A loss following yesterday's win

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BOXSCORE: 2009 St. Louis Cardinals At 2009 Washington Nationals      5/1/2009
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Schumaker 2B      4  0  0  0 .252     N.Morgan CF         5  1  2  0 .269  
  B.Ryan SS           4  0  0  0 .269     C.Guzman SS         5  0  1  0 .200  
  A.Pujols 1B         3  1  1  0 .347     R.Zimmerman 3B      3  1  1  1 .284  
  M.Holliday LF       4  0  1  1 .325     A.Dunn 1B           3  0  1  0 .241  
  R.Ludwick RF        4  0  2  0 .240     J.Willingham LF     4  1  1  0 .238  
  C.Rasmus CF         4  1  1  0 .250     W.Harris 2B         3  1  0  0 .150  
  Y.Molina C          3  0  1  0 .233     J.Bard C            4  2  3  4 .294  
  J.Thurston 3B       3  0  0  0 .254     E.Dukes RF          4  0  0  0 .179  
  K.Lohse P           2  0  0  0 .167     C.Stammen P         3  0  1  1 .222  
  D.Reyes P           1  0  0  0 .000     J.Tavarez P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Miller P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
A-J.Lugo PH           0  0  0  0 .286                                          
B-C.Duncan PH         1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  6  1                 Totals      34  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Miller In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lugo In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  6  1
Nationals....... 0 0 1  3 0 1  1 0    -  6 10  0
 
Cardinals (15-10)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Lohse LOSS(0-4)         5 2/3   9   5   5   2   1   1 105   6.85  A1 D1
D.Reyes                   1 2/3   1   1   0   1   3   0  36   0.00  D2 D9
T.Miller                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.25  E1
Totals                    8      10   6   5   3   5   1
 
Nationals (7-16)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Stammen WIN(2-2)        8 2/3   6   2   2   2   3   0 129   5.40  A1 D8
J.Tavarez SAVE(1st)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00  D9
Totals                    9       6   2   2   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,337 DATE- Friday, May 1st 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Wolf, Gary Cederstrom, Brian O'Nora
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  Nationals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- D.Reyes
DOUBLES- A.Pujols(6th), R.Ludwick(4th), R.Zimmerman(8th), J.Bard(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Bard(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Holliday(1st)
WALKS- Y.Molina, J.Thurston, R.Zimmerman, A.Dunn, C.Stammen
HIT BY PITCH- A.Pujols, W.Harris
STRIKE OUTS- B.Ryan, M.Holliday, K.Lohse, C.Guzman-2, J.Willingham, E.Dukes,
             C.Stammen
WILD PITCHES- J.Tavarez
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Matt Holliday robbed Ryan Zimmerman of a Homerun!
 
Josh Bard cracked a homer and had 4 RBI at Nationals Park as the Washington
Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 2.
 
Bard made sure the Washington fans enjoyed themselves.  He belted a three-run
homer in the 4th inning, doubled in the 6th inning and lined a single scoring
a run in the 7th inning.  Washington had 10 hits overall, while St. Louis had
6.  
 
Craig Stammen(2-2) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings. Julian
Tavarez gained credit for his 1st save.  Kyle Lohse(0-4) was charged with the
loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 9 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 2/3
innings.  
 

