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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It was pretty but the St. Louis Cardinals held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.  The Nationals sure made it interesting in the 9th inning as they scored two runs and threatened to tie the game up.  Randy Flores came in to record the last out of the ballgame after Anthony Reyes had trouble, and the Cardinals picked up the win.

If it hadn’t been for the Reyes’s trouble in the 9th inning, the Cardinals would have dominated this game.  They jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings, and then they quietly just let the Nationals hang around and make it interesting.

Yadier Molina had a team high two RBI’s while Adam Wainwright and Cesar Izturis picked up an RBI each.  The Cardinals one a game without their big bats doing much damage!  Gotta love to see that Cardinals fans.

Wainwright was the winning pitcher as he pitched eight strong innings and held the Nationals down for most of the day.  Great performance by him.  We mentioned earlier that Flores came in after Reyes had trouble in the ninth, and picked up the save for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals record is now 4-1 on the season.

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