Daily Rant: Cardinals finally earn Joe Kelly a win

Joe Kelly fell just short of another quality start, but he traded his streak in for a win. The Cardinals trailed the Brewers early, but came out on top to gain some ground on the Pirates in the Wild Card race. More details follow after the jump.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	4
St Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	3	X	9	13	1
WP	J. Kelly (2-4)
LP	R. Wolf (3-8)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
R. Furcal ss	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.270
A. Craig 1b	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.297
M. Rzepczynski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Holliday lf	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.323
C. Beltran rf	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.284
D. Freese 3b	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.312
Y. Molina c	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.315
D. Descalso 2b	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.240
S. Robinson cf	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258
J. Kelly p	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167
B. Browning p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Schumaker ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319
E. Mujica p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Boggs p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Carpenter ph-1b	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.291
Totals	36	9	13	6	0	3	4	2	13

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Kelly (W, 2-4)	5.2	10	3	3	2	4	0	1.40	2.96
B. Browning (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.88	4.09
E. Mujica (H, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	4.28
M. Boggs (H, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	1.58
M. Rzepczynski	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	4.93

The Positives

Allen Craig his a single and his 19th double of the season. He also scored one of the Cardinals nine runs.
Matt Holliday hit two singles and drove in a run. The RBI was his 76th of the season, which ties him with teammate Carlos Beltran for the league lead.
Carlos Beltran hit his 17th double and scored a run.
David Freese hit a two RBI single and scored a run. He now has 61 RBIs on the year.
Yadier Molina hit three singles and scored two runs. He also flashed some of his dazzling speed, adding two steals to his season total. He astoundingly has ten steals.
Daniel Descalso hit a single and his sixth double to drive in two runs. He also scored a run.
Shane Robinson got the start in center field and hit a single and scored a run.
Barrett Browning, Edward Mujica, Mitchell Boggs, and Marc Rzepczynski combined for three and a third scoreless innings to close the game out.

Justin’s Jeers

Joe Kelly fell just short of continuing his quality start streak. He only lasted five and two thirds, but only gave up three earned runs. With ten hits and two walks, the damage could have been a lot worse.
Rafael Furcal went hitless at the top of the order. He did draw a walk and scored a run, though.

Three Stars

3) David Freese – Freese drove in two runs to help put the game out of reach.

2) Daniel Descalso – Descalso also drove in two runs in a two-hit effort.

1) Yadier Molina – Yadi had a 3-3 night, scored two runs, and stole two bases.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Cincinnati Reds	65	41	0.613	—	35-19	30-22	462	387	75	Won 4	9-1
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	45	0.571	4.5	33-16	27-29	431	398	33	Lost 1	6-4
St Louis Cardinals	57	49	0.538	8	30-21	27-28	529	427	102	Won 1	7-3
Milwaukee Brewers	48	57	0.457	16.5	30-26	18-31	486	491	-5	Lost 1	4-6
Chicago Cubs	43	61	0.413	21	27-24	16-37	388	464	-76	Lost 3	5-5
Houston Astros	35	72	0.327	30.5	25-27	10-45	411	549	-138	Lost 4	1-9

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