Official Thread of the St. Louis Cardinals

[tclowers23]

Thanks for picking me up last night, tc. Been having computer issues... kinda hit or miss, and it's hitting right now.

7-5 Cards right now in the 9th... delay of some sort. Rain?

No problem, Tiddy. Yeah, rain delay right now. Hopefully Izzy doesn't get too stiff. Good to see Pujols getting a couple of hits. How about Skip Shumaker going 3-for-5?

Seems like Eckstein and Duncan have been sitting too much lately.

 

[tidwell]

Good for Skip.

I feel they should go ahead and just call the game. It's the best thing for everyone involved.

This boxscore thing says Duncan was scratched from the lineup with a head injury. :dunno:

ST LOUIS LEFT FIELDER CHRIS DUNCAN WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP DUE TO A HEAD INJURY.

MLB - Box Score - Yahoo! Sports

 

[tclowers23]

Hopefully nothing serious. He's very much needed at the 2-hole in the Cards' lineup.

 

[tidwell]

They finally called it.

10-11

 

[tclowers23]

They finally called it.

10-11

Izzy actually got to finish it out for save number 6.

 

[tidwell]

Oh, well good. I just saw they quit doing the play-by-play and assumed it was called.

 

[tclowers23]

Turns out Duncan was a late scratch for yesterday's game because he was late due to getting stitches in his head. He was in a hurry leaving his apartment, tried to jump down some stairs, and cracked his head where the ceiling comes down. Josh Hancock was late as well, but he had a better excuse... he slept in.

 

[tclowers23]

"I was in a hurry this morning and kind of jogging down the hall and I tried to just jump down the stairs, and I clipped my head on the corner of the roof where it comes down," Duncan said.

"It doesn't hurt as bad as you would think it does," Duncan said. "It just kind of split open. I felt like I could play, I just didn't get here in time."

He was 1-for-1 with a double in the game.

 

[tclowers23]

Anthony Reyes strikes out the side in the top of the 1st inning.

 

[tclowers23]

Yadier with a 2-run shot! 4-3 Cubs in the bottom of the 7th.

 

[tclowers23]

Duncan leadoff single in the bottom of the 8th. Pujols with a single... Duncan to 3rd. No outs.

 

[tclowers23]

C'mon Rolen!

 

[tclowers23]

Popped out in the infield. 1 out.

 

[tclowers23]

So Taguchi pinch-hitting for Jim Edmonds... just because the Cubs brought in a lefty. That's what you call over-managing.

 

[tclowers23]

Well... Taguchi got hit by a pitch with an 0-2 count. Bases juiced.

 

[tclowers23]

For the strikeout king, Preston Wilson.

 

[tclowers23]

1-2 count. Never a good sign with Wilson at the plate.

 

[tclowers23]

And what do you know... he strikes out. So Taguchi would've been a better option there. Hell, Skip Schumaker as well.

Now... 2 outs, bases juiced, Kennedy at the plate.

 

[tclowers23]

Duncan was on 3rd with no outs. This is ridiculous.

 

[tclowers23]

Grounds out.

 

[tclowers23]

Wow...

blew this game.

 

[tclowers23]

Had another chance in the bottom of the 9th, but Duncan popped out to left. Spiezio had what would've been a game-tying 2-run bomb down the right field line, but it ended up a couple of inches foul. St. Louis had PLENTY of chances to tie or take the lead in this game. Very frustrating to watch.

Molina was 3-for-4 with a 2-run HR
A. Reyes falls to 0-4, and ERA is now at 5.73.
Kelvin Jimenez, just called up from AAA-Memphis in place of Kiesler, pitched a scoreless 8th inning and had pretty good stuff. As of right now, the Cards don't have a 5th starter to pitch next Tuesday. La Russa said it won't be Carpenter, but maybe if Carpenter is close, the bullpen will just tag-team Tuesday's game.

Record: 10-12

 

[tclowers23]

We suck again! Lose 8-1 to the Cubs. Solo HR from Pujols was the offense.

Record: 10-13

 

[tidwell]

Just wait 'til tomorrow!

 

[tclowers23]

Just wait 'til tomorrow!

Hell yeah! It's Sunday! :rock: