The St. Louis Cardinals played the spoilers role on Thursday afternoon as they eliminated the Arizona Diamondbacks from the playoff race. The Cardinals hammered the D-backs by the score of 12-3 as Joel Pineiro and Albert Pujols both had huge days.

Pineiro improved his record to 7-7 as he tossed seven innings to pick up the win. Joel gave up three hits and three runs in the game. Adam Dunn took him deep for a solo home run and then he gave up a two-run single to Mark Reynolds but that was all the offense that the D-backs would get. Josh Kinney and Carlos Perez each tossed one inning of relief and held the D-backs scoreless during those two innings.

Pujols led the team at the plate as he went 3 for 3 wth a three run home run and a rbi sac fly to finish the game with four rbi. Ryan Ludwick also hit a solo home run and finished with two rbi. Felipe Lopez and Jason LaRue both had two rbi in the game as well. To finish out the scoring for the Cardinals, Cesar Izturis and Aaron Miles both had one rbi each.

The Cardinals will now play their final series of the 2008 season against the Cincinnati Reds. Friday and Saturday will be night games and then the season finale will be Sunday afternoon. Do your best to get out to the park one last time this season and catch the Cardinals play if you can.

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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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The St. Louis Cardinals continue to play good baseball as they beat the Atlanta Braves for the third straight game.  On Wednesday night it was a 7-2 victory for the Cardinals and they have now won the first three games of the four game series against the Braves.

Chris Carpenter made is return and pitched the first four innings for the Red Birds.  Carpenter allowed five hits and one run before being taken out of the game.  Brad Thompson then tossed the next 2 2/3 innings and gave up three hits and one run.  After that, Russ Springer, Kyle McClellan, and Ron Villone finished things up without giving up a run.

Joe Mather led the Cards at the plate with two rbi with came on a two run home run in the eighth inning.  Cesar Izturis, Adam Kennedy, Ryan Ludwick, Troy Glaus, and Albert Pujols all added a rbi in the game as well.

The Cardinals will now be going for the four game sweep against the Braves on Thursday.  I will not be around to blog about it however as I will be out of town until August 12 as I attend a conference out of town.  If there is possibly a Cardinals fan out there that would like to give a try at blogging and writing some game recaps please email by clicking the contact us link at the top!

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The St. Louis Cardinals scored five runs in the ninth inning as they went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Tuesday night.  It was awesome to see the late inning scoring that really pushed the game out of reach for the Braves.  It was also a big win for the Cardinals as they kept pace with the Chicago Cubs and picked up a game on the Milwaukee Brewers in the standings.

Ryan Franklin picked up the win as he pitched in relief.  Franklin pitched the seventh and eighth innings for the Cardinals and did not allow a run in either inning.  Todd Wellemeyer started the game and pitched the first six innings of the game while giving up eight hits and just two runs.  It was a good quality start for Wellemeyer that is for sure.  Kyle McClellan pitched a scoreless ninth inning and gave up one run but it didn’t really matter at that point.

Albert Pujols hit his 21st home run as he went deep in the eighth inning.  Yadier Molina led the team with two rbi while Nick Stavinoha, Troy Glaus, Brendan Ryan, Cesar Izturis, and Pujols all finished the game with one rbi.

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals played through a rain delays but the rain couldn’t even slow the Cardinals down as they came away with a 6-1 victory over the Nationals.  Four runs in the first inning and then single runs in the fourth and fifth innings ended up being enough for the Cardinals.

Bengie Monlina hit a three run home run in the first inning for the big hit of the game.  The Cardinals also got a run in the first inning off of a Ryan Ludwick single.  In the fourth inning of the game, Cesar Izturis stole home to score and then the fifth inning Kyle Lohse had a rbi single.

Lohse ended up getting the win in the game as he tossed five innings and allowed four hits and one run.  Good outing by Lohse who improved to 6-2 on the season.  Kyle McClellan, Russ Springer, Ron Villone, and Mark Worrell all pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

It was a good win for the Cardinals as they were 3.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs.  The Cubs are up three right now against the Padres so it looks like the Cards will remain 3.5 games back if the score stands.

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The St. Louis Cardinals didnt’ have any problems with the Houston Astros on Wednesday night as they came away with a 6-1 victory.  The game was a huge win for the Cardinals as they are now one full game ahead of the Astros in the standings.

Adam Wainwright tossed eight strong innings as he gave up three hits and one run to pick up the win.  Wainwright is now 5-2 on the season.  Chris Perez threw the ninth inning for the Cardinals and allowed one hit but zero runs.

Yadier Molina and Cesar Izturis both had two rbi in the game to lead the Cardinals at the plate.  Ryan Ludwick also helped out with one rbi.

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The St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols had no problems beating up on the San Diego Padres Monday night.  Pujols connected on two home runs to lead the Cardinals as they smashed the Padres by the score of 8-2.

Pujols wasn’t the only Cardinals hitter to go deep however.  Ryan Ludwick had a two run home run and Cesar Izturis had a solo home run.  Ludwick led the Cardinals with three rbi in the game.  Pujols finished the game with two rbi.  Yadier Molina, Todd Wellemeyer, and Izturis all had one rbi in the game.

Welleymeyer pitched six innings to pick up his fifth win of the season.  Welleymeyer allowed six hits and two runs as he improved his record to 5-1.  Randy Flores and Ron Villone pitched scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth innings before Russ Springer came in and pitched a scoreless ninth inning.

The Cardinals won and it was a good thing because the Cubs also won.  The Cardinals remain two games back in the division.  Cardinals Blog

Todd Wellemeyer threw a great game last night as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1.  Wellemeyer threw seven innings of two hit and one run baseball to improve his record to 4-1 on the season.

After Wellemeyer exited the game, Randy Flores and Russ Springer pitched the eithth inning before Jason Isringhausen finished the Pirates off in the ninth inning.

Five different Cardinals hitters all recorded one rbi in the game so it was a very balanced night at the plate for the Cardinals.  Albert Pujols, Ryan Ludwick, Troy Glaus, Yadier Molina, and Cesar Izturis all had one rbi in the game.

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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 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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