SAN FRANCISCO • In the big picture, the reason the Cardinals completed the task of blowing a 3-1 lead in the National League championship series was because they didn't hit. They were outscored 20-1 in the final three games. But their defense was lacking, too. The box score will show that Cardinals rookie shortstop Pete Kozma had one error Monday night. However, he had a rough day at the office. Kozma, one of the Cardinals' offensive sparkplugs late in the season and in the postseason, had made a key error Sunday in Game 6, contributing to a four-run San Francisco Giants second inning that kept them alive in the series. Then, in one gruesome stretch in a five-run Giants third inning Monday,...
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