Daily Rant: Cardinals take series with a win in Colorado

The Cardinals played the Rockies in the second game of their three game set on Wednesday night. After a short rain delay in the seventh, the Cardinals came away with a victory to keep pace with the Reds and Pirates. Matt Holliday had a great game and is emerging as a dark horse MVP candidate. More details follow after the jump.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis Cardinals	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	9	12	1
Colorado Rockies	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	6	11	0
WP	J. Westbrook (10-8)
LP	M. Belisle (3-3)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Descalso ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.239
A. Craig 1b	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.296
M. Holliday lf	4	3	3	5	2	0	1	0	0	.325
C. Beltran rf	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.285
D. Freese 3b	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.316
Y. Molina c	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.310
J. Jay cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.283
T. Greene 2b	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.222
J. Westbrook p	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.162
S. Schumaker ph	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.323
E. Mujica p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
L. Berkman ph	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.282
M. Boggs p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Rzepczynski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	37	9	12	7	2	4	6	1	16

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Westbrook (W, 10-8)	6.0	9	5	5	4	2	0	1.32	3.79
E. Mujica (H, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	4.28
M. Boggs (H, 16)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	1.58
M. Rzepczynski	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.44	4.93

The Positives

Daniel Descalso led off for the Cardinals and picked up a single and scored a run.
Allen Craig also hit a single and scored a run. He is working to get his average back over .300
Matt Holliday had his best game of the season. He his a single and two home runs and drove in five runs. The home runs were his 20th and 21st of the season.
Carlos Beltran hit two singles, scored a run, and stole his tenth base of the season.
David Freese hit his 20th double of the season.
Yadier Molina had a three hit night. He hit two singles and hit 19th double of the season. He scored twice and drove in a run.
Tyler Greene got the start at second base and hit an RBI double.
Edward Mujica had a good debut with the Cardinals. He pitched a perfect seventh inning.
Mitchell Boggs followed with a scoreless eighth inning.

Justin’s Jeers

Jake Westbrook got beat up. He pitched six innings and gave up five earned runs. He was tortured by the long ball, as two of his nine hits allowed were home runs. He also didn’t do himself any favors by allowing four walks.
Marc Rzepczynski gave up a third home run in the ninth inning, but shut down the rest of the Reds hitters.
Jon Jay was held hitless. He was the only Cardinals starter to not reach base with a hit.

Three Stars

3) Carlos Beltran – Beltran had a solid night at the plate and even pitched in a stolen base

2) Yadier Molina – Molina recorded three hits and scored two of the Cardinals runs.

1) Matt Holliday – Holliday had his best game of the season and led the Cardinals to victory.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Cincinnati Reds	63	41	0.606	—	33-19	30-22	450	383	67	Won 2	9-1
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	44	0.577	3	33-16	27-28	431	395	36	Won 2	6-4
St Louis Cardinals	56	48	0.538	7	29-21	27-27	518	416	102	Won 2	7-3
Milwaukee Brewers	48	56	0.462	15	30-26	18-30	483	482	1	Won 3	4-6
Chicago Cubs	43	60	0.417	19.5	27-24	16-36	387	458	-71	Lost 2	5-5
Houston Astros	35	71	0.330	29	25-27	10-44	410	545	-135	Lost 3	1-9

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