The St. Louis Cardinals picked up a must win on Wednesday night when they rallied with four runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3. The win was crucial for the Cardinals as they are now 3.5 games behind the Brewers for the wild card position.

Ryan Ludwick had a solo home run and a rbi double to lead the Cardinals with two rbi. The dramatic eighth inning saw Ludwick get this started with the rbi double which was then followed by a rbi single from Troy Glaus. Glaus then came around to score on an Aaron Miles fielders choice to shortstop. To add a little insurance, Felipe Lopez singled to center field and Miles came around to score the fifth and final run for the Cardinals.

On the mound it was Ryan Franklin getting the win as he pitched the eighth inning. Franklin is now 5-5 on the year. Chris Perez pitched the ninth inning and earned his sixth save of the season. Cardinals starting pitcher, Adam Wainwright tossed six innings and gave up eight hits and three runs to get the no decision.

The Cardinals are now off on Thursday and will start up a weekend series with the Houston Astros on Friday.

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The St. Louis Cardinals finished up a two game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in old fashioned butt kicking style. The Cardinals evened the short series with an 11-2 victory on Wednesday night when they scored in five out out of the eight innings that they batted in. The win was big for the Cardinals as the Cubs lost and they are now 7.5 games out in the division.

Rick Ankiel and Jason LaRue both hit two run home runs to lead the Cardinals at the plate. LaRue finished the game with a team high three rbi while Ankiel and Albert Pujols were right behind him with two rbi each. Pujols rbi’s came on a groundout and a double. Skip Schumaker, Ryan Ludwick, Troy Glaus, and starting pitcher Todd Wellemeyer all chipped in with one rbi each as well.

Wellemeyer got another victory as he pitched five innings. He improved his record to 11-4 as he gave up five hits and one run. Russ Springer, Jaime Garcia, Ryan Franklin, and Chris Perez all seen action out of the bullpen for the Cardinals.

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Todd Wellemeyer tossed a great game as the St. Louis Cardinals shutout the Florida Marlins on Thursday night by the score of 3-0. It was a big win for the Cardinals as the Brewers lost and the Cubs won. With the victory they also took three out of four games against the Marlins which is always nice to do.

Wellemeyer didn’t give the fish many opportunities to knock in any runs as he limited them to only three hits in 7 2/3 innings. Todd is now 10-4 on the season after getting the victory. Ryan Franklin pitched the ninth inning and gave up one hit before picking up ithe save.

Ryan Ludwick had all three rbi for the Cards as he had a rbi double that scored Cesar Izturis and then a two run home run that also scored Izturis. Ludwick now has 30 home runs on the season and 90 rbi.

The Cards will now fly to Cincinnati to play a weekend series with the Reds. I expect the Cardinals to have a lot of success against the struggling Reds.

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