mlb.com and laura'nette say:
St. Louis reliever Joshua Morgan Hancock was killed in an auto accident on westbound Highway 64/40 within the St. Louis city limits. He apparently spent time earlier in the night at Mike Shannon's bar and restaurant and toxicology and autopsy results are pending to see whether or not he was drunk at the time. A man who said he saw him earlier in the night said he was plastered. I don't beleive the tow truck guy he hit was injured. I could be wrong.
The Cubs v. Cardinals game scheduled for Sunday night was canceled.
Hancock, who was single, has been a member of the Cardinals since February 2006 and helped the team to its 10th World Series title last fall.
Fans on Sunday were leaving bouquets of flowers outside the gates at Busch Stadium.
The Cards went ahead and played the Brewers on Monday, but lost. Visibly bothered by their teammate's death, they wore the No. 32 on their shoulders and hung Hancock jerseys in the dugout (or bullpen, can't remember which) during the game. Scott Spiezio asked to be scratched from the starting lineup because he couldn't bring himself to play the game.
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