St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Blog » Ron Villone http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com A blog about St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Cardinals beat the Braves once again http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-braves-once-again/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-braves-once-again/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:30:32 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/?p=64 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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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-braves-once-again/feed/ 0 Cardinals lose to the Phillies once again http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-to-the-phillies-once-again/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-to-the-phillies-once-again/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:01:43 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-to-the-phillies-once-again/ After taking the first game in a three game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals lose the next two games to lose the series.  In the series finale on Thursday, the Cardinals lost to the Phillies 4-1 as they struggled scoring runs even though they had seven hits in the game.

Braden Looper tossed six innings and gave up seven hits and four runs as he took the loss to fall to 9-7 on the year.  Looper didn’t really put his team in a position to win the way they were struggling at getting runners in to cross the plate.

Russ Springer, Ron Villone, and Chris Perez all threw one inning of relief without allowing a run.  Good job by the bullpen as they atleast gave the offense a chance to make the game closer in the late innings.  It is to bad the offense didn’t take advantage of that however.

The only run to cross the plate came in the fourth inning when Yadier Molina had a rbi single that scored Troy Glaus.  So now we have to hope that the Cardinals bats come around and actually drive some runs in as they take on the Pirates this weekend.  I think they will come back and swing the bats better on Friday.

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-to-the-phillies-once-again/feed/ 0 Cardinals get by the Phillies 2-0 http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-get-by-the-phillies-2-0/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-get-by-the-phillies-2-0/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:31:37 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-get-by-the-phillies-2-0/ The St. Louis Cardinals kicked off their three game series with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday evening with a 2-0 win.  It was a very good quality win for the Cardinals as they shut out the potent Phillies offense to improve to 51-40 on the season.

Rick Ankiel smashed a solo home run in the fifth inning and than Ryan Ludwick added a solo shot in the sixth inning for the Cardinals.  Those two runs were their only runs for the game.  It was a good thing that the offense threw the ball as well as they did.

Joel Pineiro tossed the first 6 1/3 innings of the game to get the win.  Pineiro improved his season record to 3-4.  Pineiro allowed five hits but zero runs while walking three and striking out three.  Ron Villone recorded the final two outs of the seventh inning after Pineiro left the game.  Kyle McClellan tossed the eighth inning without allowing a hit and then Ryan Franklin closed out the game in the ninth inning to record his 12th save of the season.

It was a huge win for the Cardinals as they try to keep pace with the Chicago Cubs.  I have to wonder if the Cardinals will try to make a big move after the Brewers traded for CC Sabathia and the Cubs just traded for Rich Harden.  What will the Cardinals do?

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-get-by-the-phillies-2-0/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 Cardinals lose on walk off two run homer in the 10th inning http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-on-walk-off-two-run-homer-in-the-10th-inning/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-on-walk-off-two-run-homer-in-the-10th-inning/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:45:26 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-lose-on-walk-off-two-run-homer-in-the-10th-inning/ Talk about a bad way to lose a baseball game.  The St. Louis Cardinals had just tied up the game in the top of the ninth inning, and then took the lead in the top of the 10th inning, but ended up giving up a two run walk off home run and lost to the game to the Washingtion Nationals 10-9.

Ryan Franklin gave up a two run home run to Elijah Dukes in the bottom of the 10th inning.  Franklin took the loss and is now 2-2 on the season.  Franklin simply didn’t get his job done.  Mike Parisi the Cardinals starting pitcher pitched terrible as he only lasted four innings after giving up ten hits and eight runs.

Mark Worrell, Kyle McClellan, Ron Villone, and Randy Flores all pitched alteast one inning after Parisi left the game and before Franklin blew the game.  All four of those relief pitchers did a great job of not giving up any more runs to the Nationals.

Worrell actually led the Cardinals at the plate with three rbi as he hit a three run home run in the sixth inning.  Troy Glaus and Joe Mather both hit solo home runs.  Mather’s home run was what put the Cardinals ahead by one in the top of the tenth inning.  Parisi had two rbi while Skip Schumaker and Aaron Miles finished with one rbi each.

Tough way to split a double header.  Hopefully the Cardinals will get a decent nights of sleep so they can come out and play good against the Houston Astros on Friday.

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Troy Glaus had a two run home run and Albert Pujols also hit a solo home run to lead the Cardinals.  Joe Mather had a rbi doulble in the seventh inning after the Pujols solo home run.

Todd Wellemeyer tossed six innings and gave up five hits while picking up the win.  It was a good performance by Wellemeyer who improved to 7-1 on the season.  Chris Perez did give up one run in the eighth inning but Ron Villone, Russ Springer, Randy Flores, and Ryan Franklin all pitched good.  Franklin picked up his seventh save of the season.

The Cardinals will go for the double header sweep this evening so check back after the game for a recap!

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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-take-game-one-4-1/feed/ 0 Cardinals beat the Nationals 6-1 in rainy game http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-nationals-6-1-in-rainy-game/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-nationals-6-1-in-rainy-game/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:24:39 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-nationals-6-1-in-rainy-game/ 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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]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-beat-the-nationals-6-1-in-rainy-game/feed/ 0 Cardinals hold on to beat the Astros 3-2 http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-hold-on-to-beat-the-astros-3-2/ http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-hold-on-to-beat-the-astros-3-2/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 02:25:44 +0000 HotStoveCardinals http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/cardinals-hold-on-to-beat-the-astros-3-2/ The St. Louis Cardinals picked up a big win on Thursday night as they held on and defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 3-2.  It was a close game all game long and the Astros made things interesting with a Lance Berkman home run in the ninth inning but they still fell short by one run.

Kyle Lohse finally picked up his fifth win of the season in the game.  Lohse tossed six innings while allowing five hits and one run.  The one run he gave up was a solo home run to Carlos Lee in the seventh inning.  After Lohse was pulled from the game, Kyle McClellan, Ron Villone, Chris Perez, and Ryan Franklin all pitched in relief.  Franklin gave up the solo home run to Berkman but then was able to close out the game and get the save.

Chris Duncan had a two run single in the first inning that scored Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick.  Pujols also had a solo home run in the sixth inning that gave the Cardinals their third run in the game.

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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

]]> http://www.cardinalshomeplate.com/albert-pujols-and-the-cardinals-smash-the-padres-8-2/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

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