Cardinals play poorly in Milwaukee, escape with one win

Well, after the hoopla of trades adding Edwin Jackson and Rafael Furcal to the Cardinals roster, the team went to Milwaukee looking to gain some ground on the Brewers in the standings. They blew the first game of the series and took a shellacking when Edwin Jackson pitched the final game of the series. They won the middle game on a bloop hit and lots of luck in the 11th inning. Going into tonight’s game they are 3 and a half games back of the Brewers. They have a four game series in Miami while the Brewers visit the Astros for 3 games. The Brewers visit the Cardinals on Tuesday, so with some good baseball – which will require defense, timely hitting and actual good pitching, the Cardinals should find themselves nearly even with the Brewers by this time next week. Seems simple, right?