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Lopsided game

We got all of our hits for the week in one game. We had such a lead, I tried out Motte as a reliever. He instantly gave up 2 HRs. It's good to know in case I'm in a situation where the game is close.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 St. Louis Cardinals At 2009 Washington Nationals     4/30/2009
Lopsided game...but I definitely don't want to use Motte when the game matters.
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Schumaker 2B      5  1  2  1 .262     N.Morgan CF         4  0  2  0 .258  
  B.Ryan SS           5  1  1  1 .284     C.Guzman SS         4  0  0  0 .200  
  A.Pujols 1B         4  2  2  1 .348     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  1  2  1 .282  
  M.Holliday LF       5  1  2  1 .329     A.Dunn 1B           4  1  2  1 .238  
  R.Ludwick RF        6  1  1  3 .228     J.Willingham LF     4  0  0  0 .238  
  C.Rasmus CF         3  3  1  1 .250     W.Harris 2B         4  1  1  0 .158  
  Y.Molina C          5  3  3  3 .230     J.Bard C            4  0  0  0 .255  
  J.Thurston 3B       4  3  2  3 .266     E.Dukes RF          4  1  1  2 .200  
  C.Carpenter P       1  1  0  0 .182     L.Hernandez P       0  0  0  0 .200  
D-J.Lugo PH           0  0  0  1 .286     G.Mock P            0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Motte P           0  0  0  0 ----   A-J.Maxwell PH        1  0  0  0 .111  
  D.Reyes P           0  0  0  0 ----     M.Macdougal P       0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-A.Kearns PH         1  0  0  0 .200  
                                          S.Olsen P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        C-P.Orr PH            1  0  1  0 .238  
                                          R.Detwiler P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        E-W.Nieves PH         1  0  0  0 .286  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38 16 14 15                 Totals      36  4  9  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Mock In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Macdougal In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Olsen In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Carpenter In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Detwiler In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 6 0 2  0 1 1  3 0 3  - 16 14  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 4  -  4  9  2
 
Cardinals (15-9)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Carpenter WIN(3-0)      8       5   0   0   0  13   0  99   1.18  A1 D2
J.Motte                   0 2/3   4   4   4   0   1   3  27  54.00  D3 D8
D.Reyes                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00  D9
Totals                    9       9   4   4   0  14   3
 
Nationals (6-16)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Hernandez LOSS(1-2)     0 2/3   4   6   6   2   1   2  32   5.70  A1 A8
G.Mock                    2 1/3   1   2   0   0   1   0  30   9.73  A9 B8
M.Macdougal               3       3   2   2   5   1   0  63   2.74  B9 D5
S.Olsen                   2       2   3   1   2   0   1  35   5.17  D6 E6
R.Detwiler                1       4   3   3   1   1   0  33   5.23  E7
Totals                    9      14  16  12  10   4   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,154 DATE- Thursday, April 30th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Brian Gorman, C. B. Bucknor, Mike Everitt, Gerry Davis
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Nationals: 3
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, W.Harris
DOUBLES- S.Schumaker(10th), A.Pujols(5th), C.Rasmus(3rd), J.Thurston(5th),
         N.Morgan(4th), A.Dunn(4th), W.Harris(3rd)
TRIPLES- B.Ryan(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Ludwick(4th), Y.Molina(2nd), J.Thurston(1st), R.Zimmerman(4th),
           A.Dunn(5th), E.Dukes(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Carpenter
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Lugo
WALKS- S.Schumaker, B.Ryan, A.Pujols-2, M.Holliday, C.Rasmus-2, J.Thurston,
       C.Carpenter-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Ryan, M.Holliday-2, R.Ludwick, N.Morgan, C.Guzman-2,
             R.Zimmerman-2, A.Dunn, J.Willingham-3, W.Harris-2, J.Bard-2,
             E.Dukes
GIDP- B.Ryan, R.Ludwick-2
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Elijah Dukes robbed Skip Schumaker of an extra base hit.
 
Catcher Yadier Molina blasted a homerun and had 3 RBI and Chris Carpenter
racked up an impressive total of 13 strikeouts as the St. Louis Cardinals
crushed the Washington Nationals 16 to 4.
 
Molina had a big evening at the plate.  He lined a single in the 1st inning,
popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 7th inning and laced a base-hit
in the 9th inning.  St. Louis bats were hot in the 1st inning which saw them
plate 6 runs on 4 hits.  Offensively, St. Louis was a juggernaut.  They
scored in 6 separate innings.  
 
Carpenter(3-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 innings and allowing no
runs. Livan Hernandez(1-2) took the loss.  'Everything felt great' Carpenter
said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'

