Playing their first road game of the year, the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the San Francisco Giants by the score of 5-1.  It is really suprising that the Cardinals only scored one run off the Giants pitching staff who usually struggles.  It is also suprising the Cardinals gave up five runs to the Giants offense.

Adam Wainwright picked up the loss for the Cardinals and his record is now 1-1 on the season.  He did pitch seven innings but he allowed four earned runs and let the Giants score in multiple innings.  It wasn’t like it was just one bad inning, the Giants just kept putting preasure on him the entire game.

Ron Villone got one inning of action and allowed an un-earned run score in the game as well.

The only offense the Cardinals had was in the 9th inning when Troy Glaus doubled and score Albert Pujols.  Other then that, the Cardinals bats were dead.

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Albert Pujols brough his big bats to the game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday night and he used them to hit two homeruns, and also a RBI single as they Cardinals went onto beat the Astros 6-4.  Pujoles who had got into a heated argument with Astros pitcher Bradon Backe about Pujols slide in Tuesday’s night game, said he played with some emotion, but that wasn’t why he hit better.  He says video tapes and making a few adjustments helped him out.

Rick Ankiel had two RBI’s for the Cardinals and Troy Glaus chipped in one.  Nice night for the big three hitters in the Cardinals lineup.

Braden Looper got the win for the Cardinals as he moves to 2-0 on the season.  Looper pitched 5.2 innings and allowed five hits and three earned runs.  Randy Flores gave up an unearned run in the 7th inning as well.

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The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros on Tuesday night by the score of 5-3.  The game was tied at 3-3 in the 8th inning when Troy Glaus doubled and scored Chris Duncan and Albert Pujols.  The Cardinals record now stands at 6-2 on the young season.

Besides Glaus two RBI’s, Duncan, Adam Kennedy, and Brad Thompson all had one RBI.

Anthony Reyes picked up the win for the Cardinals as he pitched in relief of starting pitcher Brad Thompson.  Thompson pitched four innings but did give up three earned runs.

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The St. Louis Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game, but quickly lost the game on a Miguel Tejada homerun in the bottom half of the inning.  Kyle McClellan picked up the lose after serving up the game winning homerun.

The Cardinals didn’t do anyting all game long until the top of the 9th inning when Troy Glaus singled in Aaron Miles, and then Ryan Ludwick doubled that scored Cesar Izturis and Glaus.

Todd Wellemeyer started the game for the Cardinals and didn’t pitch too bad.  He lasted seven innings and only allowed two earned runs in the no decision.  Kelvin Jimenez pitched the eight inning and allowed one earned run.  And we already know what happened to McClellan when he pitched in the ninth inning.

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It was pretty but the St. Louis Cardinals held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.  The Nationals sure made it interesting in the 9th inning as they scored two runs and threatened to tie the game up.  Randy Flores came in to record the last out of the ballgame after Anthony Reyes had trouble, and the Cardinals picked up the win.

If it hadn’t been for the Reyes’s trouble in the 9th inning, the Cardinals would have dominated this game.  They jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings, and then they quietly just let the Nationals hang around and make it interesting.

Yadier Molina had a team high two RBI’s while Adam Wainwright and Cesar Izturis picked up an RBI each.  The Cardinals one a game without their big bats doing much damage!  Gotta love to see that Cardinals fans.

Wainwright was the winning pitcher as he pitched eight strong innings and held the Nationals down for most of the day.  Great performance by him.  We mentioned earlier that Flores came in after Reyes had trouble in the ninth, and picked up the save for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals record is now 4-1 on the season.

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The St. Louis Cardinals had a scare in the late innings, but they were able to hold off the Washington Nationals for a 5-4 victory that improved the Cardinals record to 3-1.

Braden Looper pitched six strong innings only giving up five hits and one earned run.  But in the seventh inning, Russ Springer game into the ballgame and gave up three hits including a three run homerun to Christian Guzman that cut the lead to one.  Luckily for Springer and the Cardinals, the Nationals were not able to get another run to tie the game.

Rick Ankiel picked up two more RBI’s and Yadier Molina, Aaron Miles, and Looper both had one each.

The Cardinals will try for another victory over the Nationals on Saturday.

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies on Thursday by the score of 3-0.  Another great job by the pitching staff and some timely hitting my Rick Ankiel and company proved to be to much for the Rockies.

Albert Pujols batter. 500, and Ankiel .364 on the opening series to really help at the plate.  If Pujols, Ankiel, and Troy Glaus can hit the ball good this season I like the Cardinals chances in the Central Division.

Brad Thompson pitched 6.2 innings on Thursday as he gave up six hits and zero runs.  Great performance today by Mr. Thompson.  The bullpen also did a good job and Jason Isringhausen picked up his first save of the season.