Somebody's going to see Colby Rasmus had only one at-bat in St. Louis' 9-8 victory over Kansas City and wonder how long he was in the game. "I'll tell them about 4 hours and 30 minutes worth," deadpanned the weary center fielder. St. Louis drew 13 walks in the 4 hour, 9 minute affair and Rasmus had five, each one off a different pitcher. In the 10th inning of the wacky afternoon affair with the bases loaded in a 7-7 tie, Tim Collins threw him four straight bad ones. That forced in the go-ahead run as the Cardinals took the always-lively interleague series between state rivals two games to one. "A couple of (at-bats) they didn't give me nothing, really," Rasmus said. "And a couple of times I battled off some tough pitches. The threw me some good pitches and I battled them to a walk." Yadier Molina had a double, two singles and a two-run triple for the Cardinals, who have won six of seven and opened a 2 1/2-game lead in the NL Central. "A win is a win, no matter how we win," said Molina. "We'll take it." Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310522107&teams=st.-louis-cardinals-vs-kansas-city-royals