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Victory today

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BOXSCORE: 2009 St. Louis Cardinals At 2009 Atlanta Braves           4/29/2009
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Schumaker 2B      4  1  0  0 .255     N.McLouth CF        4  0  0  0 .143  
  C.Rasmus CF         4  2  3  3 .247     M.Prado 2B          4  0  1  0 .280  
  A.Pujols 1B         5  2  3  1 .341     C.Jones 3B          4  0  1  0 .276  
  M.Holliday LF       5  0  1  0 .324     B.McCann C          4  0  1  0 .325  
  R.Ludwick RF        5  0  0  1 .233     G.Anderson LF       3  0  0  0 .254  
  Y.Molina C          4  2  1  1 .207     A.Laroche 1B        3  0  1  0 .384  
  J.Thurston 3B       4  0  0  0 .250     O.Infante SS        3  0  1  0 .273  
  J.Lugo SS           4  2  2  1 .286     R.Church RF         3  0  0  0 .183  
  J.Pineiro P         5  0  2  2 .143     J.Jurrjens P        0  0  0  0 .250  
                                          P.Moylan P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-M.Diaz PH           1  0  0  0 .395  
                                          K.Medlen P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-G.Norton PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          K.Kawakami P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  9 12  9                 Totals      30  0  5  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Moylan In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Medlen In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  4 2 2  0 1 0  -  9 12  0
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  2
 
Cardinals (14-9)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Pineiro WIN(2-1)        9       5   0   0   0   4   0 108   1.42  A1
Totals                    9       5   0   0   0   4   0
 
Braves (12-9)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Jurrjens LOSS(1-3)      4 2/3   8   6   6   5   4   1  97   5.64  A1 C9
P.Moylan                  1 1/3   2   2   0   0   1   0  30   2.92  D1 D7
K.Medlen                  2       2   1   1   0   0   1  24   4.15  D8 E6
K.Kawakami                1       0   0   0   0   0   0  12   5.47  E7
Totals                    9      12   9   7   5   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,248 DATE- Wednesday, April 29th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, C. B. Bucknor, Mike Everitt
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals:10  Braves: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1  Braves: 0
ERRORS- O.Infante-2
DOUBLES- M.Holliday(5th), J.Lugo(1st), J.Pineiro
HOME RUNS- C.Rasmus(3rd), A.Pujols(5th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Ludwick(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Thurston, J.Jurrjens
WALKS- S.Schumaker-2, C.Rasmus, Y.Molina, J.Lugo
STRIKE OUTS- M.Holliday, R.Ludwick, J.Thurston, J.Pineiro-2, G.Anderson,
             A.Laroche, R.Church, M.Diaz
GIDP- C.Jones
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Ryan Church robbed Colby Rasmus of a Homerun!
 
Joel Pineiro had a strong outing as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the
Atlanta Braves by the score of 9 to 0 at Turner Field.
 
St. Louis came up with 4 runs in the 4th inning when they had 4 base hits.
The crucial at-bat was provided by Colby Rasmus who helped quiet the crowd
when he belted a three-run homer.  St. Louis had a total of 12 hits for the
game.  
 
Pineiro(2-1) was credited with the shutout. Jair Jurrjens(1-3) suffered the
loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 8 hits and 5 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.
 

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26 April 2009

Totally awful game.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2009 St. Louis Cardinals        4/26/2009
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Fuld LF           5  1  4  1 .286     S.Schumaker 2B      5  1  1  0 .274  
  R.Theriot SS        5  0  1  1 .229     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  1  2 .240  
  D.Lee 1B            5  1  1  1 .288     A.Pujols 1B         2  0  0  0 .320  
  A.Ramirez 3B        5  1  2  0 .412     M.Holliday LF       4  1  2  1 .355  
  K.Fukudome CF       5  0  1  2 .197     C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .241  
  M.Hoffpauir RF      4  1  2  0 .259     M.Derosa 3B         3  0  0  0 .219  
  M.Fontenot 2B       4  1  1  0 .226     K.McClellan P       0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Soto C            4  1  2  0 .095   B-R.Ankiel PH         1  0  0  0 .286  
  T.Lilly P           3  2  2  1 .375     T.Wellemeyer P      0  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Gregg P           0  0  0  0 .000     T.Miller P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          Y.Molina C          4  0  2  0 .211  
                                          B.Ryan SS           4  1  1  0 .300  
                                          A.Wainwright P      2  0  0  0 .182  
                                          D.Reyes P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-J.Thurston PH,3B    2  0  2  0 .288  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  8 16  6                 Totals      35  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Reyes In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McClellan In 8th Inning
 
Cubs............ 1 4 0  0 0 0  3 0 0  -  8 16  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 1 0  -  3  9  2
 
Cubs (8-10)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Lilly WIN(1-1)          8 2/3   9   3   3   3  10   1 139   2.28  A1 E1
K.Gregg                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3  11.81  E2
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3  10   1
 
Cardinals (12-8)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Wainwright LOSS(3-1)    6 2/3  13   8   7   0   6   0 111   2.78  A1 D6
D.Reyes                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00  D7 D7
K.McClellan               1       2   0   0   0   1   0  13   1.26  D8 E2
T.Wellemeyer              0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   6.17  E3 E4
T.Miller                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00  E5
Totals                    9      16   8   7   0   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,043 DATE- Sunday, April 26th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Everitt, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, C. B. Bucknor
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 6  Cardinals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- A.Pujols, C.Rasmus
DOUBLES- T.Lilly, R.Ludwick(3rd)
TRIPLES- S.Fuld(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Holliday(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- Y.Molina
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Lilly
WALKS- R.Ludwick, A.Pujols-2
STRIKE OUTS- R.Theriot, D.Lee, A.Ramirez, M.Hoffpauir, M.Fontenot, G.Soto,
             T.Lilly, S.Schumaker, R.Ludwick-2, C.Rasmus, M.Derosa-2, R.Ankiel,
             B.Ryan, A.Wainwright-2
GIDP- K.Fukudome
WILD PITCHES- A.Wainwright
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Sam Fuld robbed Albert Pujols of a Homerun!
 
Ted Lilly racked up an impressive total of 10 strikeouts and left fielder Sam
Fuld had 4 hits at Busch Stadium as the Chicago (NL) Cubs beat the St. Louis
Cardinals by the count of 8 to 3.
 
Lilly(1-1) pitched a solid game.  He went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits
and 3 walks.  Chicago (NL) had 16 hits for the afternoon while St. Louis had
9.  
 
Adam Wainwright(3-1) took the loss.  He was knocked around, surrendering 8
runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.  Lilly, when asked about his 10 strikeout
performance noted, 'The important thing is that we won, if I get 20 and we
lose, what good does it do our team? But, on the other hand, since we won it
feels great!'

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25 April 2009

This was about as bad of a game as I've seen. Everything was just going wrong. There were errors and even a balk that drove in a run. We beat ourselves today.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2009 St. Louis Cardinals        4/25/2009
About as bad as I've seen.
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Soriano LF        5  1  2  0 .239     S.Schumaker 2B      4  0  1  0 .278  
A-J.Fox LF            1  1  1  0 .167     J.Thurston 3B       5  0  1  0 .260  
  R.Theriot SS        4  2  2  0 .231     A.Pujols 1B         3  0  1  1 .329  
  D.Lee 1B            5  0  2  3 .294     M.Holliday LF       3  0  2  0 .345  
  A.Ramirez 3B        6  2  4  2 .414     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  0  0 .239  
  K.Fukudome CF       4  2  2  0 .196     C.Rasmus CF         4  1  2  0 .253  
  M.Hoffpauir RF      4  1  3  1 .217     Y.Molina C          4  1  1  1 .194  
  M.Fontenot 2B       5  0  2  1 .224     J.Lugo SS           4  0  1  0 .273  
  G.Soto C            4  0  0  0 .053     K.Lohse P           2  1  1  0 .250  
  R.Dempster P        5  1  0  0 .182     T.Wellemeyer P      0  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Marshall P        0  0  0  0 ----   B-D.Freese PH         1  0  0  0 .111  
                                          M.Boggs P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        C-C.Duncan PH         1  0  0  1 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 10 18  7                 Totals      35  3 10  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Soriano In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wellemeyer In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Boggs In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Alfonso Soriano INJURED (for 8 more games) in 7th inning
 
Cubs............ 0 0 4  1 0 1  0 2 2  - 10 18  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  3 10  2
 
Cubs (7-10)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Dempster WIN(2-2)       8      10   3   3   1   8   0 137   3.91  A1 D8
S.Marshall                1       0   0   0   0   2   0  11   3.68  D9
Totals                    9      10   3   3   1  10   0
 
