"Everyone knows Albert Pujols is one of the best hitters of this or any era, so his heroics Saturday didn't surprise anyone too much.

"Yet everyone in the entire dugout, we thought we had him (in the 12th) and we thought we were going to get another shot at scoring some runs," Carlos Pena said after Pujols' walk-off homer ended it in the 12th inning5-4.

"Unfortunately it didn't happen, but let's tip our cap. That was a very good pitch (from Jeff Samardzija). It was low, down almost in the dirt, and he hit it."

Pena now has experienced the kind of classic game that has been part and parcel of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry."