydesdales will take a turn around the warning track, weather permitting. Jim Edmonds, the Cards former All-Star outfielder, will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Forty thousand fans get rally towels. The National Anthem will be performed by St. Louis jazz artist Erin Bode.
BROADCAST INFO: Televised on cable, Fox Sports 1. (Channels: Charter 43 and 211 (SD), 811 (HD); ATT&T U-Verse 652 (SD), 1652 (HD); Dish 150; Direct TV 219.) Play-by-play by Mike Shannon and John Rooney on KMOX (1120 AM).
SOCIAL MEDIA: The Cards suggest the hashtag #PostCards.
