Left-hander J.P. Howell likened his shifting emotions Saturday night to a religious experience. Howell went from down in the dumps after blowing a lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game they had to win, to feeling unspeakably grateful for getting a second chance after Matt Kemp lifted his burden. Howell survived an emotional trial after Kemp hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, won 3-2 by the Dodgers against the St. Louis Cardinals. A half-inning earlier, Howell had given up a lead on a two-run homer by Matt Carpenter. After making an startling comeback against Clayton Kershaw in the series opener the night before, the Cardinals seemed on the verge of leaving Dodger Stadium with two victories in hand heading home. "Man, you start getting religious about that situation," Howell told reporters . "I was praying really hard." And then Kemp came through. The teams head to St. Louis tied 1-1 in the series, which resumes Monday night. J.P. Howell, are you happy or no? pic.twitter.com/8lgwGv29h4 — Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) October 5, 2014 JP Howell called Matt Kemp's home run his greatest baseball moment of...
Matt Kemp’s winning homer takes away J.P. Howell’s burden of losing lead
Published October 5, 2014 at 1:35 AM
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