The St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers sat through a 2.5 hour rain delay on Wednesday night and then the Cardinals ended up losing 8-7. The Cardinals bullpen just didn’t throw the ball good as they gave up single runs in the final three innings of the game. The loss hurt that much more because the Chicago Cubs won and now the Cardinals are 4.5 games back in the division.
Kyle McClellan gave up the game winning hit to Gary Sheffield in the bottom of the ninth inning and took the loss. McClellan is now 0-3 on the season. Jason Isringhausen and Randy Flores were both charged with giving up runs as well. Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Lohse pitched the first four innings of the game and gave up 11 hits and five runs. Chris Perez pitched the fift and sixth inning and did a very good job.
Rick Ankiel belted two home runs to lead the Cardinals at the plate with three rbi. Ankiel now has 14 home runs on the season and 35 rbi. Skip Schumaker also added a solo home run for the Cardinals. Aaron Miles and Yadier Molina both contributed with one rbi each.
In the end, the bullpen let the team down and that was the reason they lost this game. The Cardinals and Tigers will turn right back around and play again Thursday as Todd Wellemeyer will take the mound for the Cardinals.
