Albert Pujols does it again, Cardinals sweep Cubs

Cards WIN +1 (-2) last +/- game was Thursday

What a weekend. Albert Pujols hit 4 HRs over three games against the Cubs. The last two were walk-offs to win the Saturday and Sunday ballgames in extra innings. Chris Carpenter still can’t buy a win but but the Cardinals bailed him out from another [...]

Albert Pujols muscles walk-off homer, returns to form

Cards WIN

Albert Pujols is back. He had three extra base hits yesterday and won the game with a walk-off home run. It was a low ball that he managed to hit all the way out of the park. This was the Pujols we are used to seeing, the one who can do things [...]

Cardinals beat Cubs 6-1 in near perfect win

Cards WIN

It was a perfect game for 4 and 1/3 innings then it quickly ended like it did last time for Jaime Garcia, a walk of Carlos Pena, a double by Lou Montanez that erased the remaining no-hitter and shutout when Pena scored. But it was a near perfect win in every other [...]

Cardinals stumble and fall, lose 3 of 4 to Giants -1

Cards LOSE -1 (-3) last +/- game was April 29

Any game that ends 12-7 is bound to have some ugly moments, but last night’s game was already ugly for the Cardinals when the score was 5-3 Giants. Lance Lynn, pitching in his ML debut for the injured Kyle McClellan, walked away with a [...]

Salas blows first save, Cardinals lose in 11

Cards LOSE

It was bound to happen eventually. Fernando Salas was going for his 11th save in 11 tries last night and got two outs in the 9th, then all it took was a walk, a stolen base and a single to tie the game. As stated, it was bound to happen eventually but [...]

Cardinals come from behind in style, beat Giants in 8th

Cards WIN

That was a great game to win. The whole time I was watching it I was frustrated that they couldn’t score just one run to tie the game and get Chris Carpenter some semblance of run support. They were facing Ryan Vogelsong, the least of all the Giants starters. Finally they got [...]

McClellan has roughest outing, Cardinals lose to Giants

Cards LOSE

Kyle McClellan had his worst outing of the season yesterday, giving up 7 runs and only pitching 4 innings. He got his second loss while the offense struggled. Albert Pujols was again out of sync with the team offense, hitting a home run and driving in another run. McClellan threw 75 pitches, [...]

Cardinals win with homers, tense bullpen moments

Cards WIN

John Jay hit a 2 run HR in the first inning and Colby Rasmus hit a solo shot in the fourth inning. Kyle Lohse got his 7th win, which ties him for the ML lead. He pitched 6 innings and gave up 2 runs. Eduardo Sanchez did a fabulous job coming in [...]

Cardinals win first game at Colorado, lose second

Cards WIN

Colby Rasmus tripled twice, drove in 3, and Albert Pujols drove in two runs in the first game in Colorado. The Cardinals won in Colorado fashion 10-3. It was a close game early at 3-3, with the Rockies loading the bases but Jake Westbrook got out of it. Miguel Batista had his [...]

Cardinals lose final game to Padres

Cards LOSE

Chris Carpenter pitched and the Cardinals lost. Instead of pitching poorly and deserving it he pitched very well for 7 innings and got no run support. Albert Pujols didn’t have a hit. It was frustrating, mostly because it was so predictable. he Cardinals begin a series in Colorado on [...]