By Anonymous

Losing isn’t supposed to be pretty, but the Cardinals always seem to find a way to lose ugly.

In 1968, The Cards blew a 3-1 lead to the Detroit Tigers in World Series with Bob Gibson pitching Game 7… ouch!

In 1985, the Cards blew a 3-1 game lead against the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, losing a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6, after one of the worst umpiring calls in baseball history, and then got blown out in Game 7, 11-0, with their ace John Tudor on the mound. 21-game winner Joaquin Andujar and manager Whitey Herzog both had meltdowns and were ejected from the game with Cards down 11-0, in what has to be one of the most infamous games in Cardinals history… ouch!

In 1987, after coming back to beat the scum baby Giants in Games 6 and 7 in St. Louis, the Cards blew a 5-1 lead to the Minnesota Twins in Game 6 of the WS with a 3-games-to-2 lead and their ace John Tudor on the mound… ouch!

In 1996, the Cards blew a 3-games-to-one led to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, and were outscored 18-1 in Games 6 and 7 at home… ouch!

In 2002, the Central Division champion Cardinals lost to the wild-card Giants in 5 Games the same year that Jack Buck and starting pitcher Darryl Kile died… ouch!

In 2004, the Cards won 105 games in the regular season, then batted .190 in the World Series and got swept by the Red Sox… ouch!

In 2012, the Cards blew a three-games-to-one lead to the Giants in the NLCS by a combined score of 20-1… ouch!

In 2013, the Cards blew a two-games-to-one lead over the Red Sox in the WS by losing Games 4 and 5 in St. Louis. Pitching phenom and NLCS MVP Michael Wacha finally ran out of gas in Game 6 and got rocked in Boston… ouch!

In 2014, the Cards gift-wrapped 3 straight wins to the Giants in Games 3, 4, and 5 in SF. After a classic Wainwright performance, a 1-run lead, and 6 outs to go, the Cards somehow managed to give the Giants 4 more runs in the 8th and 9th innings, including an epic 3-run walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth by a mediocre hitter—at best… ouch! ouch! ouch!