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.

The Cardinals after a 2 game losing streak head to Milwaukee to battle the Brewers
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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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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