Cardinals (12-7)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Lohse LOSS(0-3)         6      14   6   5   2   4   0 101   6.50  A1 D7
T.Wellemeyer              1       0   0   0   0   0   0  13   6.35  D8 E1
M.Boggs                   2       4   4   2   1   3   1  47   4.70  E2
Totals                    9      18  10   7   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,155 DATE- Saturday, April 25th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Greg Gibson, Andy Fletcher, Tim McClelland, Ted Barnett
T- 3:38
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:12  Cardinals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- J.Thurston, J.Lugo
DOUBLES- A.Soriano(5th), S.Schumaker(9th), J.Thurston(4th), C.Rasmus(2nd),
         Y.Molina(2nd)
TRIPLES- R.Theriot(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Ramirez(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Theriot-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Lee, A.Pujols
WALKS- K.Fukudome, M.Hoffpauir, G.Soto, S.Schumaker
HIT BY PITCH- M.Holliday
STRIKE OUTS- R.Theriot, D.Lee, K.Fukudome, M.Fontenot, G.Soto, R.Dempster-2,
             S.Schumaker, J.Thurston-2, M.Holliday, R.Ludwick-2, C.Rasmus-2,
             J.Lugo, K.Lohse
GIDP- A.Pujols
BALKS- M.Boggs
WILD PITCHES- K.Lohse, T.Wellemeyer
PASSED BALLS- Y.Molina
 
Aramis Ramirez had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Chicago (NL) Cubs beat the St.
Louis Cardinals by a score of 10 to 3.
 
In the top of the 3rd inning Chicago (NL) scored 4 runs when they had 4 base
hits.  That was all Ryan Dempster(2-2) needed.  Chicago (NL) ended up with 18
hits for the game while St. Louis had 10.  
 
Kyle Lohse(0-3) was tagged with the loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 14
hits and 2 walks in 6 innings.

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24 April 2009

Just couldn't get anything going today. We had the bases loaded in the 7th, but could not produce a single run.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2009 St. Louis Cardinals        4/24/2009
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Soriano LF        4  0  0  0 .226     S.Schumaker 2B      5  0  0  0 .280  
  R.Theriot SS        4  1  2  0 .213     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  0  0 .254  
  D.Lee 1B            5  2  2  2 .286     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  0  0 .329  
  A.Ramirez 3B        5  1  2  1 .348     M.Holliday LF       3  0  2  0 .327  
  K.Fukudome RF       3  0  0  0 .173     C.Rasmus CF         4  0  1  0 .239  
  M.Fontenot 2B       4  0  2  1 .208     Y.Molina C          3  0  1  0 .190  
  R.Johnson CF        4  0  1  0 .304     J.Thurston 3B       4  0  3  0 .267  
  G.Soto C            4  0  1  0 .059     B.Ryan SS           4  0  0  0 .304  
  R.Harden P          3  0  0  0 .167     J.Pineiro P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Gregg P           1  0  0  0 .000   A-J.Lugo PH           0  0  0  0 .278  
  S.Marshall P        0  0  0  0 ----     M.Boggs P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-M.Derosa PH         1  0  0  0 .241  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  4 10  4                 Totals      34  0  7  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pineiro In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Boggs In 9th Inning
 
Cubs............ 2 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  -  4 10  2
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  2
 
Cubs (6-10)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Harden WIN(1-1)         6 1/3   4   0   0   3   7   0  99   2.29  A1 C9
K.Gregg HOLD(1st)         1 2/3   3   0   0   0   0   0  21  12.60  D1 D7
S.Marshall                1       0   0   0   0   1   0  12   3.95  D8
Totals                    9       7   0   0   3   8   0
 
Cardinals (12-6)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Pineiro LOSS(1-1)       7       6   3   3   1   6   1 110   1.86  A1 D2
M.Boggs                   2       4   1   1   2   1   0  41   4.05  D3
Totals                    9      10   4   4   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,772 DATE- Friday, April 24th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Todd Tichenor, Doug Eddings, Hunter Wendelstedt, Dana Demuth
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 9  Cardinals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- A.Soriano, G.Soto, A.Pujols, C.Rasmus
DOUBLES- D.Lee(6th), A.Ramirez(2nd), M.Fontenot(3rd), Y.Molina(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Lee(5th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Thurston(1st)
WALKS- A.Soriano, R.Theriot, K.Fukudome, M.Holliday, Y.Molina, J.Lugo
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, D.Lee, R.Johnson, G.Soto-2, R.Harden-2, R.Ludwick-3,
             A.Pujols, C.Rasmus-2, B.Ryan, J.Pineiro
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Yadier Molina blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
At Busch Stadium, the St. Louis faithful were treated to an intriguing
pitcher's duel.  Rich Harden(1-1) finally bested his St. Louis counterpart,
Joel Pineiro(1-1), by the score of 4 to 0.
 
