Daily Rant: Cardinals complete sweep with 13-5 drubbing

The Cardinals took to Houston with the offensive fury that the numbers show they are capable of on Thursday night. They decimated the Astros to earn a season sweep and take some much-needed momentum into their three game showdown with the division leading Reds.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	11	1
St Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	4	X	13	17	2
WP	J. Westbrook (13-9)
LP	D. Keuchel (1-6)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Jay cf	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316
A. Craig 1b	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.313
M. Holliday lf	5	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.303
M. Carpenter rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302
C. Beltran rf	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.276
M. Rzepczynski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Y. Molina c	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.324
T. Cruz ph-c	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232
D. Freese 3b	4	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	.298
D. Descalso 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.225
E. Mujica p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
F. Salas p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Robinson ph-lf	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.262
R. Furcal ss	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.269
J. Westbrook p	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.133
R. Jackson ph	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
B. Browning p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Schumaker 2b	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.300
Totals	39	13	17	13	1	3	7	0	11

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Westbrook (W, 13-9)	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	0	1.30	3.67
B. Browning (H, 4)	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.29	5.12
E. Mujica (H, 20)	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1.05	3.47
F. Salas	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	4.11
M. Rzepczynski	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	4.76

The Positives

Jon Jay hit 13th double of the year and a single. He scored three runs.
Allen Craig hit two singles and his 27th double to drive in three runs and score two of his own.
Matt Holliday hit a single and a double and drove in four runs. He is now tied with Ryan Braun and teammate Carlos Beltran for the RBI lead.
Yadier Molina hit a single and a double, driving in one run.
David Freese hit two singles and his 17th home run. He drove in four runs.
Rafael Furcal hit two singles and scored two runs.
Barrett Browning, Edward Mujica, Fernando Salas, and Marc Rzepczynski combined for four innings of scoreless ball.

Three Stars

I’m not going to force myself to find complaints in a landslide victory over a AA team so let’s jump right to the stars.

3) Allen Craig – Craig drove in three runs in a three hit performance.

2) Matt Holliday – Holliday only picked up two hits, but drove in four runs.

1) David Freese – Freese led the way with three hits, including a huge home run.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	pW	pL	Magic#
Cincinnati Reds	76	50	0.603	0	41-22	35-28	548	474	72	54	30
St Louis Cardinals	68	56	0.548	7	40-26	28-30	610	487	76	48	31
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	57	0.540	8	37-23	30-34	515	500	64	60	30
Milwaukee Brewers	57	66	0.463	17.5	38-28	19-38	563	570	61	62	21
Chicago Cubs	47	76	0.382	27.5	30-28	17-48	457	559	49	74	11
Houston Astros	39	86	0.312	36.5	27-35	12-51	463	649	42	83	1

Wild Card	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	pW	pL	Magic#
Atlanta Braves	71	54	0.568	0	36-29	35-25	572	490	72	53	35
St Louis Cardinals	68	56	0.548	0	40-26	28-30	610	487	76	48	38
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	57	0.540	1	37-23	30-34	515	500	64	60	38
Los Angeles Dodgers	67	58	0.536	1.5	33-28	34-30	497	466	67	58	38
Arizona Diamondbacks	64	61	0.512	4.5	33-28	31-33	567	524	67	58	35

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