Archive for July, 2008

Jul1st

Mets Take Game Two

AUTHOR: mikewest | IN: Cardinals | COMMENTS: None Yet

Clearly, Cardinal starter Todd Wellemeyer was out of whack tonight in the second of four games against the Mets.  He couldn’t command any of his pitches, and the New York hitters were sitting on his fastball.  Wellemeyer labored through five innings on 98 pitches, allowing 6 runs on 12 hits.
Brad Thompson came in to pitch in the sixth, and promptly gave up a home run to David Wright.  Later, Thompson popped up a sacrifice attempt that took the wind out of the rally sails.  Just when I thought his suckiness would continue, Brad cruised through the final three innings unscathed, [...]