Chicago (NL) took the lead off Pineiro in the first inning as they scored 2
runs on 1 base hits.  That early scoring was all that Harden needed.  Chicago
(NL) had 10 hits for the night while St. Louis had 7.  
 
Pineiro was the loser.  He allowed 6 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.  With this
win, Chicago (NL) has a 6-10 record.  They have been 4-6 lately.  With this
loss, St. Louis has a 6-4 record of late, 12-6 overall.

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23 April 2009

This one was all Carpenter. He pitched a gem! The offense still has me a little concerned. We had some opportunities, but were unable to deliver. In fact, we seem to have a hard time scoring runs except when an HR is involved. Many of our outs are long fly balls. We've got too many players swinging for the fences with every at bat when a base hit would be more useful. Too bad I can't instruct some of these players the way that Whitey coached Ozzie. Whitey told Ozzie that for every ball hit in the air, Ozzie owed him $$. For every ground ball, he owed Ozzie $$. After about a month, Whitey called off the agreement because he owed Ozzie too much $$.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 New York (NL) Mets At 2009 St. Louis Cardinals       4/23/2009
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Pagan CF          4  0  0  0 .367     S.Schumaker 2B      4  0  1  0 .300  
  A.Hernandez 2B      3  0  0  0 .150     R.Ludwick RF        3  0  1  0 .270  
  D.Wright 3B         3  0  0  0 .304     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  2  0 .348  
  G.Sheffield LF      3  0  1  0 .250     M.Holliday LF       3  0  0  0 .308  
  J.Francoeur RF      3  0  1  0 .341     C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .239  
  D.Murphy 1B         3  0  0  0 .328     Y.Molina C          2  0  0  0 .183  
  B.Schneider C       3  0  0  0 .136     J.Thurston 3B       3  0  1  0 .220  
  S.Green P           0  0  0  0 .000     B.Ryan SS           3  1  1  1 .327  
  A.Cora SS           3  0  2  0 .417     C.Carpenter P       3  0  0  0 .200  
  T.Redding P         1  0  0  0 .200                                          
A-O.Santos C          1  0  0  0 .231                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  0  4  0                 Totals      29  1  6  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Redding In 8th Inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  1  6  0
 
Mets (8-7)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Redding LOSS(1-2)       7       6   1   1   3   3   1  98   3.98  A1 D2
S.Green                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00  D3
Totals                    8       6   1   1   3   4   1
 
Cardinals (12-5)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Carpenter WIN(2-0)      9       4   0   0   0   4   0  90   1.50  A1
Totals                    9       4   0   0   0   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,816 DATE- Thursday, April 23rd 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Gary Cederstrom, Brian O'Nora, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Wolf
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 1  Cardinals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Cardinals: 3
HOME RUNS- B.Ryan(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Redding
WALKS- R.Ludwick, M.Holliday, Y.Molina
STRIKE OUTS- A.Pagan-2, A.Hernandez, D.Murphy, A.Pujols, J.Thurston,
             C.Carpenter-2
GIDP- J.Francoeur, D.Murphy, O.Santos, A.Pujols
WILD PITCHES- T.Redding
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Brendan Ryan robbed David Wright of a base hit.
 
Chris Carpenter pitched 9 strong innings at Busch Stadium where the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the New York (NL) Mets by the score of 1 to 0.
 
Carpenter(2-0) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for
the New York (NL) batters.  He allowed just 4 hits and no walks in 9 innings
improving his ERA from 2.14 to 1.50.  New York (NL) made it exciting in the
9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.  
 
Tim Redding(1-2) suffered the loss.  'We didn't have a whole lot of chances
today,' Jerry Manuel said.  'Carpenter just was too much for our guys.'

