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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After being rained out on Wednesday night, the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals will be playing a double header on Thursday.  In the first game of the double header, it was the Cardinals coming out on top with a 4-1 victory.

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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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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The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 last night as the Pirates score four runs in the tenth inning to secure the win.  Now, that is a terrible way to lose a ballgame after coming to tie the game up in the eighth inning after being down.

Ron Villone took the loss for the Cardinals and is now 1-1 on the season.  Villone gave up all four runs in the tenth inning. One came on a rbi single and then three runs came in on a bases loaded double.

Kyle Lohse received a no decision in the game as he tossed seven inning and allowed five hits and four runs.  Russ Springer and Ryan Franklin pitched two innings of scoreless relief after Lohse exited the game.

All four of the Cardinals runs came with two swings of the bat.  Troy Glaus connected on a three run home run in the sixth inning, and then Albert Pujols hit a solo shot in the eighth inning.   Not much offense other then those two swings for the the Cardinals.

Good thing for the Cardinals is that the Chicago Cubs also lost on Tuesday.  The Cardinals remain one game behind the Cubs in the division.  Cardinals Blog

Things sure did get interesting in the ninth inning for the St. Louis Cardinals as the Colorado Rockies scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to bring the score to 6-5, but Ryan Franklin was finally able to get his first save of the season.

Braden Looper pitched 8 1/3 innings to pick up the win for the Cardinals.  It was the longest outing of Looper’s career.  He did allow ten hits and four runs in the game but the offense and two great throws by Rick Ankiel really helped him out.

After the game Ankiel said that he was more impressed with his two outfield assists in the game then he was with his solo home run in the eighth inning.  Brian Barton, Adam Kennedy, Ryan Ludwick, Ankiel, and Looper all had one RBI in the game for the Cardinals.  That is production up and down the lineup.

Good win for the Cardinals as they stay up 2.5 games on the Chicago Cubs who beat the Cincinnati Reds.  Cardinals Blog

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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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.

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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