"The air of invincibility lasted just two games.

Cliff Lee had a lead, and it disappeared. The Phillies had home-field advantage, and it was erased. The Cardinals were on the brink of a nearly insurmountable deficit, and now, Tony LaRussa said, they're feeling awfully good about their chances of upsetting the heavily favored Phillies.

"The most important thing was (Game 2) created a series," LaRussa said after a light workout Monday. "I mean, we go down 0-2, as optimistic as we are, that's a big, big hole. So it just got us excited.""