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22 April 2009

For most of the game, the offense was just anemic. We couldn't get anything going. Then, for a brief inning (the 6th), the Cardinals showed up just enough to win the game. Miller so intimidated the Mets' manager that he nearly replaced everyone on the field with substitutions.

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BOXSCORE: 2009 New York (NL) Mets At 2009 St. Louis Cardinals       4/22/2009
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Pagan CF          5  1  0  0 .393     J.Lugo 2B           4  0  1  0 .278  
  L.Castillo 2B       1  0  0  0 .286     C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .254  
A-F.Tatis 2B          2  0  2  1 .462     A.Pujols 1B         3  1  1  0 .339  
  D.Wright 3B         4  0  2  0 .321     M.Holliday LF       4  1  1  0 .327  
  J.Francoeur RF      3  0  1  1 .341     R.Ludwick RF        3  1  1  0 .267  
  D.Murphy 1B         4  0  1  0 .345     Y.Molina C          4  0  1  2 .190  
  B.Schneider C       3  0  0  0 .146     J.Thurston 3B       2  0  0  0 .211  
F-C.Sullivan PH       1  0  0  0 .091     T.Miller P          0  0  0  0 ----  
G-O.Santos C          0  0  0  0 .250     M.Boggs P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Hernandez LF      3  0  0  0 .162     B.Ryan SS           2  0  0  1 .327  
  B.Stokes P          0  0  0  0 ----     A.Wainwright P      2  0  1  0 .222  
H-J.Reed PH           1  0  0  0 .444   C-D.Freese PH,3B      1  0  0  0 .125  
  A.Cora SS           2  1  2  0 .400                                          
D-J.Reyes PH,SS       2  0  0  0 .000                                          
  M.Pelfrey P         1  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-F.Martinez LF       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
E-G.Sheffield PH,LF   1  0  0  0 .200                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  8  2                 Totals      29  3  6  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Castillo In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Pelfrey In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wainwright In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cora In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Schneider In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Sullivan In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Stokes In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Luis Castillo INJURED (for 5 more games) in 3rd inning
 
Mets............ 1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  8  1
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0    -  3  6  1
 
Mets (8-6)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Pelfrey LOSS(2-1)       5 1/3   5   3   3   1   4   0  70   4.94  A1 C5
B.Stokes BS(1st)          2 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  45   0.00  C6
Totals                    8       6   3   3   2   5   0
 
Cardinals (11-5)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Wainwright WIN(3-0)     6       6   2   1   0   6   0  80   1.24  A1 C7
T.Miller HOLD(1st)        2 1/3   2   0   0   1   3   0  23   0.00  C8 D7
M.Boggs SAVE(1st)         0 2/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  12   3.97  D8
Totals                    9       8   2   1   2  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,326 DATE- Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Hunter Wendelstedt, Dana Demuth, Todd Tichenor, Doug Eddings
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 8  Cardinals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- F.Tatis, B.Ryan
DOUBLES- D.Wright(3rd), D.Murphy(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Castillo, M.Pelfrey
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Ryan
WALKS- J.Francoeur, G.Sheffield, R.Ludwick, J.Thurston
HIT BY PITCH- A.Pujols
STRIKE OUTS- A.Pagan, D.Wright, J.Francoeur, D.Murphy-2, B.Schneider,
             A.Hernandez, J.Reed, J.Reyes, M.Pelfrey, G.Sheffield, J.Lugo,
             C.Rasmus, B.Ryan-2, A.Wainwright
GIDP- J.Thurston
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Jeff Francoeur robbed Colby Rasmus of a Homerun!
 
The St. Louis Cardinals nipped the New York (NL) Mets 3 to 2 at Busch Stadium
in a hard fought contest.
 
St. Louis did all of it's offensive work in the 6th inning when they scored 3
runs on 3 hits.  The big moment was provided by Yadier Molina who brought the
crowd to their feet when he stroked a single scoring two baserunners.  St.
Louis had only 6 hits for the night.  
 
Adam Wainwright(3-0) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory.
Wainwright got help from Mitchell Boggs who earned his 1st save.  The loss
was charged to Mike Pelfrey(2-1).  
 
The St. Louis ballclub's record now stands at 11-5.  With this loss, New York
(NL) has a 6-4 record of late, 8-6 overall.

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