St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Blog » Jason Isringhausen http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com A blog about St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cardinals decline arbitration on all free agents http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-decline-arbitration-on-all-free-agents/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-decline-arbitration-on-all-free-agents/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:44:59 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/?p=77 The St. Louis Cardinals have had their mind made up for a while and that was to not offer arbitration to any of their free agents and let them walk away and sign with new teams this off season. Russ Springer, Braden Looper and Jason Isringhausen will now be looking for a new home for the 2009 season while the team will not receive any draft picks if they do indeed sign with new teams.

St. Louis has five other free agents who are not rated Type A or Type B. Mark Mulder, Juan Encarnacion, Felipe Lopez, Cesar Izturis and Ron Villone were also not offered arbitration.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-decline-arbitration-on-all-free-agents/feed/ 0 Cardinals are shut out 3-0 and fall to the Brewers http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-are-shut-out-3-0-and-fall-to-the-brewers/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-are-shut-out-3-0-and-fall-to-the-brewers/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:24:00 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/?p=61 The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Milwaukee Brewers for the third straight night as they were shut out 3-0 on Wednesday night.  The Cardinals are really shooting themselves in the foot with the are playing against the Brewers.  It would have been the perfect time for them to pick up ground on the Cubs as they have really struggled in the second half.

Braden Looper took the loss for the Cardinals after he threw five innings.  Looper gave up seven hits but only run as he really didn’t pitch that badly.  Kelvin Jimenez and Jason Isringhausen both pitched two innings in relief and both relief pitchers gave up one run each.

The offense only came up with three hits on the night as they struggled against CC Sabathia.  The Cardinals really need to get the bats going and hopefully they will on Thursday as they try to avoid the embarrasing four game sweep.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-are-shut-out-3-0-and-fall-to-the-brewers/feed/ 0 Cardinals can’t hold off the Phillies as they lose 4-2 http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-cant-hold-off-the-phillies-as-they-lose-4-2/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-cant-hold-off-the-phillies-as-they-lose-4-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:02:13 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-cant-hold-off-the-phillies-as-they-lose-4-2/ The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies were tied 2-2 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning but then Ryan Howard and Pedro Feliz both hit solo home runs and the Phillies went onto beat the Cardinals 4-2.  You have to put that loss right on the bullpen as they simply didn’t do their job.

Kyle McClellan gave up the first home run in the 8th inning to Howard and then Feliz went deep off of Chris Perez.  McClellan ended up getting the loss on the game and is now on the season.

Cardinals starting pitcher Mark Mulder only recorded one out in the game before leaving the game with some shoulder discomfirt.  It is unknown right now how bad it is but I wouldn’t expect to hear good news.

With Mulder leaving the game so early, the bullpen had their work cut out for them and they did a good job up until that eighth inning.  Brad Thompson gave up two runs in 4 1/3 innings and that was all the runs the Phillies would get off the bullpen until that eighth inning.  Russ Springer and Jason Isringhausen both pitched good out of the bullpen.

Albert Pujols had a rbi sac fly in the seventh inning and then Troy Glaus added a rbi single right after that.  Those were the only two runs that the Cardinals would get in the game as they just couldn’t come up with the big hit in the ninth inning when they had a runners on first and second.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-cant-hold-off-the-phillies-as-they-lose-4-2/feed/ 0 Cards fall to the Tigers 3-2 in ten innings http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cards-fall-to-the-tigers-3-2-in-ten-innings/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cards-fall-to-the-tigers-3-2-in-ten-innings/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:45:14 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cards-fall-to-the-tigers-3-2-in-ten-innings/ The St. Louis Cardinals lost a very dissapointing game on Thursday afternoon to the Detroit Tigers.  The Tigers tied up the game in the bottom of the ninth inning and then scored the winning run on a bases loaded walk to get the 3-2 victory.

Mike Parisi gave up one hit and three walks in the 10th inning as he took the loss for the Cardinals.  Pariso just didn’t get the job done and wasn’t able to get the game into the 11th inning like he was expected to do.  Gary Sheffield took Ryan Franklin deep for a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game and send it in to extra innings.

Cardinals starting pitcher Todd Wellemeyer lasted five innings.  Wellemeyer gave up four hits in the game to get the no decision.  Ron Villone did give up one run as he pitched after Wellemyer was taken out of the game.  Jason Isringhausen did a good job as he threw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball. Hopefully Izzy keeps on throwing the ball good.

The loss really purt a damper on the day that Albert Pujols returned to go 4-4 with one rbi.  Pujols and a great day at the plate in his first game since coming of the disabled list.  Brendan Ryan scored the Cardinals first run in the seventh inning as he scored on a Aaron Miles double and an error by the Tigers second basemen who made a bad throw to third base.

