Ugly.  Really, really ugly.  After getting spotted a three run lead by Rick Ankiel’s homer in the first inning of game two in Houston,  starter Braden Looper immediately put the Cardinals in a hole by giving up six runs in the bottom half.  Manager Tony La Russa stayed with the pitcher into the fifth, but [...]

The Cardinals began their six game road trip last night with a heartbreaking loss to the Houston Astros.  For the Cards, time is running out, and every loss puts them further out of the race.
The game started off as a pitchers duel between Kyle Lohse and Randy Wolf.  Lohse held the Astros scoreless through six [...]

After losing big in the first game of the short series against Milwaukee on Tuesday, the Cardinals “played a hard nine” to take game two last night.
It was Adam Wainwrights second start since coming off the disabled list.  He wasn’t dominant, but he definitely got the job done.  He lasted 6 innings on 89 pitches, [...]

The clock is ticking, and the Cardinals need wins.  We would have liked to see a two game sweep to begin the home stand against Pittsburgh.  But the Cards split.  We would have liked to see a three game sweep against Atlanta.  But the they could only take two.  And in what seems like the [...]

Just to lighten the mood after yesterday’s loss, we’ll revisit the Batting Stance Guy. Enjoy!

Just a quick post today, as the team has the day off.  I’m working on a rather lengthy post for the weekend when the team hosts the Braves.
Last night the Cardinals were able to trounce the Pirates 11-2.  They tallied 13 hits, and scored in five of their eight innings at the plate.  Jason LaRue [...]

In the stretch run to keep their playoff hopes alive, the St. Louis Cardinals started the current seven game home stand with a 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates last night. The loss was especially frustrating for fans when the offense and defense couldn’t show up to compliment the outstanding pitching performance from Braden Looper.  He [...]

The Cardinals enjoyed only their second day off since the All-Star break today, but it’s just one of four off days scheduled in the next eleven days.  We knew the schedule makers were out of their minds when they had the Cards traveling to Detroit for the third consecutive year this season, but this makes [...]

First off, I’d be remiss to not point out a debate going on over at Viva El Birdos this morning.  houstoncardinal, one of the regular posters at VEB has sparked some heated conversation on the subject of Cardinal prospect Colby Rasmus.  He claims that it would benefit the team to call up the youngster and [...]

With a fine performance from Cardinal starter Joel Pineiro, and four home runs from the supporting cast, the Cardinals picked up a decisive win against the Reds in Cincinnati.
Pineiro earned his third win in as many starts with six strong innings.  He allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, and struck out 6 without issuing a [...]