Yes there is reason. Those guys should have used up a decades worth of goodluck winning it all in '06. Yet, here we are. They kinda had that one coming for all the years they were legit good and lost in the playoffs, I figure. You must mean all the time. 2005. They lost to a better team all the other times I can remember.
While Thom is crying for Harang, he may note that, um, Z's ERA is around 1.80 this year. Dustyball lets Z get out of the 7th quickly. Marmol, Wood and let's go home.
Not enough for Looper to become a better than average starter for STL after never having started at the big league level, he's going to start hitting too.
If I had to guess, I'd say Kennedy struck out, reached on a dropped third strike, and the catcher threw the ball into left field - yes, left not right - and Kennedy managed to score, probably on a blown call.