PLAYERS:
Matt Holliday,
Marco Scutaro,
Bruce Bochy,
Matt Cain
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants
Your browser does not support iframes.Matt Holliday went out of his way to wish Marco Scutaro well before the Giants and Cardinals played Game 3 of the NLCS, ending what appeared to be some bad blood over a harsh takeout slide in Game 2.Holliday slid well beyond second base on Monday in an attempt to take out the Giants second baseman and prevent a double play. Scutaro stayed in the game long enough to get a clutch hit, but he exited with a hip injury. The Giants were pretty heated about the slide, though Scutaro and manager Bruce Bochy recognized Holliday had no intent to injure. Pitcher Matt Cain indicated before Game 3 that he might throw at Holliday in retaliation, but that never happened. Maybe that’s because the St. Louis left fielder went out of his way to reconcile before the game. “Play good,” Holliday could be seen telling Scutaro before the game. Holliday also said “my bad,” in reference to the slide, and gave the Giants second baseman thumbs up.Scutaro batted second and ...
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