Cardinals 2, Dodgers 1

This is one that may haunt the Dodgers for a long time. Before this season, it would have seemed preposterous to pitch around Delwyn Young to get to Andruw Jones with the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth. But now, the only thing preposterous was the fact Joe Torre sent Jones to the plate with the game on the line, whereupon Jones surprised absolutely no one (except maybe Torre) by striking out to end the game with the tying run on third base. This was Jones’ first plate appearance since Sunday, when he struck out three times in four at-bats against the Angels, and he has been utterly lost at the plate all season. He is now hitless in his past eight at-bats, with five strikeouts. … Anyhoo, that was one of nine hitless at-bats w/RISP for the boys tonight in what became a one-run loss. Sounds a little glaring, don’t you think? … Dodgers fall to 25-22 and drop 3 1/2 behind the Snakes.