1.   Cardinals reliever Dennis Eckersley has been known to pump a fist after a key strikeout.

2.   Early, his breaking ball produced several key strikeouts.

3.   He worked out of jams in the third and fifth innings, getting key strikeouts of Salmon and Vaughn along the way.

4.   Left-hander Omar Daal recorded a key strikeout in his two-thirds of an inning.

5.   Washburn got key strikeouts in those innings, including four with a runner on third and less than two outs.