Now the Cardinals will have a three game series against the Kansas City Royals.  The Royals and Cardinals usually play some good games so who knows what will happen this weekend.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cards-fall-to-the-tigers-3-2-in-ten-innings/feed/ 0 After 2.5 hour rain delay Cardinals lost 8-7 to the Tigers http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/after-25-hour-rain-delay-cardinals-lost-8-7-to-the-tigers/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/after-25-hour-rain-delay-cardinals-lost-8-7-to-the-tigers/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:46:10 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/after-25-hour-rain-delay-cardinals-lost-8-7-to-the-tigers/ 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.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/after-25-hour-rain-delay-cardinals-lost-8-7-to-the-tigers/feed/ 0 Jason Isringhausen and Ron Villone blow it for the Cardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/jason-isringhausen-and-ron-villone-blow-it-for-the-cardinals/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/jason-isringhausen-and-ron-villone-blow-it-for-the-cardinals/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 21:01:14 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/jason-isringhausen-and-ron-villone-blow-it-for-the-cardinals/ The St. Louis Cardinals blew a big lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates as they lost 11-5 on Thursday.  Actually, I should say that Jason Isringhausen and Ron Villone blew the game for the Cardinals.  They combined to give up seven runs the final two innings of the game.

Isringhausen took the loss for the Cardinals as he dropped to 1-5 on the season.  Just a terrible performance by Izzy and Villone.  Starting pitcher Joel Pineiro only pitched five innings as he was taken out of the game after giving up six hits and four runs.

Chris Duncan had two rbi to lead the Cardinals at the plate.  Rick Ankiel, Troy Glaus, and Yadier Molina all had one rbi in the game.

All I can blog about is how bad of a series this ended up being for the Cardinals.  The Cubs won once again and now the Cards are down two games in the division.  Cardinals Blog

]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/jason-isringhausen-and-ron-villone-blow-it-for-the-cardinals/feed/ 0 Todd Wellemeyer pitches the Cardinals past the Pirates 5-1 http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/todd-wellemeyer-pitches-the-cardinals-past-the-pirates-5-1/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/todd-wellemeyer-pitches-the-cardinals-past-the-pirates-5-1/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 15:13:42 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/todd-wellemeyer-pitches-the-cardinals-past-the-pirates-5-1/ 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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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/todd-wellemeyer-pitches-the-cardinals-past-the-pirates-5-1/feed/ 0 Cardinals bullpen blows it against the Rockies http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-bullpen-blows-it-against-the-rockies/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-bullpen-blows-it-against-the-rockies/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 13:57:28 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-bullpen-blows-it-against-the-rockies/ The St. Louis Cardinals went into the eighth inning with a 3-0 lead but they gave up four runs in the bottom of the inning to the Colorado Rockies and lost the game 4-3.  Kyle McClellan, Randy Flores, and Jason Isringhausen all gave up runs in the final two innings.

Isringhausen took the loss after giving up a two run double in the game.  He is now 1-3 on the season.

It sucks that Adam Wainwright had to get a no decision in the game after he limited the Rockies to only four hits through seven innings.  Wainwright pitched very good, and it was definately enough for the win if the bullpen would have been able to hang on.

Ryan Ludwick led the Cardinals with two rbi in the game.  Ludwick had a sac fly in the first inning and then a solo home run in the fifth inning.  Rick Ankiel also had a rbi single in the first inning to chip in with one rbi.

The Cardinals remain up 2.5 games in the divsion on the Chicago Cubs as they also lost on Wednesday.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-bullpen-blows-it-against-the-rockies/feed/ 0 Cardinals sweep the Reds in a short two game series http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-sweep-the-reds-in-a-short-two-game-series/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-sweep-the-reds-in-a-short-two-game-series/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:25:05 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-sweep-the-reds-in-a-short-two-game-series/ The St. Louis Cardinals completed a short two game series sweep of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon with a 5-2 victory.  The win over the Reds puts the Cardinals up half a game in the divsion as the Cubs and Brewers will play each other tonight.

Braden Looper pitched six innings to pick up the win which was his fourth of the season.  Looper gave up seven hits and two runs in the game.  Jason Isringhausen pitched the ninth inning to pick up his ninth save of the season.

At the plate, Aaron Miles and Rick Ankiel both had two RBI in the game.  Chris Duncan scored the Cardinals first run of the game on a wild pitch in the second inning.

The Cardinals are playing some good baseball and they definately are doing it at the right time.  The Cardinals will have Thursday off before they take on the Chicago Cubs in Chicago.  Another big divisional series coming up.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-sweep-the-reds-in-a-short-two-game-series/feed/ 0 Cardinals beat the Pirates 6-2 to avoid the sweep http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-pirates-6-2-to-avoid-the-sweep/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-pirates-6-2-to-avoid-the-sweep/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:12:44 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-pirates-6-2-to-avoid-the-sweep/ 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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