The St. Louis Cardinals completed a short two game series sweep of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon with a 5-2 victory.  The win over the Reds puts the Cardinals up half a game in the divsion as the Cubs and Brewers will play each other tonight.

Braden Looper pitched six innings to pick up the win which was his fourth of the season.  Looper gave up seven hits and two runs in the game.  Jason Isringhausen pitched the ninth inning to pick up his ninth save of the season.

At the plate, Aaron Miles and Rick Ankiel both had two RBI in the game.  Chris Duncan scored the Cardinals first run of the game on a wild pitch in the second inning.

The Cardinals are playing some good baseball and they definately are doing it at the right time.  The Cardinals will have Thursday off before they take on the Chicago Cubs in Chicago.  Another big divisional series coming up.

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The St. Louis Cardinals batters jumped all over Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto on Tuesday night as they knocked him out of the ballgame after only 1.2 innings of action.  The Cardinals put up seven runs against Cueto and then cruised on for a 7-2 victory over the Reds.

The score could have been a lot worse then 7-2 as the Cardinals left 24 runners on base.  I guess that is what happens when you aren’t hitting homeruns and you still put seven runs on the scoreboard.  All off the offensive scoring came from Troy Glaus and Rick Ankiel.  Glaus finished the night with three RBI while Ankiel had two RBI.  The other two runs the Cardinals scored were un-earned.

The Cardinals pitching staff held the Reds to only threee hits in the game.  Starting pitcher Joel Pineiro pitched seven innings and only allowed one hit.  Now that is what I call a quality start!  Ron Villone and Anthony Reyes pitched the final two innings of the game.  Reyes did give up two hits including a two run home run to Adam Dunn in the ninth inning.

It was a nice win for the Cardinals who picked up a game in the standings on the Cubs who lost to the Brewers.  Just keep plugging away and things will work out for themselves I think.

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The St. Louis dropped a divisional game to the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 4-3 on Monday night.  The Cardinals just couldn’t get over the hump after giving up four early runs to the Reds.  The Cardinals left 16 guys on base and Chris Duncan left five of them on base himself.

Todd Wellemeyer gave up seven hits and four earned runs over six innings as he took the loss for the Cardinals.  Wellemeyer didn’t pitch that bad, there just wan’t much offense to back up his pitching performance.

Randy Flores, Russ Springer, and Ryan Franklin pitched the final three innings of the game.  Flores gave up three hits and Franklin gave up one hit.  Good job by the three pitchers as they did not allow any runs to score.

Rick Ankiel led the Cardinals at the plate with a solo home run in the fifth inning.  Troy Glaus and Cesar Izturis both had an RBI as well.  Izturis was making his return after taking some games off with a bruised arm.

The Cardinals are now one full game behind the Chicago Cubs in the Central Division.

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night to avoid a embarassing three game sweep.  It was good to see the Cardinals come back and salvage one against the Pirates.

Joel Pineiro pitched seven innings to pick up the win.  Pineiro allowed four hits and only one run in his seven innings of action.  Pineiro is now 1-2 on the season.  Russ Springer allowed one earned run before Jason Isringhausen picked up his eighth save of the season.

Brian Barton had two RBI’s on a single in the fifth inning to lead the Cardinals at the plate.  Skip Schumaker, Albert Pujols, and Brendan Ryan all had one RBI each.

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The St. Louis Cardinals came back and tied the game off Eric Gagne in the ninth inning, but they eventually went onto lose to the Milwaukee Brewers in 12 innings by the score of 9-8.  With the loss the Cardinals drop to 13-8 on the season.

Jason Isringhausen took the loss for the Cardinals as he gave up the game winning run for the Brewers in the bottom of the 12 inning.  Gabe Kapler hit a RBI single off Isringhausen for the game winning hit.

Kyle Lohse had a terrible outing for the Cardinals as only lasted four inning after giving up eight hits and four runs.  Brad Thompson came into the game and pitched the fifth inning and he also gave up four runs.  Randy Flores, Russ Springer, Kyle McClellan, and Ryan Franklin pitched the next six innings and pitched great as they did not allow a run to score.

Albert Pujols was the main guy for the Cardinals at the plate.  Pujols finished the game with two RBI, including the tieing run in the ninth inning off Gagne.  Ryan Ludwick, Aaron Miles, Lohse, Adam Wainwright, and Cesar Izturis all had one RBI each.

It should also be noted that Pujols placed second base for the first time in his career in this game.  The Cardinals were short players after Izturis left the game in the ninth injury with a bruised forearm so Pujols slide over to play first base while Jason LaRue played first base.

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The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday by a score of 4-3 putting the Cardinals at 13-7 for the year.  Going into the 9th inning tied it was the Cardinals who were able to get the run in when Skip Schumaker doubled to right center and scored Brian Barton for the game winning run.

Adam Wainwright was the opening pitcher for the Cardinals on Monday pitching seven innings  and giving up only four hits, two runs, and four walks.  Ryan Franklin came in to pitch for 1 innings and picked up his first win of the season putting him at 1-1.  Jason Isringhausen was brought it to pitch the last inning and got his seventh save of the year.

Troy Glaus had a pair of RBIs with Adam Kennedy and Schumaker each getting a RBI in the game as well.

The Cardinals will face off against the Brewers again tonight in Milwaukee for the last game of this series.

The St. Louis Cardinals were able to get a few hits but not enough runs to win the game on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants  as they lost 8-2.  The loss puts the Cardinals at 12-7 for the season.  

Braden Looper took the mound to start off the night for the Cardinals allowing a staggering 10 hits and 7 runs in his three innings pitched.  Anthony Reyes and Ron Villone were each brought in to pitch three innings and Reyes gave up one more earned run.  Villone did a great job as he did not allow a hit in his three innings of action.

Troy Glaus as well as Rico Washington each picked up RBI’s on doubles in the ninth inning.  The bats really let the Cardinals down today and they will need to swing the bat better as they take on the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday.

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for the National League Central number 2 spot on Monday night.

The St. Louis Cardinals had a 3-0 lead heading into the eigth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers, but the Brewers tied the game up with a Prince Fielder double in the eigth inning and then a home run by Fielder in the 10th inning won it for the Brewers 5-3.

Brad Thompson took the lose as he served up the Fielder home run in the 10th inning.  Starting pitcher Kyle Lohse pitched sevin innings and allowed five hits and two earned runs.  Ryan Franklin had a hard time as he gave up one earned run and only recorded one out.

Ryan Ludwick hit a home run for the Cardinals and Lohse had an two-run single but that was really all the Cardinals could get in the game.  Rick Ankiel left six men on base and Troy Glaus left four men on base.  Not very productive in the middle of the order today.

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Adam Wainwright helped the St. Louis Cardinals on the mound and at the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers as the Cardinals beat the Brewers 5-4.  Wainwright hit a solo home run in the second inning and then went onto pick up the win after pitching 7.2 innings.

 Wainwright allowed five hits and two runs in his 7.2 innings.  He kept the Cardinals in the game and that is all you can ask your starting pitcher.  Randy Flores recorded one out before Jason Isringhausen pitched the final inning to pick up his sixth save of the season.

Besides Wainwrights home run, the Cardinals got two RBI from Albert Pujols, and one RBI each from Skip Schumaker and Yadier Molina besides Wainwright.

The Cardinals extended their record to 11-4 with the victory.

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Th St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 on Tuesday night as Braden Looper picked up the win and moved to 3-0 on the season.  With the win, the Cardinals record now sits at 10-4 and atop the central division.  It is always nice to pick up a divisional win, especially against the Brewers.

Looper pitcher five innings, allowing five hits and one earned run.  He did walk five batters and struckout five batters.  If he hadn’t walked so many batters, he would have pitched more then five innings.

Kyle McClellan, Ryan Franklin, and Anthony Reyes pitched the final four innings without giving up a hit.  That is some great production out of the bullpen.

Skip Schumaker led the Cardinals with two RBI while Chris Duncan, Adam Kennedy, and Cesar Izturis all had one RBI.

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