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Archive for August, 2008

31 Aug

Looper Gets Shelled in Loss

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 [...]

30 Aug

Houston Delivers Tough Loss

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 [...]

28 Aug

Cards Earn a Split

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, [...]

26 Aug

A Frustrating Loss for the Cardinals

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 [...]

24 Aug

Batting Stance Guy

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

21 Aug

Offensive Outburst Earns Cards a Split

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 [...]

20 Aug

Pitchers Making Headlines

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 [...]

18 Aug

Series Preview - Pirates @ Cards

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 [...]

17 Aug

Bird Bits

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 [...]

16 Aug

Four Straight Wins

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 [...]

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