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Team Turk on Friday, October 27, 2006 2:38:50 PM
Cardinals defeat Detroit Tigers
5-4.
Almost every ball David Eckstein hit was trouble for the Tigers.
Helped by a soggy field, St. Louis' scrappy shortstop delivered two key doubles that gave the Cardinals a firm grip on a World Series that's quickly slipping away from Detroit.
Eckstein's tiebreaking double to left field glanced off the glove of a diving Craig Monroe in the eighth inning, and the Cardinals capitalized on Detroit's sloppy defense for a 5-4 victory Thursday night in Game 4.
"I just needed to find some holes," Eckstein said. "It's nice to actually have a little luck involved."